maybe auto select user profile

client/src/data/modules/hydrate/getHydrateProfiles.js

@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 /**
  * Hydrate profiles for use in this React app. The data is saved in another
- * format, so we will need to trandform the data back when saving to post meta.
+ * format, so we will need to transform the data back when saving to post meta.
  *
  * @param  {Array} items Array of profiles from post meta.
  * @return {Promise} Promise from an API request to get hydrated profiles.
  */
-const getHydrateProfiles = async (items = []) => {
-  if (0 >= items.length) {
-    return Promise.resolve([]);
-  }
-
-  return wp.apiFetch({
-    path: '/byline-manager/v1/hydrateProfiles/',
-    method: 'POST',
-    data: {
-      profiles: items,
-    },
-  }).catch(() => []);
-};
+const getHydrateProfiles = async (items = []) => wp.apiFetch({
+  path: '/byline-manager/v1/hydrateProfiles/',
+  method: 'POST',
+  data: {
+    profiles: items,
+  },
+}).catch(() => []);
 
 export default getHydrateProfiles;

inc/rest-api.php

@@ -90,7 +90,21 @@ function rest_profile_search( \WP_REST_Request $request ) {
 function rest_hydrate_profiles( \WP_REST_Request $request ) {
 	$byline_profiles = $request['profiles'] ?? [];
 	$profiles        = [];
-
+	// Check to see if the current user has profile associated with their user.
+	$current_user_profile_id = get_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'profile_id', true );
+	$current_user_profile    = Profile::get_by_post( $current_user_profile_id );
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine wether to auto set byline if a user object has a byline associated with it.
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean wether or not to auto set profile.
+	 */
+	$auto_set_user_profile = apply_filters( 'byline_manager_auto_set_user_profile', true );
+
+	/**
+	 * If we have bylines, hydrate them with meta values.
+	 * Else return the user's associated profile if one was found and $auto_set_user_profile === true.
+	 */
 	if ( ! empty( $byline_profiles ) ) {
 		$index = 0;
 
@@ -118,6 +132,8 @@ function rest_hydrate_profiles( \WP_REST_Request $request ) {
 		}
 
 		$byline_profiles = $profiles;
+	} elseif ( $current_user_profile instanceof Profile && $auto_set_user_profile ) {
+		$profiles[] = get_profile_data_for_meta_box( $current_user_profile );
 	}
 
 	// Send the response.