types: add Node StringID and UserView accessors

Add StringID() on Node/NodeView and Username/Display/CreatedAt on
UserView, so the HTTP read paths render ids and read users through view
accessors instead of cloning with AsStruct().

hscontrol/types/node.go

@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ func (id NodeID) String() string {
 	return strconv.FormatUint(id.Uint64(), util.Base10)
 }
 
+// StringID returns the node's id as a decimal string, the form the HTTP APIs
+// render it as.
+func (node *Node) StringID() string {
+	if node == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return node.ID.String()
+}
+
 func ParseNodeID(s string) (NodeID, error) {
 	id, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, util.Base10, 64)
 	return NodeID(id), err
@@ -852,6 +862,16 @@ func (nv NodeView) RequestTagsSlice() views.Slice[string] {
 	return nv.Hostinfo().RequestTags()
 }
 
+// StringID returns the node's id as a decimal string, the form the HTTP APIs
+// render it as.
+func (nv NodeView) StringID() string {
+	if !nv.Valid() {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return nv.ID().String()
+}
+
 // IsTagged reports if a device is tagged
 // and therefore should not be treated as a
 // user owned device.

hscontrol/types/users.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/util"
 	"github.com/juanfont/headscale/hscontrol/util/zlog/zf"
@@ -133,6 +134,33 @@ func (u *User) Display() string {
 	return cmp.Or(u.DisplayName, u.Username())
 }
 
+// Username returns the user's login name via the view; see [User.Username].
+func (v UserView) Username() string {
+	if !v.Valid() {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return v.ж.Username()
+}
+
+// Display returns the user's display name via the view; see [User.Display].
+func (v UserView) Display() string {
+	if !v.Valid() {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return v.ж.Display()
+}
+
+// CreatedAt returns when the user was created.
+func (v UserView) CreatedAt() time.Time {
+	if !v.Valid() {
+		return time.Time{}
+	}
+
+	return v.ж.CreatedAt
+}
+
 func (u *User) TailscaleUser() tailcfg.User {
 	return tailcfg.User{
 		ID:            tailcfg.UserID(u.ID), //nolint:gosec // UserID is bounded