Adding new api to fetch security info

public/JobHandler/index.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export { listenEvent, destroyListener, EVENT_MAP } from "./utils";
 
 export async function JobHandlerRegister(core: CoreSetup) {
   const commonService = new CommonService(core.http);
-  const accountResult = await commonService.apiCaller<{
+  const accountResult = await commonService.accountInfo<{
     user_name: string;
   }>({
     endpoint: "transport.request",

public/services/CommonService.ts

@@ -23,4 +23,18 @@ export default class CommonService extends MDSEnabledClientService {
     payload.query = queryObject;
     return (await this.httpClient.fetch(url, payload)) as ServerResponse<T>;
   };
+
+  accountInfo = async <T>(params: IAPICaller): Promise<ServerResponse<T>> => {
+    let url = `${NODE_API.ACCOUNT_INFO}`;
+    const payload: HttpFetchOptions = {};
+    payload.method = "POST";
+    payload.body = JSON.stringify({
+      data: params.data,
+      endpoint: params.endpoint,
+      hideLog: params.hideLog,
+    });
+    // we are not sending dataSourceId in query object, as for securityInfo,
+    // it will always contact local cluster
+    return (await this.httpClient.fetch(url, payload)) as ServerResponse<T>;
+  };
 }

server/routes/common.ts

@@ -17,20 +17,32 @@ export default function (services: NodeServices, router: IRouter, dataSourceEnab
       dataSourceId: schema.string(),
     });
   }
+  let bodySchema = schema.nullable(
+    schema.object({
+      endpoint: schema.string(),
+      data: schema.nullable(schema.any()),
+      hideLog: schema.nullable(schema.boolean()),
+    })
+  );
 
   const payload = {
     path: NODE_API.API_CALLER,
     validate: {
-      body: schema.nullable(
-        schema.object({
-          endpoint: schema.string(),
-          data: schema.nullable(schema.any()),
-          hideLog: schema.nullable(schema.boolean()),
-        })
-      ),
+      body: bodySchema,
       query: query,
     },
   };
 
   router.post(payload, commonService.apiCaller);
+
+  // this api is called on the very first page load
+  router.post(
+    {
+      path: NODE_API.ACCOUNT_INFO,
+      validate: {
+        body: bodySchema,
+      },
+    },
+    commonService.apiCaller
+  );
 }

utils/constants.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const NODE_API = Object.freeze({
   _REPOSITORIES: `${BASE_API_PATH}/_repositores`,
   PUT_INDEX: `${BASE_API_PATH}/putIndex`,
   API_CALLER: `${BASE_API_PATH}/apiCaller`,
+  ACCOUNT_INFO: `${BASE_API_PATH}/accountInfo`,
 });
 
 export const REQUEST = Object.freeze({