Managing groups with events

get-departments.js

// departments has string parentId, string name
// On GET /departments
if (this.parentId) {
  // Recursively build an array of parents
  dpd.departments.get({id: parentId, $limitRecursion: 64}, function(parentDep) {
    if (parentDep) {
      this.parents = [parentDep.name];
      if (parentDep.parents) {
        this.parents = parentDep.parents.concat(this.parents); 
      }
    }
  });
}

get-files.js

// files has string departmentName
// On GET /files
if (!me || me.allDepartments.indexOf(this.departmentName) === -1) {
  cancel("Your department is not allowed to view this file!", 401);
}

validate-users.js

// users has string departmentId, array allDepartments
// On Validate /users
dpd.departments.get({id: departmentId}, function(department) {
  // Store all departments on the user for easier querying
  this.allDepartments = department.parents || [];
  this.allDepartments.push(department.name);
});