Node 'user' property now defaults to the current user ID.

pillar/application/modules/nodes.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 
 from bson import ObjectId
-from flask import current_app
+from flask import current_app, g
 from werkzeug.exceptions import UnprocessableEntity
 
 from application.modules import file_storage
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ def before_inserting_nodes(items):
             if project:
                 item['project'] = project['_id']
 
+        # Default the 'user' property to the current user.
+        item.setdefault('user', g.current_user['user_id'])
+
 
 def after_inserting_nodes(items):
     for item in items:

pillar/settings.py

@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ nodes_schema = {
     },
     'user': {
         'type': 'objectid',
-        'required': True,
         'data_relation': {
             'resource': 'users',
             'field': '_id',