chore(release): 0.3.10 [skip ci]

## [0.3.10](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.9...v0.3.10) (2022-06-14) ### Bug Fixes * correct syntax for encoding option ([32d372b](32d372b42f))
Merge pull request #191 from sasjs/encodingfix
2025-12-10 19:34:34 +00:00 · 2022-06-14 09:53:53 +00:00 · 2022-06-14 11:49:38 +02:00 · 2022-06-14 09:49:05 +00:00 · 2022-06-14 09:20:37 +00:00 · 2022-06-14 11:14:35 +02:00
63 changed files with 1285 additions and 263 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ node_modules/
 .DS_Store
 .env*
 sas/
+sasjs_root/
 tmp/
 build/
 sasjsbuild/
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
    [
      "@semantic-release/exec",
      {
-        "publishCmd": "npx standard-version"
+        "publishCmd": "echo 'publish command'"
      }
    ]
  ]
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,107 @@
+## [0.3.10](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.9...v0.3.10) (2022-06-14)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* correct syntax for encoding option ([32d372b](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/32d372b42fbf56b6c0779e8f704164eaae1c7548))
+
+## [0.3.9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.8...v0.3.9) (2022-06-14)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* forcing utf 8 encoding. Closes [#76](https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/76) ([8734489](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/8734489cf014aedaca3f325e689493e4fe0b71ca))
+
+## [0.3.8](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.7...v0.3.8) (2022-06-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* execution controller better error handling ([8a617a7](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/8a617a73ae63233332f5788c90f173d6cd5e1283))
+* execution controller error details ([3fa2a7e](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/3fa2a7e2e32f90050f6b09e30ce3ef725eb0b15f))
+
+## [0.3.7](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.6...v0.3.7) (2022-06-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **appstream:** redirect to relative + nested resource should be accessed ([5ab35b0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/5ab35b02c4417132dddb5a800982f31d0d50ef66))
+
+## [0.3.6](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.5...v0.3.6) (2022-06-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **appstream:** should serve only new files for same app stream name with new deployment ([e6d1989](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/e6d1989847761fbe562d7861ffa0ee542839b125))
+
+## [0.3.5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.4...v0.3.5) (2022-05-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* bumping sasjs/core library ([61815f8](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/61815f8ae18be132e17c199cd8e3afbcc2fa0b60))
+
+## [0.3.4](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.3...v0.3.4) (2022-05-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **web:** system username for DESKTOP mode ([a8ba378](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/a8ba378fd1ff374ba025a96fdfae5c6c36954465))
+
+## [0.3.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3) (2022-05-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* usage of autoexec API in DESKTOP mode ([12d424a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/12d424acce8108a6f53aefbac01fddcdc5efb48f))
+
+## [0.3.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.1...v0.3.2) (2022-05-27)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **web:** ability to use get/patch User API in desktop mode. ([2c259fe](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/2c259fe1de95d84e6929e311aaa6b895e66b42a3))
+
+## [0.3.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1) (2022-05-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **api:** username should be lowercase ([5ad6ee5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/5ad6ee5e0f5d7d6faa45b72215f1d9d55cfc37db))
+* **web:** reduced width for autoexec input ([7d11cc7](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/7d11cc79161e5a07f6c5392d742ef6b9d8658071))
+
+# [0.3.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2022-05-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **web:** added profile + edit + autoexec changes ([c275db1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/c275db184e874f0ee3a4f08f2592cfacf1e90742))
+
+# [0.2.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2022-05-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **autoexec:** usage in case of desktop from file ([79dc2db](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/79dc2dba23dc48ec218a973119392a45cb3856b5))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** added autoexec + major type setting changes ([2a7223a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/2a7223ad7d6b8f3d4682447fd25d9426a7c79ac3))
+
+# [0.1.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.0.77...v0.1.0) (2022-05-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* issue174 + issue175 + issue146 ([80b33c7](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/80b33c7a18c1b7727316ffeca71658346733e935))
+* **web:** click to copy + notification ([f37f8e9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/f37f8e95d1a85e00ceca2413dbb5e1f3f3f72255))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **env:** added new env variable LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN ([53bf68a](https://github.com/sasjs/server/commit/53bf68a6aff44bb7b2f40d40d6554809253a01a8))
+
 ## [0.0.77](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.0.76...v0.0.77) (2022-05-16)


--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ SAS_PATH=/path/to/sas/executable.exe

 # Path to working directory
 # This location is for SAS WORK, staged files, DRIVE, configuration etc
-DRIVE_PATH=/tmp
+SASJS_ROOT=./sasjs_root

 # options: [http|https] default: http
 PROTOCOL=
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ HELMET_COEP=
 # }
 HELMET_CSP_CONFIG_PATH=./csp.config.json

+# LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN options: [combined|common|dev|short|tiny] default: `common`
+# Docs: https://www.npmjs.com/package/morgan#predefined-formats
+LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN=
+
 ```

 ## Persisting the Session
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ Install the npm package [pm2](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2) (`npm install p
 ```bash
 export SAS_PATH=/opt/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas
 export PORT=5001
-export DRIVE_PATH=./tmp
+export SASJS_ROOT=./sasjs_root

 pm2 start api-linux
 ```
--- a/api/.env.example
+++ b/api/.env.example
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ SESSION_SECRET=<secret>
 DB_CONNECT=mongodb+srv://<DB_USERNAME>:<DB_PASSWORD>@<CLUSTER>/<DB_NAME>?retryWrites=true&w=majority

 SAS_PATH=/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sas
-DRIVE_PATH=./tmp
+SASJS_ROOT=./sasjs_root
+
+LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN=common
--- a/api/package-lock.json
+++ b/api/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
      "name": "api",
      "version": "0.0.2",
      "dependencies": {
-        "@sasjs/core": "^4.23.1",
+        "@sasjs/core": "^4.27.3",
        "@sasjs/utils": "2.42.1",
        "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
        "connect-mongo": "^4.6.0",
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
        "mongoose-sequence": "^5.3.1",
        "morgan": "^1.10.0",
        "multer": "^1.4.3",
-        "swagger-ui-express": "4.3.0"
+        "swagger-ui-express": "4.3.0",
+        "url": "^0.10.3"
      },
      "bin": {
        "api": "build/src/server.js"
@@ -1385,9 +1386,9 @@
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@sasjs/core": {
-      "version": "4.23.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sasjs/core/-/core-4.23.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9d6yEPJRRvPLMUkpyaiQ62SXNMMyt2l815jxWgFjnVOxKeUQv9TPyZqZ0FpmWdVe6EY8dv8GLlyaBpOLDnY6Vg=="
+      "version": "4.27.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sasjs/core/-/core-4.27.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8AaPPRGMwhmjw244CDSnTqHXdp/77ZBjIJMgwqw4wTrCf8Vzs2Y5hVihbvAniIGQctZHLMR6X5a3X4ccn9gRjg=="
    },
    "node_modules/@sasjs/utils": {
      "version": "2.42.1",
@@ -2883,7 +2884,7 @@
    "node_modules/busboy": {
      "version": "0.2.14",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/busboy/-/busboy-0.2.14.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-bCpiLvz0fFe7vh4qnDetNseSVFM=",
+      "integrity": "sha512-InWFDomvlkEj+xWLBfU3AvnbVYqeTWmQopiW0tWWEy5yehYm2YkGEc59sUmw/4ty5Zj/b0WHGs1LgecuBSBGrg==",
      "dependencies": {
        "dicer": "0.2.5",
        "readable-stream": "1.1.x"
@@ -3677,7 +3678,7 @@
    "node_modules/dicer": {
      "version": "0.2.5",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dicer/-/dicer-0.2.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-WZbAhrszIYyBLAkL3cCc0S+stw8=",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FDvbtnq7dzlPz0wyYlOExifDEZcu8h+rErEXgfxqmLfRfC/kJidEFh4+effJRO3P0xmfqyPbSMG0LveNRfTKVg==",
      "dependencies": {
        "readable-stream": "1.1.x",
        "streamsearch": "0.1.2"
@@ -7590,9 +7591,10 @@
      "integrity": "sha1-VgiurfwAvmwpAd9fmGF4jeDVl8g="
    },
    "node_modules/multer": {
-      "version": "1.4.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/multer/-/multer-1.4.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-np0YLKncuZoTzufbkM6wEKp68EhWJXcU6fq6QqrSwkckd2LlMgd1UqhUJLj6NS/5sZ8dE8LYDWslsltJznnXlg==",
+      "version": "1.4.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/multer/-/multer-1.4.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2wY2+xD4udX612aMqMcB8Ws2Voq6NIUPEtD1be6m411T4uDH/VtL9i//xvcyFlTVfRdaBsk7hV5tgrGQqhuBiw==",
+      "deprecated": "Multer 1.x is affected by CVE-2022-24434. This is fixed in v1.4.4-lts.1 which drops support for versions of Node.js before 6. Please upgrade to at least Node.js 6 and version 1.4.4-lts.1 of Multer. If you need support for older versions of Node.js, we are open to accepting patches that would fix the CVE on the main 1.x release line, whilst maintaining compatibility with Node.js 0.10.",
      "dependencies": {
        "append-field": "^1.0.0",
        "busboy": "^0.2.11",
@@ -8552,6 +8554,15 @@
        "node": ">=0.6"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/querystring": {
+      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/querystring/-/querystring-0.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-sgmEkgO7Jd+CDadW50cAWHhSFiA=",
+      "deprecated": "The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead.",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.4.x"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/queue-microtask": {
      "version": "1.2.3",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/queue-microtask/-/queue-microtask-1.2.3.tgz",
@@ -9942,6 +9953,15 @@
        "url": "https://github.com/yeoman/update-notifier?sponsor=1"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/url": {
+      "version": "0.10.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url/-/url-0.10.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-Ah5NnHcF8hu/N9A861h2dAJ3TGQ=",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "punycode": "1.3.2",
+        "querystring": "0.2.0"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/url-parse-lax": {
      "version": "3.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse-lax/-/url-parse-lax-3.0.0.tgz",
@@ -9954,6 +9974,11 @@
        "node": ">=4"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/url/node_modules/punycode": {
+      "version": "1.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-1.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-llOgNvt8HuQjQvIyXM7v6jkmxI0="
+    },
    "node_modules/util-deprecate": {
      "version": "1.0.2",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -11364,9 +11389,9 @@
      }
    },
    "@sasjs/core": {
-      "version": "4.23.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sasjs/core/-/core-4.23.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9d6yEPJRRvPLMUkpyaiQ62SXNMMyt2l815jxWgFjnVOxKeUQv9TPyZqZ0FpmWdVe6EY8dv8GLlyaBpOLDnY6Vg=="
+      "version": "4.27.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sasjs/core/-/core-4.27.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8AaPPRGMwhmjw244CDSnTqHXdp/77ZBjIJMgwqw4wTrCf8Vzs2Y5hVihbvAniIGQctZHLMR6X5a3X4ccn9gRjg=="
    },
    "@sasjs/utils": {
      "version": "2.42.1",
@@ -12629,7 +12654,7 @@
    "busboy": {
      "version": "0.2.14",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/busboy/-/busboy-0.2.14.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-bCpiLvz0fFe7vh4qnDetNseSVFM=",
+      "integrity": "sha512-InWFDomvlkEj+xWLBfU3AvnbVYqeTWmQopiW0tWWEy5yehYm2YkGEc59sUmw/4ty5Zj/b0WHGs1LgecuBSBGrg==",
      "requires": {
        "dicer": "0.2.5",
        "readable-stream": "1.1.x"
@@ -13267,7 +13292,7 @@
    "dicer": {
      "version": "0.2.5",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dicer/-/dicer-0.2.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-WZbAhrszIYyBLAkL3cCc0S+stw8=",
+      "integrity": "sha512-FDvbtnq7dzlPz0wyYlOExifDEZcu8h+rErEXgfxqmLfRfC/kJidEFh4+effJRO3P0xmfqyPbSMG0LveNRfTKVg==",
      "requires": {
        "readable-stream": "1.1.x",
        "streamsearch": "0.1.2"
@@ -16220,9 +16245,9 @@
      "integrity": "sha1-VgiurfwAvmwpAd9fmGF4jeDVl8g="
    },
    "multer": {
-      "version": "1.4.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/multer/-/multer-1.4.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-np0YLKncuZoTzufbkM6wEKp68EhWJXcU6fq6QqrSwkckd2LlMgd1UqhUJLj6NS/5sZ8dE8LYDWslsltJznnXlg==",
+      "version": "1.4.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/multer/-/multer-1.4.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2wY2+xD4udX612aMqMcB8Ws2Voq6NIUPEtD1be6m411T4uDH/VtL9i//xvcyFlTVfRdaBsk7hV5tgrGQqhuBiw==",
      "requires": {
        "append-field": "^1.0.0",
        "busboy": "^0.2.11",
@@ -16933,6 +16958,11 @@
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.7.0.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-VCdBRNFTX1fyE7Nb6FYoURo/SPe62QCaAyzJvUjwRaIsc+NePBEniHlvxFmmX56+HZphIGtV0XeCirBtpDrTyQ=="
    },
+    "querystring": {
+      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/querystring/-/querystring-0.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-sgmEkgO7Jd+CDadW50cAWHhSFiA="
+    },
    "queue-microtask": {
      "version": "1.2.3",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/queue-microtask/-/queue-microtask-1.2.3.tgz",
@@ -17963,6 +17993,22 @@
        "xdg-basedir": "^4.0.0"
      }
    },
+    "url": {
+      "version": "0.10.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url/-/url-0.10.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-Ah5NnHcF8hu/N9A861h2dAJ3TGQ=",
+      "requires": {
+        "punycode": "1.3.2",
+        "querystring": "0.2.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "punycode": {
+          "version": "1.3.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-1.3.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-llOgNvt8HuQjQvIyXM7v6jkmxI0="
+        }
+      }
+    },
    "url-parse-lax": {
      "version": "3.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse-lax/-/url-parse-lax-3.0.0.tgz",
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  },
  "author": "4GL Ltd",
  "dependencies": {
-    "@sasjs/core": "^4.23.1",
+    "@sasjs/core": "^4.27.3",
    "@sasjs/utils": "2.42.1",
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "connect-mongo": "^4.6.0",
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
    "mongoose-sequence": "^5.3.1",
    "morgan": "^1.10.0",
    "multer": "^1.4.3",
-    "swagger-ui-express": "4.3.0"
+    "swagger-ui-express": "4.3.0",
+    "url": "^0.10.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/bcryptjs": "^2.4.2",
@@ -94,12 +95,9 @@
    "tsoa": "3.14.1",
    "typescript": "^4.3.2"
  },
-  "configuration": {
-    "sasPath": "/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sas"
-  },
  "nodemonConfig": {
    "ignore": [
-      "tmp/**/*"
+      "sasjs_root/**/*"
    ]
  }
 }
--- a/api/public/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/public/swagger.yaml
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ components:
                    type: boolean
                isAdmin:
                    type: boolean
+                autoExec:
+                    type: string
            required:
                - id
                - displayName
@@ -352,6 +354,10 @@ components:
                    type: boolean
                    description: 'Account should be active or not, defaults to true'
                    example: 'true'
+                autoExec:
+                    type: string
+                    description: 'User-specific auto-exec code'
+                    example: ""
            required:
                - displayName
                - username
@@ -537,7 +543,7 @@ paths:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
                                properties:
-                                    user: {properties: {displayName: {type: string}, username: {type: string}}, required: [displayName, username], type: object}
+                                    user: {properties: {displayName: {type: string}, username: {type: string}, id: {type: number, format: double}}, required: [displayName, username, id], type: object}
                                    loggedIn: {type: boolean}
                                required:
                                    - user
@@ -989,6 +995,7 @@ paths:
                        application/json:
                            schema:
                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserDetailsResponse'
+            description: 'Only Admin or user itself will get user autoExec code.'
            summary: 'Get user properties - such as group memberships, userName, displayName.'
            tags:
                - User
--- a/api/src/app.ts
+++ b/api/src/app.ts
@@ -12,25 +12,44 @@ import helmet from 'helmet'
 import {
  connectDB,
  copySASjsCore,
-  getWebBuildFolderPath,
+  CorsType,
+  getWebBuildFolder,
+  HelmetCoepType,
+  instantiateLogger,
  loadAppStreamConfig,
+  ModeType,
+  ProtocolType,
+  ReturnCode,
  setProcessVariables,
-  setupFolders
+  setupFolders,
+  verifyEnvVariables
 } from './utils'
 import { getEnvCSPDirectives } from './utils/parseHelmetConfig'

 dotenv.config()

+instantiateLogger()
+
+if (verifyEnvVariables()) process.exit(ReturnCode.InvalidEnv)
+
 const app = express()

 app.use(cookieParser())
-app.use(morgan('tiny'))

-const { MODE, CORS, WHITELIST, PROTOCOL, HELMET_CSP_CONFIG_PATH, HELMET_COEP } =
-  process.env
+const {
+  MODE,
+  CORS,
+  WHITELIST,
+  PROTOCOL,
+  HELMET_CSP_CONFIG_PATH,
+  HELMET_COEP,
+  LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN
+} = process.env
+
+app.use(morgan(LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN as string))

 export const cookieOptions = {
-  secure: PROTOCOL === 'https',
+  secure: PROTOCOL === ProtocolType.HTTPS,
  httpOnly: true,
  maxAge: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 // 24 hours
 }
@@ -38,9 +57,8 @@ export const cookieOptions = {
 const cspConfigJson: { [key: string]: string[] | null } = getEnvCSPDirectives(
  HELMET_CSP_CONFIG_PATH
 )
-const coepFlag =
-  HELMET_COEP === 'true' || HELMET_COEP === undefined ? true : false
-if (PROTOCOL === 'http') cspConfigJson['upgrade-insecure-requests'] = null
+if (PROTOCOL === ProtocolType.HTTP)
+  cspConfigJson['upgrade-insecure-requests'] = null

 /***********************************
 *         CSRF Protection         *
@@ -58,14 +76,14 @@ app.use(
        ...cspConfigJson
      }
    },
-    crossOriginEmbedderPolicy: coepFlag
+    crossOriginEmbedderPolicy: HELMET_COEP === HelmetCoepType.TRUE
  })
 )

 /***********************************
 *         Enabling CORS           *
 ***********************************/
-if (MODE?.trim() !== 'server' || CORS?.trim() === 'enable') {
+if (CORS === CorsType.ENABLED) {
  const whiteList: string[] = []
  WHITELIST?.split(' ')
    ?.filter((url) => !!url)
@@ -84,7 +102,7 @@ if (MODE?.trim() !== 'server' || CORS?.trim() === 'enable') {
 *        Express Sessions          *
 *        With Mongo Store          *
 ***********************************/
-if (MODE?.trim() === 'server') {
+if (MODE === ModeType.Server) {
  let store: MongoStore | undefined

  // NOTE: when exporting app.js as agent for supertest
@@ -105,6 +123,7 @@ if (MODE?.trim() === 'server') {
    })
  )
 }
+
 app.use(express.json({ limit: '100mb' }))
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../public')))

@@ -129,7 +148,7 @@ export default setProcessVariables().then(async () => {

  // should be served after setting up web route
  // index.html needs to be injected with some js script.
-  app.use(express.static(getWebBuildFolderPath()))
+  app.use(express.static(getWebBuildFolder()))

  app.use(onError)

--- a/api/src/controllers/code.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/code.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import { Request, Security, Route, Tags, Post, Body } from 'tsoa'
 import { ExecuteReturnJson, ExecutionController } from './internal'
-import { PreProgramVars } from '../types'
 import { ExecuteReturnJsonResponse } from '.'
-import { getPreProgramVariables, parseLogToArray } from '../utils'
+import {
+  getPreProgramVariables,
+  getUserAutoExec,
+  ModeType,
+  parseLogToArray
+} from '../utils'

 interface ExecuteSASCodePayload {
  /**
@@ -30,14 +34,23 @@ export class CodeController {
  }
 }

-const executeSASCode = async (req: any, { code }: ExecuteSASCodePayload) => {
+const executeSASCode = async (
+  req: express.Request,
+  { code }: ExecuteSASCodePayload
+) => {
+  const { user } = req
+  const userAutoExec =
+    process.env.MODE === ModeType.Server
+      ? user?.autoExec
+      : await getUserAutoExec()
+
  try {
    const { webout, log, httpHeaders } =
      (await new ExecutionController().executeProgram(
        code,
        getPreProgramVariables(req),
        { ...req.query, _debug: 131 },
-        undefined,
+        { userAutoExec },
        true
      )) as ExecuteReturnJson

--- a/api/src/controllers/drive.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/drive.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
 import { createFileTree, ExecutionController, getTreeExample } from './internal'

 import { TreeNode } from '../types'
-import { getTmpFilesFolderPath } from '../utils'
+import { getFilesFolder } from '../utils'

 interface DeployPayload {
  appLoc: string
@@ -214,12 +214,12 @@ const getFileTree = () => {
 }

 const deploy = async (data: DeployPayload) => {
-  const driveFilesPath = getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+  const driveFilesPath = getFilesFolder()

  const appLocParts = data.appLoc.replace(/^\//, '').split('/')

  const appLocPath = path
-    .join(getTmpFilesFolderPath(), ...appLocParts)
+    .join(getFilesFolder(), ...appLocParts)
    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

  if (!appLocPath.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ const deploy = async (data: DeployPayload) => {
 }

 const getFile = async (req: express.Request, filePath: string) => {
-  const driveFilesPath = getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+  const driveFilesPath = getFilesFolder()

  const filePathFull = path
-    .join(getTmpFilesFolderPath(), filePath)
+    .join(getFilesFolder(), filePath)
    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ const getFile = async (req: express.Request, filePath: string) => {
 }

 const getFolder = async (folderPath?: string) => {
-  const driveFilesPath = getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+  const driveFilesPath = getFilesFolder()

  if (folderPath) {
    const folderPathFull = path
-      .join(getTmpFilesFolderPath(), folderPath)
+      .join(getFilesFolder(), folderPath)
      .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

    if (!folderPathFull.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ const getFolder = async (folderPath?: string) => {
 }

 const deleteFile = async (filePath: string) => {
-  const driveFilesPath = getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+  const driveFilesPath = getFilesFolder()

  const filePathFull = path
-    .join(getTmpFilesFolderPath(), filePath)
+    .join(getFilesFolder(), filePath)
    .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep)

  if (!filePathFull.includes(driveFilesPath)) {
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ const saveFile = async (
  filePath: string,
  multerFile: Express.Multer.File
 ): Promise<GetFileResponse> => {
-  const driveFilesPath = getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+  const driveFilesPath = getFilesFolder()

  const filePathFull = path
    .join(driveFilesPath, filePath)
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ const updateFile = async (
  filePath: string,
  multerFile: Express.Multer.File
 ): Promise<GetFileResponse> => {
-  const driveFilesPath = getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+  const driveFilesPath = getFilesFolder()

  const filePathFull = path
    .join(driveFilesPath, filePath)
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/Execution.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/Execution.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import { PreProgramVars, Session, TreeNode } from '../../types'
 import {
  extractHeaders,
  generateFileUploadSasCode,
-  getTmpFilesFolderPath,
-  getTmpMacrosPath,
+  getFilesFolder,
+  getMacrosFolder,
  HTTPHeaders,
  isDebugOn
 } from '../../utils'
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class ExecutionController {
    session?: Session
  ) {
    if (!(await fileExists(programPath)))
-      throw 'ExecutionController: SAS file does not exist.'
+      throw `The Stored Program at (${vars._program}) does not exist, or you do not have permission to view it.`

    const program = await readFile(programPath)

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class ExecutionController {
 `

    program = `
-options insert=(SASAUTOS="${getTmpMacrosPath()}");
+options insert=(SASAUTOS="${getMacrosFolder()}");

 /* runtime vars */
 ${varStatments}
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ filename _webout "${weboutPath}" mod;
 /* dynamic user-provided vars */
 ${preProgramVarStatments}

+/* user autoexec starts */
+${otherArgs?.userAutoExec ?? ''}
+/* user autoexec ends */
+
 /* actual job code */
 ${program}`

@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ ${program}`
    const root: TreeNode = {
      name: 'files',
      relativePath: '',
-      absolutePath: getTmpFilesFolderPath(),
+      absolutePath: getFilesFolder(),
      children: []
    }

--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/FileUploadController.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/FileUploadController.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
+import { Request, RequestHandler } from 'express'
 import multer from 'multer'
 import { uuidv4 } from '@sasjs/utils'
 import { getSessionController } from '.'

 export class FileUploadController {
  private storage = multer.diskStorage({
-    destination: function (req: any, file: any, cb: any) {
+    destination: function (req: Request, file: any, cb: any) {
      //Sending the intercepted files to the sessions subfolder
-      cb(null, req.sasSession.path)
+      cb(null, req.sasSession?.path)
    },
-    filename: function (req: any, file: any, cb: any) {
+    filename: function (req: Request, file: any, cb: any) {
      //req_file prefix + unique hash added to sas request files
      cb(null, `req_file_${uuidv4().replace(/-/gm, '')}`)
    }
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export class FileUploadController {

  //It will intercept request and generate unique uuid to be used as a subfolder name
  //that will store the files uploaded
-  public preUploadMiddleware = async (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
+  public preUploadMiddleware: RequestHandler = async (req, res, next) => {
    let session

    const sessionController = getSessionController()
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/Session.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Session } from '../../types'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
 import { execFile } from 'child_process'
 import {
-  getTmpSessionsFolderPath,
+  getSessionsFolder,
  generateUniqueFileName,
  sysInitCompiledPath
 } from '../../utils'
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class SessionController {

  private async createSession(): Promise<Session> {
    const sessionId = generateUniqueFileName(generateTimestamp())
-    const sessionFolder = path.join(getTmpSessionsFolderPath(), sessionId)
+    const sessionFolder = path.join(getSessionsFolder(), sessionId)

    const creationTimeStamp = sessionId.split('-').pop() as string
    // death time of session is 15 mins from creation
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ ${autoExecContent}`
      session.path,
      '-AUTOEXEC',
      autoExecPath,
+      '-ENCODING',
+      'UTF-8',
      process.platform === 'win32' ? '-nosplash' : ''
    ])
      .then(() => {
--- a/api/src/controllers/internal/deploy.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/internal/deploy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import { getTmpFilesFolderPath } from '../../utils/file'
+import { getFilesFolder } from '../../utils/file'
 import {
  createFolder,
  createFile,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const createFileTree = async (
  parentFolders: string[] = []
 ) => {
  const destinationPath = path.join(
-    getTmpFilesFolderPath(),
+    getFilesFolder(),
    path.join(...parentFolders)
  )

--- a/api/src/controllers/session.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/session.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export class SessionController {
  }
 }

-const session = (req: any) => ({
-  id: req.user.userId,
-  username: req.user.username,
-  displayName: req.user.displayName
+const session = (req: express.Request) => ({
+  id: req.user!.userId,
+  username: req.user!.username,
+  displayName: req.user!.displayName
 })
--- a/api/src/controllers/stp.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/stp.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ import {
 } from './internal'
 import {
  getPreProgramVariables,
-  getTmpFilesFolderPath,
+  getFilesFolder,
  HTTPHeaders,
  isDebugOn,
  LogLine,
  makeFilesNamesMap,
  parseLogToArray
 } from '../utils'
+import { MulterFile } from '../types/Upload'

 interface ExecuteReturnJsonPayload {
  /**
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ const executeReturnRaw = async (
  const query = req.query as ExecutionVars
  const sasCodePath =
    path
-      .join(getTmpFilesFolderPath(), _program)
+      .join(getFilesFolder(), _program)
      .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep) + '.sas'

  try {
@@ -167,15 +168,17 @@ const executeReturnRaw = async (
 }

 const executeReturnJson = async (
-  req: any,
+  req: express.Request,
  _program: string
 ): Promise<ExecuteReturnJsonResponse> => {
  const sasCodePath =
    path
-      .join(getTmpFilesFolderPath(), _program)
+      .join(getFilesFolder(), _program)
      .replace(new RegExp('/', 'g'), path.sep) + '.sas'

-  const filesNamesMap = req.files?.length ? makeFilesNamesMap(req.files) : null
+  const filesNamesMap = req.files?.length
+    ? makeFilesNamesMap(req.files as MulterFile[])
+    : null

  try {
    const { webout, log, httpHeaders } =
--- a/api/src/controllers/user.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/user.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import express from 'express'
 import {
  Security,
  Route,
@@ -10,10 +11,13 @@ import {
  Patch,
  Delete,
  Body,
-  Hidden
+  Hidden,
+  Request
 } from 'tsoa'
+import { desktopUser } from '../middlewares'

 import User, { UserPayload } from '../model/User'
+import { getUserAutoExec, updateUserAutoExec, ModeType } from '../utils'

 export interface UserResponse {
  id: number
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ interface UserDetailsResponse {
  username: string
  isActive: boolean
  isAdmin: boolean
+  autoExec?: string
 }

@Security('bearerAuth')
@@ -73,13 +78,23 @@ export class UserController {
  }

  /**
+   * Only Admin or user itself will get user autoExec code.
   * @summary Get user properties - such as group memberships, userName, displayName.
   * @param userId The user's identifier
   * @example userId 1234
   */
  @Get('{userId}')
-  public async getUser(@Path() userId: number): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> {
-    return getUser(userId)
+  public async getUser(
+    @Request() req: express.Request,
+    @Path() userId: number
+  ): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> {
+    const { MODE } = process.env
+
+    if (MODE === ModeType.Desktop) return getDesktopAutoExec()
+
+    const { user } = req
+    const getAutoExec = user!.isAdmin || user!.userId == userId
+    return getUser(userId, getAutoExec)
  }

  /**
@@ -99,6 +114,11 @@ export class UserController {
    @Path() userId: number,
    @Body() body: UserPayload
  ): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> {
+    const { MODE } = process.env
+
+    if (MODE === ModeType.Desktop)
+      return updateDesktopAutoExec(body.autoExec ?? '')
+
    return updateUser(userId, body)
  }

@@ -123,7 +143,7 @@ const getAllUsers = async (): Promise<UserResponse[]> =>
    .exec()

 const createUser = async (data: UserPayload): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> => {
-  const { displayName, username, password, isAdmin, isActive } = data
+  const { displayName, username, password, isAdmin, isActive, autoExec } = data

  // Checking if user is already in the database
  const usernameExist = await User.findOne({ username })
@@ -138,7 +158,8 @@ const createUser = async (data: UserPayload): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> => {
    username,
    password: hashPassword,
    isAdmin,
-    isActive
+    isActive,
+    autoExec
  })

  const savedUser = await user.save()
@@ -148,38 +169,50 @@ const createUser = async (data: UserPayload): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> => {
    displayName: savedUser.displayName,
    username: savedUser.username,
    isActive: savedUser.isActive,
-    isAdmin: savedUser.isAdmin
+    isAdmin: savedUser.isAdmin,
+    autoExec: savedUser.autoExec
  }
 }

-const getUser = async (id: number): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> => {
+const getUser = async (
+  id: number,
+  getAutoExec: boolean
+): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> => {
  const user = await User.findOne({ id })
-    .select({
-      _id: 0,
-      id: 1,
-      username: 1,
-      displayName: 1,
-      isAdmin: 1,
-      isActive: 1
-    })
-    .exec()
+
  if (!user) throw new Error('User is not found.')

-  return user
+  return {
+    id: user.id,
+    displayName: user.displayName,
+    username: user.username,
+    isActive: user.isActive,
+    isAdmin: user.isAdmin,
+    autoExec: getAutoExec ? user.autoExec ?? '' : undefined
+  }
+}
+
+const getDesktopAutoExec = async () => {
+  return {
+    ...desktopUser,
+    id: desktopUser.userId,
+    autoExec: await getUserAutoExec()
+  }
 }

 const updateUser = async (
  id: number,
-  data: UserPayload
+  data: Partial<UserPayload>
 ): Promise<UserDetailsResponse> => {
-  const { displayName, username, password, isAdmin, isActive } = data
+  const { displayName, username, password, isAdmin, isActive, autoExec } = data

-  const params: any = { displayName, isAdmin, isActive }
+  const params: any = { displayName, isAdmin, isActive, autoExec }

  if (username) {
    // Checking if user is already in the database
    const usernameExist = await User.findOne({ username })
-    if (usernameExist?.id != id) throw new Error('Username already exists.')
+    if (usernameExist && usernameExist.id != id)
+      throw new Error('Username already exists.')
    params.username = username
  }

@@ -189,18 +222,26 @@ const updateUser = async (
  }

  const updatedUser = await User.findOneAndUpdate({ id }, params, { new: true })
-    .select({
-      _id: 0,
-      id: 1,
-      username: 1,
-      displayName: 1,
-      isAdmin: 1,
-      isActive: 1
-    })
-    .exec()
-  if (!updatedUser) throw new Error('Unable to update user')

-  return updatedUser
+  if (!updatedUser) throw new Error(`Unable to find user with id: ${id}`)
+
+  return {
+    id: updatedUser.id,
+    username: updatedUser.username,
+    displayName: updatedUser.displayName,
+    isAdmin: updatedUser.isAdmin,
+    isActive: updatedUser.isActive,
+    autoExec: updatedUser.autoExec
+  }
+}
+
+const updateDesktopAutoExec = async (autoExec: string) => {
+  await updateUserAutoExec(autoExec)
+  return {
+    ...desktopUser,
+    id: desktopUser.userId,
+    autoExec
+  }
 }

 const deleteUser = async (
--- a/api/src/controllers/web.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/web.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { readFile } from '@sasjs/utils'

 import User from '../model/User'
 import Client from '../model/Client'
-import { getWebBuildFolderPath, generateAuthCode } from '../utils'
+import { getWebBuildFolder, generateAuthCode } from '../utils'
 import { InfoJWT } from '../types'
 import { AuthController } from './auth'

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class WebController {
 }

 const home = async () => {
-  const indexHtmlPath = path.join(getWebBuildFolderPath(), 'index.html')
+  const indexHtmlPath = path.join(getWebBuildFolder(), 'index.html')

  // Attention! Cannot use fileExists here,
  // due to limitation after building executable
@@ -90,12 +90,14 @@ const login = async (
    username: user.username,
    displayName: user.displayName,
    isAdmin: user.isAdmin,
-    isActive: user.isActive
+    isActive: user.isActive,
+    autoExec: user.autoExec
  }

  return {
    loggedIn: true,
    user: {
+      id: user.id,
      username: user.username,
      displayName: user.displayName
    }
--- a/api/src/middlewares/authenticateToken.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/authenticateToken.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
+import { RequestHandler, Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express'
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
 import { csrfProtection } from '../app'
-import { verifyTokenInDB } from '../utils'
+import { fetchLatestAutoExec, ModeType, verifyTokenInDB } from '../utils'
+import { desktopUser } from './desktop'
+
+export const authenticateAccessToken: RequestHandler = async (
+  req,
+  res,
+  next
+) => {
+  const { MODE } = process.env
+  if (MODE === ModeType.Desktop) {
+    req.user = desktopUser
+    return next()
+  }

-export const authenticateAccessToken = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
  // if request is coming from web and has valid session
-  // we can validate the request and check for CSRF Token
+  // it can be validated.
  if (req.session?.loggedIn) {
-    req.user = req.session.user
+    if (req.session.user) {
+      const user = await fetchLatestAutoExec(req.session.user)

-    return csrfProtection(req, res, next)
+      if (user) {
+        if (user.isActive) {
+          req.user = user
+          return csrfProtection(req, res, next)
+        } else return res.sendStatus(401)
+      }
+    }
+    return res.sendStatus(401)
  }

  authenticateToken(
@@ -20,7 +40,7 @@ export const authenticateAccessToken = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
  )
 }

-export const authenticateRefreshToken = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
+export const authenticateRefreshToken: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
  authenticateToken(
    req,
    res,
@@ -31,16 +51,16 @@ export const authenticateRefreshToken = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
 }

 const authenticateToken = (
-  req: any,
-  res: any,
-  next: any,
+  req: Request,
+  res: Response,
+  next: NextFunction,
  key: string,
  tokenType: 'accessToken' | 'refreshToken'
 ) => {
  const { MODE } = process.env
  if (MODE?.trim() !== 'server') {
    req.user = {
-      userId: '1234',
+      userId: 1234,
      clientId: 'desktopModeClientId',
      username: 'desktopModeUsername',
      displayName: 'desktopModeDisplayName',
--- a/api/src/middlewares/desktop.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/desktop.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,37 @@
-export const desktopRestrict = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
+import { RequestHandler, Request } from 'express'
+import { userInfo } from 'os'
+import { RequestUser } from '../types'
+import { ModeType } from '../utils'
+
+const regexUser = /^\/SASjsApi\/user\/[0-9]*$/ // /SASjsApi/user/1
+
+const allowedInDesktopMode: { [key: string]: RegExp[] } = {
+  GET: [regexUser],
+  PATCH: [regexUser]
+}
+
+const reqAllowedInDesktopMode = (request: Request): boolean => {
+  const { method, originalUrl: url } = request
+
+  return !!allowedInDesktopMode[method]?.find((urlRegex) => urlRegex.test(url))
+}
+
+export const desktopRestrict: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
  const { MODE } = process.env
-  if (MODE?.trim() !== 'server')
-    return res.status(403).send('Not Allowed while in Desktop Mode.')
+
+  if (MODE === ModeType.Desktop) {
+    if (!reqAllowedInDesktopMode(req))
+      return res.status(403).send('Not Allowed while in Desktop Mode.')
+  }

  next()
 }
-export const desktopUsername = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
-  const { MODE } = process.env
-  if (MODE?.trim() !== 'server')
-    return res.status(200).send({
-      userId: 12345,
-      username: 'DESKTOPusername',
-      displayName: 'DESKTOP User'
-    })

-  next()
+export const desktopUser: RequestUser = {
+  userId: 12345,
+  clientId: 'desktop_app',
+  username: userInfo().username,
+  displayName: userInfo().username,
+  isAdmin: true,
+  isActive: true
 }
--- a/api/src/middlewares/multer.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/multer.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import { Request } from 'express'
 import multer, { FileFilterCallback, Options } from 'multer'
-import { blockFileRegex, getTmpUploadsPath } from '../utils'
+import { blockFileRegex, getUploadsFolder } from '../utils'

 const fieldNameSize = 300
 const fileSize = 104857600 // 100 MB

 const storage = multer.diskStorage({
-  destination: getTmpUploadsPath(),
+  destination: getUploadsFolder(),
  filename: function (
    _req: Request,
    file: Express.Multer.File,
--- a/api/src/middlewares/verifyAdmin.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/verifyAdmin.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-export const verifyAdmin = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
+import { RequestHandler } from 'express'
+
+export const verifyAdmin: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
  const { MODE } = process.env
  if (MODE?.trim() !== 'server') return next()

--- a/api/src/middlewares/verifyAdminIfNeeded.ts
+++ b/api/src/middlewares/verifyAdminIfNeeded.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-export const verifyAdminIfNeeded = (req: any, res: any, next: any) => {
+import { RequestHandler } from 'express'
+
+export const verifyAdminIfNeeded: RequestHandler = (req, res, next) => {
  const { user } = req
  const userId = parseInt(req.params.userId)

-  if (!user.isAdmin && user.userId !== userId) {
+  if (!user?.isAdmin && user?.userId !== userId) {
    return res.status(401).send('Admin account required')
  }
  next()
--- a/api/src/model/User.ts
+++ b/api/src/model/User.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,18 @@ export interface UserPayload {
   * @example "true"
   */
  isActive?: boolean
+  /**
+   * User-specific auto-exec code
+   * @example ""
+   */
+  autoExec?: string
 }

 interface IUserDocument extends UserPayload, Document {
  id: number
  isAdmin: boolean
  isActive: boolean
+  autoExec: string
  groups: Schema.Types.ObjectId[]
  tokens: [{ [key: string]: string }]
 }
@@ -66,6 +72,9 @@ const userSchema = new Schema<IUserDocument>({
    type: Boolean,
    default: true
  },
+  autoExec: {
+    type: String
+  },
  groups: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Group' }],
  tokens: [
    {
--- a/api/src/routes/api/auth.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/auth.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ authRouter.post('/token', async (req, res) => {
  }
 })

-authRouter.post('/refresh', authenticateRefreshToken, async (req: any, res) => {
-  const userInfo: InfoJWT = req.user
+authRouter.post('/refresh', authenticateRefreshToken, async (req, res) => {
+  const userInfo: InfoJWT = {
+    userId: req.user!.userId!,
+    clientId: req.user!.clientId!
+  }

  try {
    const response = await controller.refresh(userInfo)
@@ -38,8 +41,11 @@ authRouter.post('/refresh', authenticateRefreshToken, async (req: any, res) => {
  }
 })

-authRouter.delete('/logout', authenticateAccessToken, async (req: any, res) => {
-  const userInfo: InfoJWT = req.user
+authRouter.delete('/logout', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
+  const userInfo: InfoJWT = {
+    userId: req.user!.userId!,
+    clientId: req.user!.clientId!
+  }

  try {
    await controller.logout(userInfo)
--- a/api/src/routes/api/group.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/group.ts
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ groupRouter.get('/', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
  }
 })

-groupRouter.get('/:groupId', authenticateAccessToken, async (req: any, res) => {
+groupRouter.get('/:groupId', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
  const { groupId } = req.params

  const controller = new GroupController()
  try {
-    const response = await controller.getGroup(groupId)
+    const response = await controller.getGroup(parseInt(groupId))
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
@@ -49,12 +49,15 @@ groupRouter.post(
  '/:groupId/:userId',
  authenticateAccessToken,
  verifyAdmin,
-  async (req: any, res) => {
+  async (req, res) => {
    const { groupId, userId } = req.params

    const controller = new GroupController()
    try {
-      const response = await controller.addUserToGroup(groupId, userId)
+      const response = await controller.addUserToGroup(
+        parseInt(groupId),
+        parseInt(userId)
+      )
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
@@ -66,12 +69,15 @@ groupRouter.delete(
  '/:groupId/:userId',
  authenticateAccessToken,
  verifyAdmin,
-  async (req: any, res) => {
+  async (req, res) => {
    const { groupId, userId } = req.params

    const controller = new GroupController()
    try {
-      const response = await controller.removeUserFromGroup(groupId, userId)
+      const response = await controller.removeUserFromGroup(
+        parseInt(groupId),
+        parseInt(userId)
+      )
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
@@ -83,12 +89,12 @@ groupRouter.delete(
  '/:groupId',
  authenticateAccessToken,
  verifyAdmin,
-  async (req: any, res) => {
+  async (req, res) => {
    const { groupId } = req.params

    const controller = new GroupController()
    try {
-      await controller.deleteGroup(groupId)
+      await controller.deleteGroup(parseInt(groupId))
      res.status(200).send('Group Deleted!')
    } catch (err: any) {
      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
--- a/api/src/routes/api/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import swaggerUi from 'swagger-ui-express'
 import {
  authenticateAccessToken,
  desktopRestrict,
-  desktopUsername,
  verifyAdmin
 } from '../../middlewares'

@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ import sessionRouter from './session'
 const router = express.Router()

 router.use('/info', infoRouter)
-router.use('/session', desktopUsername, authenticateAccessToken, sessionRouter)
+router.use('/session', authenticateAccessToken, sessionRouter)
 router.use('/auth', desktopRestrict, authRouter)
 router.use(
  '/client',
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/drive.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/drive.spec.ts
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ import * as fileUtilModules from '../../../utils/file'
 const timestamp = generateTimestamp()
 const tmpFolder = path.join(process.cwd(), `tmp-${timestamp}`)
 jest
-  .spyOn(fileUtilModules, 'getTmpFolderPath')
+  .spyOn(fileUtilModules, 'getSasjsRootFolder')
  .mockImplementation(() => tmpFolder)
 jest
-  .spyOn(fileUtilModules, 'getTmpUploadsPath')
+  .spyOn(fileUtilModules, 'getUploadsFolder')
  .mockImplementation(() => path.join(tmpFolder, 'uploads'))

 import appPromise from '../../../app'
 import { UserController } from '../../../controllers/'
 import { getTreeExample } from '../../../controllers/internal'
 import { generateAccessToken, saveTokensInDB } from '../../../utils/'
-const { getTmpFilesFolderPath } = fileUtilModules
+const { getFilesFolder } = fileUtilModules

 const clientId = 'someclientID'
 const user = {
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ describe('drive', () => {
      expect(res.text).toEqual(
        '{"status":"success","message":"Files deployed successfully to @sasjs/server."}'
      )
-      await expect(folderExists(getTmpFilesFolderPath())).resolves.toEqual(true)
+      await expect(folderExists(getFilesFolder())).resolves.toEqual(true)

      const testJobFolder = path.join(
-        getTmpFilesFolderPath(),
+        getFilesFolder(),
        'public',
        'jobs',
        'extract'
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe('drive', () => {

      await expect(readFile(testJobFile)).resolves.toEqual(exampleService.code)

-      await deleteFolder(path.join(getTmpFilesFolderPath(), 'public'))
+      await deleteFolder(path.join(getFilesFolder(), 'public'))
    })
  })

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe('drive', () => {
      })

      it('should get a SAS folder on drive having _folderPath as query param', async () => {
-        const pathToDrive = fileUtilModules.getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+        const pathToDrive = fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder()

        const dirLevel1 = 'level1'
        const dirLevel2 = 'level2'
@@ -267,10 +267,7 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        const fileToCopyPath = path.join(__dirname, 'files', 'sample.sas')
        const filePath = '/my/path/code.sas'

-        const pathToCopy = path.join(
-          fileUtilModules.getTmpFilesFolderPath(),
-          filePath
-        )
+        const pathToCopy = path.join(fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder(), filePath)
        await copy(fileToCopyPath, pathToCopy)

        const res = await request(app)
@@ -333,7 +330,7 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        const pathToUpload = `/my/path/code-${generateTimestamp()}.sas`

        const pathToCopy = path.join(
-          fileUtilModules.getTmpFilesFolderPath(),
+          fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder(),
          pathToUpload
        )
        await copy(fileToAttachPath, pathToCopy)
@@ -445,7 +442,7 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        const pathToUpload = '/my/path/code.sas'

        const pathToCopy = path.join(
-          fileUtilModules.getTmpFilesFolderPath(),
+          fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder(),
          pathToUpload
        )
        await copy(fileToAttachPath, pathToCopy)
@@ -467,7 +464,7 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        const pathToUpload = '/my/path/code.sas'

        const pathToCopy = path.join(
-          fileUtilModules.getTmpFilesFolderPath(),
+          fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder(),
          pathToUpload
        )
        await copy(fileToAttachPath, pathToCopy)
@@ -603,10 +600,7 @@ describe('drive', () => {
        const fileToCopyContent = await readFile(fileToCopyPath)
        const filePath = '/my/path/code.sas'

-        const pathToCopy = path.join(
-          fileUtilModules.getTmpFilesFolderPath(),
-          filePath
-        )
+        const pathToCopy = path.join(fileUtilModules.getFilesFolder(), filePath)
        await copy(fileToCopyPath, pathToCopy)

        const res = await request(app)
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/user.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/user.spec.ts
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ import { generateAccessToken, saveTokensInDB } from '../../../utils'
 const clientId = 'someclientID'
 const adminUser = {
  displayName: 'Test Admin',
-  username: 'testAdminUsername',
+  username: 'testadminusername',
  password: '12345678',
  isAdmin: true,
  isActive: true
 }
 const user = {
  displayName: 'Test User',
-  username: 'testUsername',
+  username: 'testusername',
  password: '87654321',
  isAdmin: false,
-  isActive: true
+  isActive: true,
+  autoExec: 'some sas code for auto exec;'
 }

 const controller = new UserController()
@@ -64,6 +65,21 @@ describe('user', () => {
      expect(res.body.displayName).toEqual(user.displayName)
      expect(res.body.isAdmin).toEqual(user.isAdmin)
      expect(res.body.isActive).toEqual(user.isActive)
+      expect(res.body.autoExec).toEqual(user.autoExec)
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with new user having username as lowercase', async () => {
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .post('/SASjsApi/user')
+        .auth(adminAccessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send({ ...user, username: user.username.toUpperCase() })
+        .expect(200)
+
+      expect(res.body.username).toEqual(user.username)
+      expect(res.body.displayName).toEqual(user.displayName)
+      expect(res.body.isAdmin).toEqual(user.isAdmin)
+      expect(res.body.isActive).toEqual(user.isActive)
+      expect(res.body.autoExec).toEqual(user.autoExec)
    })

    it('should respond with Unauthorized if access token is not present', async () => {
@@ -242,7 +258,7 @@ describe('user', () => {
      const dbUser1 = await controller.createUser(user)
      const dbUser2 = await controller.createUser({
        ...user,
-        username: 'randomUser'
+        username: 'randomuser'
      })

      const res = await request(app)
@@ -360,7 +376,25 @@ describe('user', () => {
      await deleteAllUsers()
    })

-    it('should respond with user', async () => {
+    it('should respond with user autoExec when same user requests', async () => {
+      const dbUser = await controller.createUser(user)
+      const userId = dbUser.id
+      const accessToken = await generateAndSaveToken(userId)
+
+      const res = await request(app)
+        .get(`/SASjsApi/user/${userId}`)
+        .auth(accessToken, { type: 'bearer' })
+        .send()
+        .expect(200)
+
+      expect(res.body.username).toEqual(user.username)
+      expect(res.body.displayName).toEqual(user.displayName)
+      expect(res.body.isAdmin).toEqual(user.isAdmin)
+      expect(res.body.isActive).toEqual(user.isActive)
+      expect(res.body.autoExec).toEqual(user.autoExec)
+    })
+
+    it('should respond with user autoExec when admin user requests', async () => {
      const dbUser = await controller.createUser(user)
      const userId = dbUser.id

@@ -374,6 +408,7 @@ describe('user', () => {
      expect(res.body.displayName).toEqual(user.displayName)
      expect(res.body.isAdmin).toEqual(user.isAdmin)
      expect(res.body.isActive).toEqual(user.isActive)
+      expect(res.body.autoExec).toEqual(user.autoExec)
    })

    it('should respond with user when access token is not of an admin account', async () => {
@@ -395,6 +430,7 @@ describe('user', () => {
      expect(res.body.displayName).toEqual(user.displayName)
      expect(res.body.isAdmin).toEqual(user.isAdmin)
      expect(res.body.isActive).toEqual(user.isActive)
+      expect(res.body.autoExec).toBeUndefined()
    })

    it('should respond with Unauthorized if access token is not present', async () => {
--- a/api/src/routes/api/spec/web.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/spec/web.spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const clientSecret = 'someclientSecret'
 const user = {
  id: 1234,
  displayName: 'Test User',
-  username: 'testUsername',
+  username: 'testusername',
  password: '87654321',
  isAdmin: false,
  isActive: true
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ describe('web', () => {

      expect(res.body.loggedIn).toBeTruthy()
      expect(res.body.user).toEqual({
+        id: expect.any(Number),
        username: user.username,
        displayName: user.displayName
      })
@@ -155,7 +156,6 @@ const getCSRF = async (app: Express) => {
  const { header } = await request(app).get('/')
  const cookies = header['set-cookie'].join()

-  console.log('cookies', cookies)
  const csrfToken = extractCSRF(cookies)
  return { csrfToken, cookies }
 }
--- a/api/src/routes/api/stp.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/stp.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stpRouter.post(
  '/execute',
  fileUploadController.preUploadMiddleware,
  fileUploadController.getMulterUploadObject().any(),
-  async (req: any, res: any) => {
+  async (req, res: any) => {
    const { error: errQ, value: query } = executeProgramRawValidation(req.query)
    const { error: errB, value: body } = executeProgramRawValidation(req.body)

@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ stpRouter.post(
        query?._program
      )

-      if (response instanceof Buffer) {
-        res.writeHead(200, (req as any).sasHeaders)
-        return res.end(response)
-      }
+      // TODO: investigate if this code is required
+      // if (response instanceof Buffer) {
+      //   res.writeHead(200, (req as any).sasHeaders)
+      //   return res.end(response)
+      // }

      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
--- a/api/src/routes/api/user.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/api/user.ts
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ userRouter.get('/', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
  }
 })

-userRouter.get('/:userId', authenticateAccessToken, async (req: any, res) => {
+userRouter.get('/:userId', authenticateAccessToken, async (req, res) => {
  const { userId } = req.params

  const controller = new UserController()
  try {
-    const response = await controller.getUser(userId)
+    const response = await controller.getUser(req, parseInt(userId))
    res.send(response)
  } catch (err: any) {
    res.status(403).send(err.toString())
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ userRouter.patch(
  '/:userId',
  authenticateAccessToken,
  verifyAdminIfNeeded,
-  async (req: any, res) => {
+  async (req, res) => {
    const { user } = req
    const { userId } = req.params

    // only an admin can update `isActive` and `isAdmin` fields
-    const { error, value: body } = updateUserValidation(req.body, user.isAdmin)
+    const { error, value: body } = updateUserValidation(req.body, user!.isAdmin)
    if (error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message)

    const controller = new UserController()
    try {
-      const response = await controller.updateUser(userId, body)
+      const response = await controller.updateUser(parseInt(userId), body)
      res.send(response)
    } catch (err: any) {
      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ userRouter.delete(
  '/:userId',
  authenticateAccessToken,
  verifyAdminIfNeeded,
-  async (req: any, res) => {
+  async (req, res) => {
    const { user } = req
    const { userId } = req.params

    // only an admin can delete user without providing password
-    const { error, value: data } = deleteUserValidation(req.body, user.isAdmin)
+    const { error, value: data } = deleteUserValidation(req.body, user!.isAdmin)
    if (error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message)

    const controller = new UserController()
    try {
-      await controller.deleteUser(userId, data, user.isAdmin)
+      await controller.deleteUser(parseInt(userId), data, user!.isAdmin)
      res.status(200).send('Account Deleted!')
    } catch (err: any) {
      res.status(403).send(err.toString())
--- a/api/src/routes/appStream/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/appStream/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import express from 'express'
+import express, { Request } from 'express'
 import { folderExists } from '@sasjs/utils'

-import { addEntryToAppStreamConfig, getTmpFilesFolderPath } from '../../utils'
+import { addEntryToAppStreamConfig, getFilesFolder } from '../../utils'
 import { appStreamHtml } from './appStreamHtml'

+const appStreams: { [key: string]: string } = {}
+
 const router = express.Router()

 router.get('/', async (req, res) => {
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ export const publishAppStream = async (
  streamLogo?: string,
  addEntryToFile: boolean = true
 ) => {
-  const driveFilesPath = getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+  const driveFilesPath = getFilesFolder()

  const appLocParts = appLoc.replace(/^\//, '')?.split('/')
  const appLocPath = path.join(driveFilesPath, ...appLocParts)
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export const publishAppStream = async (
      streamServiceName = `AppStreamName${appCount + 1}`
    }

-    router.use(`/${streamServiceName}`, express.static(pathToDeployment))
+    appStreams[streamServiceName] = pathToDeployment

    addEntryToAppStreamConfig(
      streamServiceName,
@@ -64,4 +66,26 @@ export const publishAppStream = async (
  return {}
 }

+router.get(`/*`, function (req: Request, res, next) {
+  const reqPath = req.path.replace(/^\//, '')
+
+  // Redirecting to url with trailing slash for appStream base URL only
+  if (reqPath.split('/').length === 1 && !reqPath.endsWith('/'))
+    // navigating to same url with slash at start
+    return res.redirect(301, `${reqPath}/`)
+
+  const appStream = reqPath.split('/')[0]
+  const appStreamFilesPath = appStreams[appStream]
+  if (appStreamFilesPath) {
+    // resourcePath is without appStream base path
+    const resourcePath = reqPath.split('/').slice(1).join('/') || 'index.html'
+
+    req.url = resourcePath
+
+    return express.static(appStreamFilesPath)(req, res, next)
+  }
+
+  return res.send("There's no App Stream available here.")
+})
+
 export default router
--- a/api/src/routes/web/web.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/web/web.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import { WebController } from '../../controllers/web'
-import { authenticateAccessToken } from '../../middlewares'
+import { authenticateAccessToken, desktopRestrict } from '../../middlewares'
 import { authorizeValidation, loginWebValidation } from '../../utils'

 const webRouter = express.Router()
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ webRouter.get('/', async (req, res) => {
  }
 })

-webRouter.post('/SASLogon/login', async (req, res) => {
+webRouter.post('/SASLogon/login', desktopRestrict, async (req, res) => {
  const { error, value: body } = loginWebValidation(req.body)
  if (error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message)

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ webRouter.post('/SASLogon/login', async (req, res) => {

 webRouter.post(
  '/SASLogon/authorize',
+  desktopRestrict,
  authenticateAccessToken,
  async (req, res) => {
    const { error, value: body } = authorizeValidation(req.body)
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ webRouter.post(
  }
 )

-webRouter.get('/logout', async (req, res) => {
+webRouter.get('/logout', desktopRestrict, async (req, res) => {
  try {
    await controller.logout(req)
    res.status(200).send('OK!')
--- a/api/src/types/RequestUser.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/RequestUser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export interface RequestUser {
+  userId: number
+  clientId: string
+  username: string
+  displayName: string
+  isAdmin: boolean
+  isActive: boolean
+  autoExec?: string
+}
--- a/api/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/index.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export * from './InfoJWT'
 export * from './PreProgramVars'
 export * from './Session'
 export * from './TreeNode'
+export * from './RequestUser'
--- a/api/src/types/system/express-session.d.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/system/express-session.d.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ import express from 'express'
 declare module 'express-session' {
  interface SessionData {
    loggedIn: boolean
-    user: {
-      userId: number
-      clientId: string
-      username: string
-      displayName: string
-      isAdmin: boolean
-      isActive: boolean
-    }
+    user: import('../').RequestUser
  }
 }
--- a/api/src/types/system/express.d.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/system/express.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+declare namespace Express {
+  export interface Request {
+    accessToken?: string
+    user?: import('../').RequestUser
+    sasSession?: import('../').Session
+  }
+}
--- a/api/src/types/system/process.d.ts
+++ b/api/src/types/system/process.d.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ declare namespace NodeJS {
    driveLoc: string
    sessionController?: import('../../controllers/internal').SessionController
    appStreamConfig: import('../').AppStreamConfig
+    logger: import('@sasjs/utils/logger').Logger
  }
 }
--- a/api/src/utils/appStreamConfig.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/appStreamConfig.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import { createFile, fileExists, readFile } from '@sasjs/utils'
 import { publishAppStream } from '../routes/appStream'
 import { AppStreamConfig } from '../types'

-import { getTmpAppStreamConfigPath } from './file'
+import { getAppStreamConfigPath } from './file'

 export const loadAppStreamConfig = async () => {
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') return

-  const appStreamConfigPath = getTmpAppStreamConfigPath()
+  const appStreamConfigPath = getAppStreamConfigPath()

  const content = (await fileExists(appStreamConfigPath))
    ? await readFile(appStreamConfigPath)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const removeEntryFromAppStreamConfig = (streamServiceName: string) => {
 }

 const saveAppStreamConfig = async () => {
-  const appStreamConfigPath = getTmpAppStreamConfigPath()
+  const appStreamConfigPath = getAppStreamConfigPath()

  try {
    await createFile(
--- a/api/src/utils/copySASjsCore.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/copySASjsCore.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import {
  readFile
 } from '@sasjs/utils'

-import { getTmpMacrosPath, sasJSCoreMacros, sasJSCoreMacrosInfo } from '.'
+import { getMacrosFolder, sasJSCoreMacros, sasJSCoreMacrosInfo } from '.'

 export const copySASjsCore = async () => {
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') return

  console.log('Copying Macros from container to drive(tmp).')

-  const macrosDrivePath = getTmpMacrosPath()
+  const macrosDrivePath = getMacrosFolder()

  await deleteFolder(macrosDrivePath)
  await createFolder(macrosDrivePath)
--- a/api/src/utils/desktopAutoExec.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/desktopAutoExec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { createFile, readFile } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { getDesktopUserAutoExecPath } from './file'
+
+export const getUserAutoExec = async (): Promise<string> =>
+  readFile(getDesktopUserAutoExecPath())
+
+export const updateUserAutoExec = async (autoExecContent: string) =>
+  createFile(getDesktopUserAutoExecPath(), autoExecContent)
--- a/api/src/utils/file.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/file.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path'
+import { homedir } from 'os'

 export const apiRoot = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..')
 export const codebaseRoot = path.join(apiRoot, '..')
@@ -11,28 +12,31 @@ export const sysInitCompiledPath = path.join(
 export const sasJSCoreMacros = path.join(apiRoot, 'sasjscore')
 export const sasJSCoreMacrosInfo = path.join(sasJSCoreMacros, '.macrolist')

-export const getWebBuildFolderPath = () =>
-  path.join(codebaseRoot, 'web', 'build')
+export const getWebBuildFolder = () => path.join(codebaseRoot, 'web', 'build')

-export const getTmpFolderPath = () => process.driveLoc
+export const getSasjsHomeFolder = () => path.join(homedir(), '.sasjs-server')

-export const getTmpAppStreamConfigPath = () =>
-  path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'appStreamConfig.json')
+export const getDesktopUserAutoExecPath = () =>
+  path.join(getSasjsHomeFolder(), 'user-autoexec.sas')

-export const getTmpMacrosPath = () => path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'sasjscore')
+export const getSasjsRootFolder = () => process.driveLoc

-export const getTmpUploadsPath = () => path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'uploads')
+export const getAppStreamConfigPath = () =>
+  path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'appStreamConfig.json')

-export const getTmpFilesFolderPath = () =>
-  path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'files')
+export const getMacrosFolder = () =>
+  path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'sasjscore')

-export const getTmpLogFolderPath = () => path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'logs')
+export const getUploadsFolder = () => path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'uploads')

-export const getTmpWeboutFolderPath = () =>
-  path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'webouts')
+export const getFilesFolder = () => path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'files')

-export const getTmpSessionsFolderPath = () =>
-  path.join(getTmpFolderPath(), 'sessions')
+export const getLogFolder = () => path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'logs')
+
+export const getWeboutFolder = () => path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'webouts')
+
+export const getSessionsFolder = () =>
+  path.join(getSasjsRootFolder(), 'sessions')

 export const generateUniqueFileName = (fileName: string, extension = '') =>
  [
--- a/api/src/utils/getDesktopFields.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getDesktopFields.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import { createFolder, fileExists, folderExists } from '@sasjs/utils'
 const isWindows = () => process.platform === 'win32'

 export const getDesktopFields = async () => {
-  const { SAS_PATH, DRIVE_PATH } = process.env
+  const { SAS_PATH } = process.env

  const sasLoc = SAS_PATH ?? (await getSASLocation())
-  const driveLoc = DRIVE_PATH ?? (await getDriveLocation())
+  // const driveLoc = DRIVE_PATH ?? (await getDriveLocation())

-  return { sasLoc, driveLoc }
+  return { sasLoc }
 }

 const getDriveLocation = async (): Promise<string> => {
--- a/api/src/utils/getPreProgramVariables.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getPreProgramVariables.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import { Request } from 'express'
 import { PreProgramVars } from '../types'

-export const getPreProgramVariables = (req: any): PreProgramVars => {
+export const getPreProgramVariables = (req: Request): PreProgramVars => {
  const host = req.get('host')
  const protocol = req.protocol + '://'
  const { user, accessToken } = req
@@ -20,9 +21,9 @@ export const getPreProgramVariables = (req: any): PreProgramVars => {
  if (cookies.length) httpHeaders.push(`cookie: ${cookies.join('; ')}`)

  return {
-    username: user.username,
-    userId: user.userId,
-    displayName: user.displayName,
+    username: user!.username,
+    userId: user!.userId,
+    displayName: user!.displayName,
    serverUrl: protocol + host,
    httpHeaders
  }
--- a/api/src/utils/getServerUrl.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/getServerUrl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import express from 'express'
+import url from 'url'
+
+export const getFullUrl = (req: express.Request) =>
+  url.format({
+    protocol: req.protocol,
+    host: req.get('host'),
+    pathname: req.originalUrl
+  })
+
+export const getServerUrl = (req: express.Request) =>
+  url.format({
+    protocol: req.protocol,
+    host: req.get('x-forwarded-host') || req.get('host')
+  })
--- a/api/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export * from './appStreamConfig'
 export * from './connectDB'
 export * from './copySASjsCore'
+export * from './desktopAutoExec'
 export * from './extractHeaders'
 export * from './file'
 export * from './generateAccessToken'
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ export * from './generateRefreshToken'
 export * from './getCertificates'
 export * from './getDesktopFields'
 export * from './getPreProgramVariables'
+export * from './getServerUrl'
+export * from './instantiateLogger'
 export * from './isDebugOn'
 export * from './parseLogToArray'
 export * from './removeTokensInDB'
@@ -18,4 +21,5 @@ export * from './setProcessVariables'
 export * from './setupFolders'
 export * from './upload'
 export * from './validation'
+export * from './verifyEnvVariables'
 export * from './verifyTokenInDB'
--- a/api/src/utils/instantiateLogger.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/instantiateLogger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { LogLevel, Logger } from '@sasjs/utils/logger'
+
+export const instantiateLogger = () => {
+  const logLevel = (process.env.LOG_LEVEL || LogLevel.Info) as LogLevel
+  const logger = new Logger(logLevel)
+  process.logger = logger
+}
--- a/api/src/utils/setProcessVariables.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/setProcessVariables.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import { getAbsolutePath, getRealPath } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { createFolder, getAbsolutePath, getRealPath } from '@sasjs/utils'

-import { configuration } from '../../package.json'
-import { getDesktopFields } from '.'
+import { getDesktopFields, ModeType } from '.'

 export const setProcessVariables = async () => {
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
-    process.driveLoc = path.join(process.cwd(), 'tmp')
+    process.driveLoc = path.join(process.cwd(), 'sasjs_root')
    return
  }

  const { MODE } = process.env

-  if (MODE?.trim() === 'server') {
-    const { SAS_PATH, DRIVE_PATH } = process.env
-
-    process.sasLoc = SAS_PATH ?? configuration.sasPath
-    const absPath = getAbsolutePath(DRIVE_PATH ?? 'tmp', process.cwd())
-    process.driveLoc = getRealPath(absPath)
+  if (MODE === ModeType.Server) {
+    process.sasLoc = process.env.SAS_PATH as string
  } else {
-    const { sasLoc, driveLoc } = await getDesktopFields()
+    const { sasLoc } = await getDesktopFields()

    process.sasLoc = sasLoc
-    process.driveLoc = driveLoc
  }

+  const { SASJS_ROOT } = process.env
+  const absPath = getAbsolutePath(SASJS_ROOT ?? 'sasjs_root', process.cwd())
+  await createFolder(absPath)
+  process.driveLoc = getRealPath(absPath)
+
  console.log('sasLoc: ', process.sasLoc)
  console.log('sasDrive: ', process.driveLoc)
 }
--- a/api/src/utils/setupFolders.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/setupFolders.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-import { createFolder } from '@sasjs/utils'
-import { getTmpFilesFolderPath } from './file'
+import { createFile, createFolder, fileExists } from '@sasjs/utils'
+import { getDesktopUserAutoExecPath, getFilesFolder } from './file'
+import { ModeType } from './verifyEnvVariables'

 export const setupFolders = async () => {
-  const drivePath = getTmpFilesFolderPath()
+  const drivePath = getFilesFolder()
  await createFolder(drivePath)
+
+  if (process.env.MODE === ModeType.Desktop) {
+    if (!(await fileExists(getDesktopUserAutoExecPath()))) {
+      await createFile(getDesktopUserAutoExecPath(), '')
+    }
+  }
 }
--- a/api/src/utils/validation.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/validation.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Joi from 'joi'

-const usernameSchema = Joi.string().alphanum().min(3).max(16)
+const usernameSchema = Joi.string().lowercase().alphanum().min(3).max(16)
 const passwordSchema = Joi.string().min(6).max(1024)

 export const blockFileRegex = /\.(exe|sh|htaccess)$/i
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ export const registerUserValidation = (data: any): Joi.ValidationResult =>
    username: usernameSchema.required(),
    password: passwordSchema.required(),
    isAdmin: Joi.boolean(),
-    isActive: Joi.boolean()
+    isActive: Joi.boolean(),
+    autoExec: Joi.string().allow('')
  }).validate(data)

 export const deleteUserValidation = (
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ export const updateUserValidation = (
  const validationChecks: any = {
    displayName: Joi.string().min(6),
    username: usernameSchema,
-    password: passwordSchema
+    password: passwordSchema,
+    autoExec: Joi.string().allow('')
  }
  if (isAdmin) {
    validationChecks.isAdmin = Joi.boolean()
--- a/api/src/utils/verifyEnvVariables.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/verifyEnvVariables.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+export enum ModeType {
+  Server = 'server',
+  Desktop = 'desktop'
+}
+
+export enum ProtocolType {
+  HTTP = 'http',
+  HTTPS = 'https'
+}
+
+export enum CorsType {
+  ENABLED = 'enable',
+  DISABLED = 'disable'
+}
+
+export enum HelmetCoepType {
+  TRUE = 'true',
+  FALSE = 'false'
+}
+
+export enum LOG_FORMAT_MORGANType {
+  Combined = 'combined',
+  Common = 'common',
+  Dev = 'dev',
+  Short = 'short',
+  tiny = 'tiny'
+}
+
+export enum ReturnCode {
+  Success,
+  InvalidEnv
+}
+
+export const verifyEnvVariables = (): ReturnCode => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+
+  errors.push(...verifyMODE())
+
+  errors.push(...verifyPROTOCOL())
+
+  errors.push(...verifyPORT())
+
+  errors.push(...verifyCORS())
+
+  errors.push(...verifyHELMET_COEP())
+
+  errors.push(...verifyLOG_FORMAT_MORGAN())
+
+  if (errors.length) {
+    process.logger?.error(
+      `Invalid environment variable(s) provided: \n${errors.join('\n')}`
+    )
+    return ReturnCode.InvalidEnv
+  }
+
+  return ReturnCode.Success
+}
+
+const verifyMODE = (): string[] => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+  const { MODE } = process.env
+
+  if (MODE) {
+    const modeTypes = Object.values(ModeType)
+    if (!modeTypes.includes(MODE as ModeType))
+      errors.push(`- MODE '${MODE}'\n - valid options ${modeTypes}`)
+  } else {
+    process.env.MODE = DEFAULTS.MODE
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.MODE === ModeType.Server) {
+    const {
+      ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET,
+      REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET,
+      AUTH_CODE_SECRET,
+      SESSION_SECRET,
+      DB_CONNECT
+    } = process.env
+
+    if (!ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET)
+      errors.push(
+        `- ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET is required for PROTOCOL '${ModeType.Server}'`
+      )
+
+    if (!REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET)
+      errors.push(
+        `- REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET is required for PROTOCOL '${ModeType.Server}'`
+      )
+
+    if (!AUTH_CODE_SECRET)
+      errors.push(
+        `- AUTH_CODE_SECRET is required for PROTOCOL '${ModeType.Server}'`
+      )
+
+    if (!SESSION_SECRET)
+      errors.push(
+        `- SESSION_SECRET is required for PROTOCOL '${ModeType.Server}'`
+      )
+
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test')
+      if (!DB_CONNECT)
+        errors.push(
+          `- DB_CONNECT is required for PROTOCOL '${ModeType.Server}'`
+        )
+  }
+
+  return errors
+}
+
+const verifyPROTOCOL = (): string[] => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+  const { PROTOCOL } = process.env
+
+  if (PROTOCOL) {
+    const protocolTypes = Object.values(ProtocolType)
+    if (!protocolTypes.includes(PROTOCOL as ProtocolType))
+      errors.push(`- PROTOCOL '${PROTOCOL}'\n - valid options ${protocolTypes}`)
+  } else {
+    process.env.PROTOCOL = DEFAULTS.PROTOCOL
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.PROTOCOL === ProtocolType.HTTPS) {
+    const { PRIVATE_KEY, FULL_CHAIN } = process.env
+
+    if (!PRIVATE_KEY)
+      errors.push(
+        `- PRIVATE_KEY is required for PROTOCOL '${ProtocolType.HTTPS}'`
+      )
+
+    if (!FULL_CHAIN)
+      errors.push(
+        `- FULL_CHAIN is required for PROTOCOL '${ProtocolType.HTTPS}'`
+      )
+  }
+
+  return errors
+}
+
+const verifyCORS = (): string[] => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+  const { CORS } = process.env
+
+  if (CORS) {
+    const corsTypes = Object.values(CorsType)
+    if (!corsTypes.includes(CORS as CorsType))
+      errors.push(`- CORS '${CORS}'\n - valid options ${corsTypes}`)
+  } else {
+    const { MODE } = process.env
+    process.env.CORS =
+      MODE === ModeType.Server ? CorsType.DISABLED : CorsType.ENABLED
+  }
+
+  return errors
+}
+
+const verifyPORT = (): string[] => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+  const { PORT } = process.env
+
+  if (PORT) {
+    if (Number.isNaN(parseInt(PORT)))
+      errors.push(`- PORT '${PORT}'\n - should be a valid number`)
+  } else {
+    process.env.PORT = DEFAULTS.PORT
+  }
+  return errors
+}
+
+const verifyHELMET_COEP = (): string[] => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+  const { HELMET_COEP } = process.env
+
+  if (HELMET_COEP) {
+    const helmetCoepTypes = Object.values(HelmetCoepType)
+    if (!helmetCoepTypes.includes(HELMET_COEP as HelmetCoepType))
+      errors.push(
+        `- HELMET_COEP '${HELMET_COEP}'\n - valid options ${helmetCoepTypes}`
+      )
+    HELMET_COEP
+  } else {
+    process.env.HELMET_COEP = DEFAULTS.HELMET_COEP
+  }
+  return errors
+}
+
+const verifyLOG_FORMAT_MORGAN = (): string[] => {
+  const errors: string[] = []
+  const { LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN } = process.env
+
+  if (LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN) {
+    const logFormatMorganTypes = Object.values(LOG_FORMAT_MORGANType)
+    if (
+      !logFormatMorganTypes.includes(LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN as LOG_FORMAT_MORGANType)
+    )
+      errors.push(
+        `- LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN '${LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN}'\n - valid options ${logFormatMorganTypes}`
+      )
+    LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN
+  } else {
+    process.env.LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN = DEFAULTS.LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN
+  }
+  return errors
+}
+
+const DEFAULTS = {
+  MODE: ModeType.Desktop,
+  PROTOCOL: ProtocolType.HTTP,
+  PORT: '5000',
+  HELMET_COEP: HelmetCoepType.TRUE,
+  LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN: LOG_FORMAT_MORGANType.Common
+}
--- a/api/src/utils/verifyTokenInDB.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/verifyTokenInDB.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
 import User from '../model/User'
+import { RequestUser } from '../types'
+
+export const fetchLatestAutoExec = async (
+  reqUser: RequestUser
+): Promise<RequestUser | undefined> => {
+  const dbUser = await User.findOne({ id: reqUser.userId })
+
+  if (!dbUser) return undefined
+
+  return {
+    userId: reqUser.userId,
+    clientId: reqUser.clientId,
+    username: dbUser.username,
+    displayName: dbUser.displayName,
+    isAdmin: dbUser.isAdmin,
+    isActive: dbUser.isActive,
+    autoExec: dbUser.autoExec
+  }
+}

 export const verifyTokenInDB = async (
  userId: number,
  clientId: string,
  token: string,
  tokenType: 'accessToken' | 'refreshToken'
-) => {
+): Promise<RequestUser | undefined> => {
  const dbUser = await User.findOne({ id: userId })

  if (!dbUser) return undefined
@@ -21,7 +40,8 @@ export const verifyTokenInDB = async (
        username: dbUser.username,
        displayName: dbUser.displayName,
        isAdmin: dbUser.isAdmin,
-        isActive: dbUser.isActive
+        isActive: dbUser.isActive,
+        autoExec: dbUser.autoExec
      }
    : undefined
 }
--- a/web/package-lock.json
+++ b/web/package-lock.json
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
        "monaco-editor": "^0.33.0",
        "monaco-editor-webpack-plugin": "^7.0.1",
        "react": "^17.0.2",
+        "react-copy-to-clipboard": "^5.1.0",
        "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
        "react-monaco-editor": "^0.48.0",
-        "react-router-dom": "^5.3.0"
+        "react-router-dom": "^5.3.0",
+        "react-toastify": "^9.0.1"
      },
      "devDependencies": {
        "@babel/core": "^7.16.0",
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
        "@types/dotenv-webpack": "^7.0.3",
        "@types/prismjs": "^1.16.6",
        "@types/react": "^17.0.37",
+        "@types/react-copy-to-clipboard": "^5.0.2",
        "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.11",
        "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.3.1",
        "babel-loader": "^8.2.3",
@@ -3296,6 +3299,15 @@
        "csstype": "^3.0.2"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/@types/react-copy-to-clipboard": {
+      "version": "5.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react-copy-to-clipboard/-/react-copy-to-clipboard-5.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-O29AThfxrkUFRsZXjfSWR2yaWo0ppB1yLEnHA+Oh24oNetjBAwTDu1PmolIqdJKzsZiO4J1jn6R6TmO96uBvGg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/react": "*"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/@types/react-dom": {
      "version": "17.0.11",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react-dom/-/react-dom-17.0.11.tgz",
@@ -4863,6 +4875,14 @@
      "integrity": "sha1-4wOogrNCzD7oylE6eZmXNNqzriw=",
      "dev": true
    },
+    "node_modules/copy-to-clipboard": {
+      "version": "3.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/copy-to-clipboard/-/copy-to-clipboard-3.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-i13qo6kIHTTpCm8/Wup+0b1mVWETvu2kIMzKoK8FpkLkFxlt0znUAHcMzox+T8sPlqtZXq3CulEjQHsYiGFJUw==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "toggle-selection": "^1.0.6"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/copy-webpack-plugin": {
      "version": "10.2.4",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/copy-webpack-plugin/-/copy-webpack-plugin-10.2.4.tgz",
@@ -9299,6 +9319,18 @@
        "node": ">=0.10.0"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/react-copy-to-clipboard": {
+      "version": "5.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-copy-to-clipboard/-/react-copy-to-clipboard-5.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-k61RsNgAayIJNoy9yDsYzDe/yAZAzEbEgcz3DZMhF686LEyukcE1hzurxe85JandPUG+yTfGVFzuEw3xt8WP/A==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "copy-to-clipboard": "^3.3.1",
+        "prop-types": "^15.8.1"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "react": "^15.3.0 || 16 || 17 || 18"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/react-dom": {
      "version": "17.0.2",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-dom/-/react-dom-17.0.2.tgz",
@@ -9372,6 +9404,18 @@
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-is/-/react-is-16.13.1.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-24e6ynE2H+OKt4kqsOvNd8kBpV65zoxbA4BVsEOB3ARVWQki/DHzaUoC5KuON/BiccDaCCTZBuOcfZs70kR8bQ=="
    },
+    "node_modules/react-toastify": {
+      "version": "9.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-toastify/-/react-toastify-9.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-c2zeZHkCX+WXuItS/JRqQ/8CH8Qm/je+M0rt09xe9fnu5YPJigtNOdD8zX4fwLA093V2am3abkGfOowwpkrwOQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "clsx": "^1.1.1"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "react": ">=16",
+        "react-dom": ">=16"
+      }
+    },
    "node_modules/react-transition-group": {
      "version": "4.4.2",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-transition-group/-/react-transition-group-4.4.2.tgz",
@@ -10335,6 +10379,11 @@
        "node": ">=8.0"
      }
    },
+    "node_modules/toggle-selection": {
+      "version": "1.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/toggle-selection/-/toggle-selection-1.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-bkWxJj8gF/oKzH2J14sVuL932jI="
+    },
    "node_modules/toidentifier": {
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -13641,6 +13690,15 @@
        "csstype": "^3.0.2"
      }
    },
+    "@types/react-copy-to-clipboard": {
+      "version": "5.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react-copy-to-clipboard/-/react-copy-to-clipboard-5.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-O29AThfxrkUFRsZXjfSWR2yaWo0ppB1yLEnHA+Oh24oNetjBAwTDu1PmolIqdJKzsZiO4J1jn6R6TmO96uBvGg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@types/react": "*"
+      }
+    },
    "@types/react-dom": {
      "version": "17.0.11",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react-dom/-/react-dom-17.0.11.tgz",
@@ -14848,6 +14906,14 @@
      "integrity": "sha1-4wOogrNCzD7oylE6eZmXNNqzriw=",
      "dev": true
    },
+    "copy-to-clipboard": {
+      "version": "3.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/copy-to-clipboard/-/copy-to-clipboard-3.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-i13qo6kIHTTpCm8/Wup+0b1mVWETvu2kIMzKoK8FpkLkFxlt0znUAHcMzox+T8sPlqtZXq3CulEjQHsYiGFJUw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "toggle-selection": "^1.0.6"
+      }
+    },
    "copy-webpack-plugin": {
      "version": "10.2.4",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/copy-webpack-plugin/-/copy-webpack-plugin-10.2.4.tgz",
@@ -18162,6 +18228,15 @@
        "object-assign": "^4.1.1"
      }
    },
+    "react-copy-to-clipboard": {
+      "version": "5.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-copy-to-clipboard/-/react-copy-to-clipboard-5.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-k61RsNgAayIJNoy9yDsYzDe/yAZAzEbEgcz3DZMhF686LEyukcE1hzurxe85JandPUG+yTfGVFzuEw3xt8WP/A==",
+      "requires": {
+        "copy-to-clipboard": "^3.3.1",
+        "prop-types": "^15.8.1"
+      }
+    },
    "react-dom": {
      "version": "17.0.2",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-dom/-/react-dom-17.0.2.tgz",
@@ -18223,6 +18298,14 @@
        "tiny-warning": "^1.0.0"
      }
    },
+    "react-toastify": {
+      "version": "9.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-toastify/-/react-toastify-9.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-c2zeZHkCX+WXuItS/JRqQ/8CH8Qm/je+M0rt09xe9fnu5YPJigtNOdD8zX4fwLA093V2am3abkGfOowwpkrwOQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "clsx": "^1.1.1"
+      }
+    },
    "react-transition-group": {
      "version": "4.4.2",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-transition-group/-/react-transition-group-4.4.2.tgz",
@@ -18967,6 +19050,11 @@
        "is-number": "^7.0.0"
      }
    },
+    "toggle-selection": {
+      "version": "1.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/toggle-selection/-/toggle-selection-1.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-bkWxJj8gF/oKzH2J14sVuL932jI="
+    },
    "toidentifier": {
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.0.tgz",
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
    "monaco-editor": "^0.33.0",
    "monaco-editor-webpack-plugin": "^7.0.1",
    "react": "^17.0.2",
+    "react-copy-to-clipboard": "^5.1.0",
    "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
    "react-monaco-editor": "^0.48.0",
-    "react-router-dom": "^5.3.0"
+    "react-router-dom": "^5.3.0",
+    "react-toastify": "^9.0.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.16.0",
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@
    "@types/dotenv-webpack": "^7.0.3",
    "@types/prismjs": "^1.16.6",
    "@types/react": "^17.0.37",
+    "@types/react-copy-to-clipboard": "^5.0.2",
    "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.11",
    "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.3.1",
    "babel-loader": "^8.2.3",
--- a/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import Header from './components/header'
 import Home from './components/home'
 import Drive from './containers/Drive'
 import Studio from './containers/Studio'
+import Settings from './containers/Settings'

 import { AppContext } from './context/appContext'
 import AuthCode from './containers/AuthCode'
+import { ToastContainer } from 'react-toastify'

 function App() {
  const appContext = useContext(AppContext)
@@ -44,10 +46,14 @@ function App() {
          <Route exact path="/SASjsStudio">
            <Studio />
          </Route>
+          <Route exact path="/SASjsSettings">
+            <Settings />
+          </Route>
          <Route exact path="/SASjsLogon">
            <AuthCode />
          </Route>
        </Switch>
+        <ToastContainer />
      </HashRouter>
    </ThemeProvider>
  )
--- a/web/src/components/header.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/header.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState, useContext } from 'react'
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useContext } from 'react'
 import { Link, useHistory, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom'

 import {
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
  MenuItem
 } from '@mui/material'
 import OpenInNewIcon from '@mui/icons-material/OpenInNew'
+import SettingsIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Settings'

 import Username from './username'
 import { AppContext } from '../context/appContext'
@@ -20,15 +21,23 @@ const PORT_API = process.env.PORT_API
 const baseUrl =
  NODE_ENV === 'development' ? `http://localhost:${PORT_API ?? 5000}` : ''

+const validTabs = ['/', '/SASjsDrive', '/SASjsStudio']
+
 const Header = (props: any) => {
  const history = useHistory()
  const { pathname } = useLocation()
  const appContext = useContext(AppContext)
-  const [tabValue, setTabValue] = useState(pathname)
+  const [tabValue, setTabValue] = useState(
+    validTabs.includes(pathname) ? pathname : '/'
+  )
  const [anchorEl, setAnchorEl] = useState<
    (EventTarget & HTMLButtonElement) | null
  >(null)

+  useEffect(() => {
+    setTabValue(validTabs.includes(pathname) ? pathname : '/')
+  }, [pathname])
+
  const handleMenu = (
    event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement, MouseEvent>
  ) => {
@@ -44,7 +53,10 @@ const Header = (props: any) => {
  }

  const handleLogout = () => {
-    if (appContext.logout) appContext.logout()
+    if (appContext.logout) {
+      handleClose()
+      appContext.logout()
+    }
  }
  return (
    <AppBar
@@ -132,6 +144,18 @@ const Header = (props: any) => {
            open={!!anchorEl}
            onClose={handleClose}
          >
+            <MenuItem sx={{ justifyContent: 'center' }}>
+              <Button
+                component={Link}
+                to="/SASjsSettings"
+                onClick={handleClose}
+                variant="contained"
+                color="primary"
+                startIcon={<SettingsIcon />}
+              >
+                Settings
+              </Button>
+            </MenuItem>
            <MenuItem onClick={handleLogout} sx={{ justifyContent: 'center' }}>
              <Button variant="contained" color="primary">
                Logout
--- a/web/src/components/login.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/login.tsx
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ const Login = () => {
    })

    if (loggedIn) {
-      appContext.setLoggedIn?.(loggedIn)
+      appContext.setUserId?.(user.id)
      appContext.setUsername?.(user.username)
      appContext.setDisplayName?.(user.displayName)
+      appContext.setLoggedIn?.(loggedIn)
    }
  }

--- a/web/src/containers/AuthCode/index.tsx
+++ b/web/src/containers/AuthCode/index.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 import axios from 'axios'
+import { CopyToClipboard } from 'react-copy-to-clipboard'
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
+import 'react-toastify/dist/ReactToastify.css'
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom'

-import { CssBaseline, Box, Typography } from '@mui/material'
+import { CssBaseline, Box, Typography, Button } from '@mui/material'

 const getAuthCode = async (credentials: any) =>
  axios.post('/SASLogon/authorize', credentials).then((res) => res.data)

 const AuthCode = () => {
  const location = useLocation()
-  const [displayCode, setDisplayCode] = useState(null)
+  const [displayCode, setDisplayCode] = useState('')
  const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState('')

  useEffect(() => {
@@ -56,6 +59,18 @@ const AuthCode = () => {
      {errorMessage && <Typography>{errorMessage}</Typography>}

      <br />
+
+      <CopyToClipboard
+        text={displayCode}
+        onCopy={() =>
+          toast.info('Code copied to ClipBoard', {
+            theme: 'dark',
+            position: toast.POSITION.BOTTOM_RIGHT
+          })
+        }
+      >
+        <Button variant="contained">Copy to Clipboard</Button>
+      </CopyToClipboard>
    </Box>
  )
 }
--- a/web/src/containers/Settings/index.tsx
+++ b/web/src/containers/Settings/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import * as React from 'react'
+
+import { Box, Paper, Tab, styled } from '@mui/material'
+import TabContext from '@mui/lab/TabContext'
+import TabList from '@mui/lab/TabList'
+import TabPanel from '@mui/lab/TabPanel'
+
+import Profile from './profile'
+
+const StyledTab = styled(Tab)({
+  background: 'black',
+  margin: '0 5px 5px 0'
+})
+
+const StyledTabpanel = styled(TabPanel)({
+  flexGrow: 1
+})
+
+const Settings = () => {
+  const [value, setValue] = React.useState('profile')
+
+  const handleChange = (event: React.SyntheticEvent, newValue: string) => {
+    setValue(newValue)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Box
+      sx={{
+        display: 'flex',
+        marginTop: '65px'
+      }}
+    >
+      <TabContext value={value}>
+        <Box component={Paper} sx={{ margin: '0 5px', height: '92vh' }}>
+          <TabList
+            TabIndicatorProps={{
+              style: {
+                display: 'none'
+              }
+            }}
+            orientation="vertical"
+            onChange={handleChange}
+          >
+            <StyledTab label="Profile" value="profile" />
+          </TabList>
+        </Box>
+        <StyledTabpanel value="profile">
+          <Profile />
+        </StyledTabpanel>
+      </TabContext>
+    </Box>
+  )
+}
+
+export default Settings
--- a/web/src/containers/Settings/profile.tsx
+++ b/web/src/containers/Settings/profile.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useContext } from 'react'
+import axios from 'axios'
+import {
+  Grid,
+  CircularProgress,
+  Card,
+  CardHeader,
+  Divider,
+  CardContent,
+  TextField,
+  CardActions,
+  Button,
+  FormGroup,
+  FormControlLabel,
+  Checkbox
+} from '@mui/material'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
+
+import { AppContext, ModeType } from '../../context/appContext'
+
+const Profile = () => {
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false)
+  const appContext = useContext(AppContext)
+  const [user, setUser] = useState({} as any)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setIsLoading(true)
+    axios
+      .get(`/SASjsApi/user/${appContext.userId}`)
+      .then((res: any) => {
+        setUser(res.data)
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        console.log(err)
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        setIsLoading(false)
+      })
+  }, [])
+
+  const handleChange = (event: any) => {
+    const { name, value } = event.target
+
+    setUser({ ...user, [name]: value })
+  }
+  const handleSubmit = () => {
+    setIsLoading(true)
+    axios
+      .patch(`/SASjsApi/user/${appContext.userId}`, {
+        username: user.username,
+        displayName: user.displayName,
+        autoExec: user.autoExec
+      })
+      .then((res: any) => {
+        toast.success('User information updated', {
+          theme: 'dark',
+          position: toast.POSITION.BOTTOM_RIGHT
+        })
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        toast.error('Failed: ' + err.response?.data || err.text, {
+          theme: 'dark',
+          position: toast.POSITION.BOTTOM_RIGHT
+        })
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        setIsLoading(false)
+      })
+  }
+
+  return isLoading ? (
+    <CircularProgress
+      style={{ position: 'absolute', left: '50%', top: '50%' }}
+    />
+  ) : (
+    <Card>
+      <CardHeader title="Profile Information" />
+      <Divider />
+      <CardContent>
+        <Grid container spacing={4}>
+          <Grid item md={6} xs={12}>
+            <TextField
+              fullWidth
+              error={user.displayName?.length === 0}
+              helperText="Please specify display name"
+              label="Display Name"
+              name="displayName"
+              onChange={handleChange}
+              required
+              value={user.displayName}
+              variant="outlined"
+              disabled={appContext.mode === ModeType.Desktop}
+            />
+          </Grid>
+
+          <Grid item md={6} xs={12}>
+            <TextField
+              fullWidth
+              error={user.username?.length === 0}
+              helperText="Please specify username"
+              label="Username"
+              name="username"
+              onChange={handleChange}
+              required
+              value={user.username}
+              variant="outlined"
+              disabled={appContext.mode === ModeType.Desktop}
+            />
+          </Grid>
+
+          <Grid item lg={6} md={8} sm={12} xs={12}>
+            <TextField
+              fullWidth
+              label="autoExec"
+              name="autoExec"
+              onChange={handleChange}
+              multiline
+              rows="10"
+              value={user.autoExec}
+              variant="outlined"
+            />
+          </Grid>
+
+          <Grid item xs={6}>
+            <FormGroup row>
+              <FormControlLabel
+                disabled
+                control={<Checkbox checked={user.isActive} />}
+                label="isActive"
+              />
+              <FormControlLabel
+                disabled
+                control={<Checkbox checked={user.isAdmin} />}
+                label="isAdmin"
+              />
+            </FormGroup>
+          </Grid>
+        </Grid>
+      </CardContent>
+      <Divider />
+      <CardActions>
+        <Button type="submit" variant="contained" onClick={handleSubmit}>
+          Save Changes
+        </Button>
+      </CardActions>
+    </Card>
+  )
+}
+
+export default Profile
--- a/web/src/context/appContext.tsx
+++ b/web/src/context/appContext.tsx
@@ -9,14 +9,22 @@ import React, {
 } from 'react'
 import axios from 'axios'

+export enum ModeType {
+  Server = 'server',
+  Desktop = 'desktop'
+}
+
 interface AppContextProps {
  checkingSession: boolean
  loggedIn: boolean
  setLoggedIn: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>> | null
+  userId: number
+  setUserId: Dispatch<SetStateAction<number>> | null
  username: string
  setUsername: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string>> | null
  displayName: string
  setDisplayName: Dispatch<SetStateAction<string>> | null
+  mode: ModeType
  logout: (() => void) | null
 }

@@ -24,10 +32,13 @@ export const AppContext = createContext<AppContextProps>({
  checkingSession: false,
  loggedIn: false,
  setLoggedIn: null,
+  userId: 0,
+  setUserId: null,
  username: '',
  setUsername: null,
  displayName: '',
  setDisplayName: null,
+  mode: ModeType.Server,
  logout: null
 })

@@ -35,8 +46,10 @@ const AppContextProvider = (props: { children: ReactNode }) => {
  const { children } = props
  const [checkingSession, setCheckingSession] = useState(false)
  const [loggedIn, setLoggedIn] = useState(false)
+  const [userId, setUserId] = useState(0)
  const [username, setUsername] = useState('')
  const [displayName, setDisplayName] = useState('')
+  const [mode, setMode] = useState(ModeType.Server)

  useEffect(() => {
    setCheckingSession(true)
@@ -46,14 +59,23 @@ const AppContextProvider = (props: { children: ReactNode }) => {
      .then((res) => res.data)
      .then((data: any) => {
        setCheckingSession(false)
-        setLoggedIn(true)
+        setUserId(data.id)
        setUsername(data.username)
        setDisplayName(data.displayName)
+        setLoggedIn(true)
      })
      .catch(() => {
        setLoggedIn(false)
        axios.get('/') // get CSRF TOKEN
      })
+
+    axios
+      .get('/SASjsApi/info')
+      .then((res) => res.data)
+      .then((data: any) => {
+        setMode(data.mode)
+      })
+      .catch(() => {})
  }, [])

  const logout = useCallback(() => {
@@ -70,10 +92,13 @@ const AppContextProvider = (props: { children: ReactNode }) => {
        checkingSession,
        loggedIn,
        setLoggedIn,
+        userId,
+        setUserId,
        username,
        setUsername,
        displayName,
        setDisplayName,
+        mode,
        logout
      }}
    >
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
semantic-release-bot	806ea4cb5c	chore(release): 0.3.10 [skip ci] ## [0.3.10](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.9...v0.3.10) (2022-06-14) ### Bug Fixes * correct syntax for encoding option ([`32d372b`](`32d372b42f`))	2022-06-14 09:53:53 +00:00
Allan Bowe	7205072358	Merge pull request #191 from sasjs/encodingfix fix: correct syntax for encoding option	2022-06-14 11:49:38 +02:00
Allan Bowe	32d372b42f	fix: correct syntax for encoding option	2022-06-14 09:49:05 +00:00
semantic-release-bot	e059bee7dc	chore(release): 0.3.9 [skip ci] ## [0.3.9](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.8...v0.3.9) (2022-06-14) ### Bug Fixes * forcing utf 8 encoding. Closes [#76](https://github.com/sasjs/server/issues/76) ([`8734489`](`8734489cf0`))	2022-06-14 09:20:37 +00:00
Allan Bowe	6f56aafab1	Merge pull request #190 from sasjs/allanbowe/enforce-utf-76 fix: forcing utf 8 encoding. Closes #76	2022-06-14 11:14:35 +02:00
Allan Bowe	8734489cf0	fix: forcing utf 8 encoding. Closes #76	2022-06-14 09:12:41 +00:00
semantic-release-bot	7e6635f40f	chore(release): 0.3.8 [skip ci] ## [0.3.8](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.7...v0.3.8) (2022-06-13) ### Bug Fixes * execution controller better error handling ([`8a617a7`](`8a617a73ae`)) * execution controller error details ([`3fa2a7e`](`3fa2a7e2e3`))	2022-06-13 12:32:32 +00:00
Allan Bowe	c0022a22f4	Merge pull request #189 from sasjs/issue-187 Execution controller more details in error message	2022-06-13 14:27:12 +02:00
Mihajlo Medjedovic	3fa2a7e2e3	fix: execution controller error details	2022-06-13 12:25:06 +00:00
Mihajlo	8a617a73ae	fix: execution controller better error handling	2022-06-13 14:01:12 +02:00
semantic-release-bot	e7babb9f55	chore(release): 0.3.7 [skip ci] ## [0.3.7](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.6...v0.3.7) (2022-06-08) ### Bug Fixes * appstream: redirect to relative + nested resource should be accessed ([`5ab35b0`](`5ab35b02c4`))	2022-06-08 20:21:22 +00:00
Saad Jutt	5ab35b02c4	fix(appstream): redirect to relative + nested resource should be accessed	2022-06-09 01:16:25 +05:00
semantic-release-bot	ad82ee7106	chore(release): 0.3.6 [skip ci] ## [0.3.6](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.5...v0.3.6) (2022-06-02) ### Bug Fixes * appstream: should serve only new files for same app stream name with new deployment ([`e6d1989`](`e6d1989847`))	2022-06-02 08:30:39 +00:00
Allan Bowe	d2e9456d81	Merge pull request #185 from sasjs/issue183 fix(appstream): should serve only new files for same app stream name …	2022-06-02 11:25:27 +03:00
Saad Jutt	e6d1989847	fix(appstream): should serve only new files for same app stream name with new deployment	2022-06-02 04:17:12 +05:00
semantic-release-bot	7a932383b4	chore(release): 0.3.5 [skip ci] ## [0.3.5](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.4...v0.3.5) (2022-05-30) ### Bug Fixes * bumping sasjs/core library ([`61815f8`](`61815f8ae1`))	2022-05-30 18:07:50 +00:00
Allan Bowe	576e18347e	Merge pull request #182 from sasjs/bumpcore fix: bumping sasjs/core library	2022-05-30 21:02:59 +03:00
Allan Bowe	61815f8ae1	fix: bumping sasjs/core library	2022-05-30 18:02:30 +00:00
semantic-release-bot	afff27fd21	chore(release): 0.3.4 [skip ci] ## [0.3.4](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.3...v0.3.4) (2022-05-30) ### Bug Fixes * web: system username for DESKTOP mode ([`a8ba378`](`a8ba378fd1`))	2022-05-30 16:12:22 +00:00
Saad Jutt	a8ba378fd1	fix(web): system username for DESKTOP mode	2022-05-30 21:08:17 +05:00
semantic-release-bot	73c81a45dc	chore(release): 0.3.3 [skip ci] ## [0.3.3](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3) (2022-05-30) ### Bug Fixes * usage of autoexec API in DESKTOP mode ([`12d424a`](`12d424acce`))	2022-05-30 12:18:45 +00:00
Saad Jutt	12d424acce	fix: usage of autoexec API in DESKTOP mode	2022-05-30 17:12:17 +05:00
Saad Jutt	414fb19de3	chore: code changes	2022-05-30 00:32:05 +05:00
semantic-release-bot	cfddf1fb0c	chore(release): 0.3.2 [skip ci] ## [0.3.2](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.1...v0.3.2) (2022-05-27) ### Bug Fixes * web: ability to use get/patch User API in desktop mode. ([`2c259fe`](`2c259fe1de`))	2022-05-27 19:43:00 +00:00
Muhammad Saad	1f483b1afc	Merge pull request #180 from sasjs/desktop-autoexec fix(web): ability to use get/patch User API in desktop mode.	2022-05-27 12:39:17 -07:00
Saad Jutt	0470239ef1	chore: quick fix	2022-05-27 17:35:58 +05:00
Saad Jutt	2c259fe1de	fix(web): ability to use get/patch User API in desktop mode.	2022-05-27 17:01:14 +05:00
semantic-release-bot	b066734398	chore(release): 0.3.1 [skip ci] ## [0.3.1](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.3.0...v0.3.1) (2022-05-26) ### Bug Fixes * api: username should be lowercase ([`5ad6ee5`](`5ad6ee5e0f`)) * web: reduced width for autoexec input ([`7d11cc7`](`7d11cc7916`))	2022-05-26 15:30:45 +00:00
Allan Bowe	3b698fce5f	Merge pull request #179 from sasjs/web-profile-fixes Web profile fixes	2022-05-26 18:26:30 +03:00
Saad Jutt	5ad6ee5e0f	fix(api): username should be lowercase	2022-05-26 20:20:02 +05:00
Saad Jutt	7d11cc7916	fix(web): reduced width for autoexec input	2022-05-26 19:48:59 +05:00
semantic-release-bot	ff1def6436	chore(release): 0.3.0 [skip ci] # [0.3.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0) (2022-05-25) ### Features * web: added profile + edit + autoexec changes ([`c275db1`](`c275db184e`))	2022-05-25 23:29:22 +00:00
Saad Jutt	c275db184e	feat(web): added profile + edit + autoexec changes	2022-05-26 04:25:15 +05:00
semantic-release-bot	e4239fbcc3	chore(release): 0.2.0 [skip ci] # [0.2.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0) (2022-05-25) ### Bug Fixes * autoexec: usage in case of desktop from file ([`79dc2db`](`79dc2dba23`)) ### Features * api: added autoexec + major type setting changes ([`2a7223a`](`2a7223ad7d`))	2022-05-25 05:52:30 +00:00
Muhammad Saad	c6fd8fdd70	Merge pull request #178 from sasjs/issue117 feat(api): added autoexec + major type setting changes	2022-05-24 22:48:29 -07:00
Saad Jutt	79dc2dba23	fix(autoexec): usage in case of desktop from file	2022-05-25 10:44:57 +05:00
Saad Jutt	2a7223ad7d	feat(api): added autoexec + major type setting changes	2022-05-24 21:12:32 +05:00
semantic-release-bot	1fed5ea6ac	chore(release): 0.1.0 [skip ci] # [0.1.0](https://github.com/sasjs/server/compare/v0.0.77...v0.1.0) (2022-05-23) ### Bug Fixes * issue174 + issue175 + issue146 ([`80b33c7`](`80b33c7a18`)) * web: click to copy + notification ([`f37f8e9`](`f37f8e95d1`)) ### Features * env: added new env variable LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN ([`53bf68a`](`53bf68a6af`))	2022-05-23 21:22:02 +00:00
Muhammad Saad	97f689f292	Merge pull request #177 from sasjs/issue174 fix: issue174 + issue175 + issue146	2022-05-23 14:17:25 -07:00
Saad Jutt	53bf68a6af	feat(env): added new env variable LOG_FORMAT_MORGAN	2022-05-23 21:14:37 +05:00
Saad Jutt	f37f8e95d1	fix(web): click to copy + notification	2022-05-23 20:29:29 +05:00
Saad Jutt	80b33c7a18	fix: issue174 + issue175 + issue146	2022-05-23 19:24:56 +05:00
Muhammad Saad	b1803fe385	Merge pull request #170 from sasjs/dummy-release-command chore: added dummy release command	2022-05-16 09:42:23 -07:00
Saad Jutt	7dd08c3b5b	chore: added dummy release command	2022-05-16 21:36:00 +05:00