Can I tell in the beforeUpdate hook if the update comes from Admin

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System Information
  • Strapi Version: 4.13.6
  • Operating System: MacOS
  • Database: Postgres
  • Node Version: 18.18.0
  • NPM Version: 9.8.1
  • Yarn Version: 1.22.19

Does anyone know if there’s a way to determine from the event object within the beforeUpdate or beforeCreate hook whether the update is coming from the Admin UI?

Looking at the object I can probably assume it’s the admin UI if the populate object looks like this:

    "populate": {
      "channel_items": { "count": true },
      "tax_rate": { "count": true },
      "createdBy": true,
      "updatedBy": true
    },

However, this feels very flaky and subject to change to me.

(For context, I want to set an update_source field on my model and I can do this manually for any API requests or a couple of queue workers I have in my project, but want to set it automatically when coming from the Admin UI rather than rely on users to set it.)

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For the admin you have to be authenticated if you get the full ctx with
const ctx = strapi.requestContext.get();
you can check ctx.state.auth.strategy.name to see what type of authentication is being used.

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Brilliant, thanks, that’s just what I need.

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