user name on home.tpl

public/templates/home.tpl

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!-- BEGIN topics -->
 <a href="topic/{topics.slug}"><li class="topic-row">
 	<h4>{topics.title}</h4>
-	<p>Posted {topics.relativeTime} by user <span class="username">{topics.uid}</span>. {topics.post_count} posts.</p>
+	<p>Posted {topics.relativeTime} by <span class="username">{topics.uid}</span>. {topics.post_count} posts.</p>
 </li></a>
 <!-- END topics -->
 </ul>
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ jQuery('document').ready(function() {
 	jQuery('.username').each(function() {
 		var userId = this.innerHTML;
 
-		socket.on('api:user.get', function(userObj) {
-	 		console.log("derp");
-			console.log(userObj);
-			
+		(function(span){
+			socket.on('api:user.getNameByUid', function(username) {
+				span.innerHTML = username;	
 			});
+		})(this);
 		
-		socket.emit('api:user.get', { fields: [ 'uid' ], 'uid': userId });
+		socket.emit('api:user.getNameByUid', { fields: [ 'username' ], 'uid': userId });
 
 	})
 	

src/user.js

@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ var	config = require('../config.js'),
 		RDB.get('username:' + username + ':uid', callback);
 	};
 
+	User.get_username_by_uid = function(uid, callback) {
+		RDB.get('uid:' + uid+ ':username', callback);
+	};
+
 	User.get_uid_by_email = function(email, callback) {
 		RDB.get('email:' + email, callback)
 	};

src/websockets.js

@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ var	SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server,{log:false}),
 		// BEGIN: API calls (todo: organize)
 		//   julian: :^)
 		socket.on('api:user.get', function(data) {
-			modules.user.get(socket, data.uid || uid, data.fields);
+			modules.user.get(socket, uid, data.fields);
+		});
+		
+		socket.on('api:user.getNameByUid', function(data) {
+			modules.user.get_username_by_uid(data.uid, function(data){
+				socket.emit('api:user.getNameByUid', data);
+			});
 		});
 
 		socket.on('user.exists', function(data) {