User variable - Fluid Topics - Latest

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The user variable provides information about the user's authentication status.

The structure of user is as follows:

{
  "isAuthenticated": true,
  "roles": [
    "OFFLINE_USER",
    "PERSONAL_BOOK_USER",
    "PRINT_USER",
    "PERSONAL_BOOK_SHARE_USER",
    "BETA_USER",
    "COLLECTION_USER",
    "ANALYTICS_USER",
    "CONTENT_PUBLISHER",
    "FEEDBACK_USER",
    "RATING_USER",
    "ADMIN",
    "USERS_ADMIN",
    "PDF_EXPORT_USER",
    "KHUB_ADMIN",
    "HTML_EXPORT_USER",
    "SAVED_SEARCH_USER",
    "PORTAL_ADMIN",
    "DEBUG_USER"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "manager"
  ],
  "profile": {
    "id": "6d346375-8f99-4248-acf0-ec84ebeb60cc",
    "displayName": "John Doe",
    "emailAddress": "john.doe@example.com"
  }
}
Field Type Description
isAuthenticated Boolean Indicates whether the user is authenticated or not.
roles Array Lists the roles the user has.
tags Array Lists the tags the user has.
profile Object Information about the profile of the user.
id String The ID of the user, used in the Fluid Topics API (for example, in the Get a user's personal information and assets web service).
displayName String The display name of the user.
emailAddress String The email address of the user.

If the user is not authenticated, the profile field is undefined, but roles may still be present.

For an example on how to use the user variable, see User bookmarks example.