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check if a user is in a group[Solved]

michaelc — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:49:07 GMT

Let me try asking this question another way. How in Surf can I see if a user is in a given group ? I wish to allow/dissllow a link based on the user being in a group, like you have for admin. <#if user.isAdmin> <div class="toolbar"> <a href="#" id="${args.htmlid}-createSite-

Re: check if a user is in a group[Solved]

fast3r — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:33:46 GMT

Don't know if there's a better way…

From a server-side JS:


function userHasGroup(user, group) {

   var result = remote.call("/api/people/" + stringUtils.urlEncode(user) + "?groups=true");
   if (result.status == 200 && result != "{}")
   {
      var user = eval('(' + result + ')');
      
      var groups = new Array();
      groups = user.groups;

      for (i=0; i<groups.length; i++)
      {                    
         if (groups[i]=="GROUP_" + group) return true; // found group
      }
      return false;
   }
   else return false;

}
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Re: check if a user is in a group[Solved]

michaelc — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:05:30 GMT

It's an answer that gives me something to work with
Thank you very much.

Being a newbie I seem to be lost in the trees all the time and I know there is a forest in here somewhere.
Using what you sent me, I found the Restfull JavaScript API
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Repository_RESTful_API_Reference
thanks