topic Re: Getting Current user Id on page component in Alfresco Forum

Getting Current user Id on page component

os_cerna — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 19:40:26 GMT

Hello everyone,Im working on an ADF app which connects to my ECM repository, the purpose of the app is to have a more responsive alternative to consumers so the can view and download documents even on their cellphones, for this i have created a custom page component for each site on my repository, a

Re: Getting Current user Id on page component

dvuika — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:22:32 GMT

You can try using "AlfrescoAuthenticationService" if you want to get access to current username. The service exposes a method "getEcmUsername".

export class MyComponent {
  constructor(private authService: AlfrescoAuthenticationService) {}

  myMethod() {
    console.log(
      this.authService.getEcmUsername()
    );
  }
}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Re: Getting Current user Id on page component

os_cerna — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:42:17 GMT

Hi, thanks for the reply,

like you suggested i tried using AlfrescoAuthenticationService but it doesnt seem to recongise the current user logged in, here is what my code is like:

but i am getting undefined as a result, do you know why could have happened?

thanks

Re: Getting Current user Id on page component

dvuika — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:46:42 GMT

It should return value for logged in user. Are you sure you are logged in at the time of ngOnInit call or your HomeComponent?

Re: Getting Current user Id on page component

os_cerna — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:54:07 GMT

When i inspect the page it gives me this result

the login was succesful and the true value was the result of "console.log(this.authService.isLoggedIn());"

the undefined value is the result of asking the current logged user

Re: Getting Current user Id on page component

dvuika — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:02:02 GMT

What versions of the JS-API and ADF components you are using?

Re: Getting Current user Id on page component

os_cerna — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:12:40 GMT

I´m using the community edition version 5.2, also checking the versions.json of my adf app i get this:

"alfresco-js-api": {
"version": "1.4.0",
"from": "alfresco-js-api@~1.4.0",
"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/alfresco-js-api/-/alfresco-js-api-1.4.0.tgz"
},

"ng2-alfresco-core": {
"version": "1.5.0",
"from": "ng2-alfresco-core@1.5.0",
"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ng2-alfresco-core/-/ng2-alfresco-core-1.5.0.tgz"
},
"ng2-alfresco-login": {
"version": "1.5.0",
"from": "ng2-alfresco-login@1.5.0",
"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ng2-alfresco-login/-/ng2-alfresco-login-1.5.0.tgz"
},

Re: Getting Current user Id on page component

dvuika — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:15:07 GMT

The "alfresco-js-api" version is outdated. I believe storing logged in usernames for process/content services was added in 1.5.0. Could you please update it to "1.5.0" and run "npm install" once again?

Re: Getting Current user Id on page component

os_cerna — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:48:19 GMT

That worked, thanks a lot