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How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 20:51:01 GMT

I have been researching and found out that this is the best way to current usr info from activiti DB. However, it comes out to be null.This is my code.. First, I get userIDList<IdentityLink> identityLink = processEngine.getRuntimeService().getIdentityLinksForProcessInstance(processID);Iteratin

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:04:56 GMT

btw,

ProcessEngine processEngine = ProcessEngines.getDefaultProcessEngine();

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 21:17:12 GMT

This returns null as well..

List<String> userInfos = processEngine.getIdentityService().getUserInfoKeys(userID);

Re: How do I get user info from userID

cjose — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:57:38 GMT

which version are you using? The Community version or the Enterprise version (Alfresco Process Services)?

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:20:54 GMT

Thanks for the response.

I was developing on community but server is enterprise. I have now switched development to Enterprise and using this command to retrieve userinfo but it still throws null pointer.. I have following in my file

import com.activiti.service.api.UserService;

@Autowired
static UserService userService;

User user = userService.findUser(Long.parseLong(userID)); (Getting UserID from IdentityLink code above.

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:22:19 GMT

import com.activiti.domain.idm.User;

Re: How do I get user info from userID

cjose — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:45:45 GMT

yeah, if server is enterprise, you need to use the enterprise apis. The identity implementation in Alfresco Process Services is different from what is available in the core engine. Hence it is returning null (as per your original post) when you try to use the core engine apis

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:59:29 GMT

I am now using enterprise .. do you know which API can give me userinfo

I saw similar post ..

How to get user firstname and lastname in a generated document

but haven't had any luck yet

Re: How do I get user info from userID

cjose — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:07:33 GMT

Are you looking to get a user who is currently logged id? If yes, you can use the following.

com.activiti.domain.idm.User currentUser = SecurityUtils.getCurrentUserObject(); This page has an example - Custom REST endpoints | Alfresco Documentation

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:20:27 GMT

Yes, I am looking for current logged in user.. Thanks ! . Let me try this

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:16:23 GMT

That didn't work either.. Maybe I have to call it from service task..

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:21:32 GMT

I mean script task

Re: How do I get user info from userID

cjose — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:23:34 GMT

It would help if you can post all the details such as bpmn file, service java code etc in one post when asking questions. From this post, it is difficult to understand whether you are doing it from a service/script task or even execution/task/event listeners etc. Also, if this is getting executed without a user context (ie, async) you won't have any user info where your bpmn definition will help!

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 22:59:24 GMT

of course thanks Ciju.

I think I found a bug in the system.

I am now able to get userinfo through SecurityUtils.getCurrentUserObject(); Only if the form in previous activity (not activiti) does not have a file upload option with Alfresco repo enabled.

So i have a form on start event which has attach file option and after that i have service task which calls javadelegate and it prints the user info if I don't enable alfresco repo files to be attached.

Re: How do I get user info from userID

vsangal — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 23:22:32 GMT

Steps:

1. Create a form with attach file and configure it accept local files and alfresco files.
2. Create a java api or bean .. add code to capture userinfo .. see attachment for example.
3. Create a process with start event -> service task -> end
4. attach form to start event and configure service task to call your java api
5. check the log and you will see that userinfo in null.

Now remove the alfresco option and republish the app and run it again. UserInfo is now available

Re: How do I get user info from userID

cjose — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:09:04 GMT

Yeah, now it makes sense. When you add an attach file option in the form, the next task will turn async. That means it is no longer executed under the logged in user context! Hence you get null. Try executing your logic from an execution listener attached to the start activity or on the sequence flow if you really need the user context. It is not a bug, it is working as designed.