createUser returns User object, adopt mutations, reduce db calls in seed

backend/src/graphql/resolver/UserResolver.ts

@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@ export class UserResolver {
   }
 
   @Authorized([RIGHTS.CREATE_USER])
-  @Mutation(() => String)
+  @Mutation(() => User)
   async createUser(
     @Args() { email, firstName, lastName, language, publisherId }: CreateUserArgs,
-  ): Promise<string> {
+  ): Promise<User> {
     // TODO: wrong default value (should be null), how does graphql work here? Is it an required field?
     // default int publisher_id = 0;
 
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ export class UserResolver {
     } finally {
       await queryRunner.release()
     }
-    return 'success'
+    return new User(dbUser)
   }
 
   // THis is used by the admin only - should we move it to the admin resolver?

backend/src/seeds/factory/user.ts

@@ -11,19 +11,23 @@ export const userFactory = async (
 ): Promise<void> => {
   const { mutate } = client
 
-  await mutate({ mutation: createUser, variables: user })
-  let dbUser = await User.findOneOrFail({ where: { email: user.email } })
+  const {
+    data: {
+      createUser: { id },
+    },
+  } = await mutate({ mutation: createUser, variables: user })
 
   if (user.emailChecked) {
-    const optin = await LoginEmailOptIn.findOneOrFail({ where: { userId: dbUser.id } })
+    const optin = await LoginEmailOptIn.findOneOrFail({ userId: id })
     await mutate({
       mutation: setPassword,
       variables: { password: 'Aa12345_', code: optin.verificationCode },
     })
   }
 
-  // refetch data
-  dbUser = await User.findOneOrFail({ where: { email: user.email } })
+  if (user.createdAt || user.deletedAt || user.isAdmin) {
+    // get user from database
+    const dbUser = await User.findOneOrFail({ id })
 
     if (user.createdAt || user.deletedAt) {
       if (user.createdAt) dbUser.createdAt = user.createdAt
@@ -43,4 +47,5 @@ export const userFactory = async (
       admin.modified = dbUser.createdAt
       await admin.save()
     }
+  }
 }

backend/src/seeds/graphql/mutations.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ export const createUser = gql`
       lastName: $lastName
       language: $language
       publisherId: $publisherId
-    )
+    ) {
+      id
+    }
   }
 `
 

frontend/src/graphql/mutations.js

@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ export const createUser = gql`
       lastName: $lastName
       language: $language
       publisherId: $publisherId
-    )
+    ) {
+      id
+    }
   }
 `