GlideUser (Next Experience)- Client

The GlideUser API provides a method to access information about current user roles in the Next Experience UI Framework.

GlideUser methods are accessed through a global object (g_user) that is only available in client scripts.

Parent Topic:Client Next Experience API reference

GlideUser (Next Experience) - getRoles()

Returns all roles assigned to the current user.

This example checks if the current user has the admin role.

if (g_user.getRoles().indexOf('admin') !== -1) {
    console.log('User is admin');
}

Output:

User is admin

This example logs all roles assigned to the current user.

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
   if (isLoading || newValue === '') {
      return;
   }
   console.log(g_user.getRoles());
}

Output:

['actsub_user', 'sn_publications_recipients_list_user', 'sn_publications.author', 'interaction_agent', 'interaction_admin', 'image_admin', 'sn_publications_recipients_user', 'workflow_publisher', 'knowledge']