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how to check currently logged in user of JIRA in velocity template ?

Augustin atto

Hi,

I have developed JIRA custom field plugin(type : text) and i want it to be visible only for particular user .

How to check currently logged in user of JIRA in velocity template ?

Do i need to fetch loggedin user in my java file and then assign to varaible then it can be accessible to vm file

Accepted answers

RambanamP

you can try with $authcontext.loggedInUser.name

or using javascript you can get current loggedin user details

try with this inside javascript,

AJS.params.loggedInUser

try with this idf you want check current user in specific group

${jiraUserUtils.getGroupNamesForUser($authcontext.loggedInUser.name).contains('jira-users')}

check this, it may help you

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/31839/jira-api-check-if-user-is-in-group

All comments

RambanamP

you can try with $authcontext.loggedInUser.name

or using javascript you can get current loggedin user details

try with this inside javascript,

AJS.params.loggedInUser

try with this idf you want check current user in specific group

${jiraUserUtils.getGroupNamesForUser($authcontext.loggedInUser.name).contains('jira-users')}

check this, it may help you

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/31839/jira-api-check-if-user-is-in-group

Bharadwaj Jannu

Hi Augustin,

you can use $authcontext.getUser().getName()=='user1'

and follow link to know about velocity variables.

Augustin atto

Thanks a lot

RambanamP

if something helped then don't forgot to accept as a answer it will help to other users to choose right answer!!

Augustin atto

Thanks a lot

Bharadwaj Jannu

appreciated if accept as an answer.

Augustin atto

Hi Bharadwaj,

I want to display the field only to the members who is belong to 'jira-users' group .

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA040/How+to+create+a+new+Custom+Field+Type

I have tried this above refrence URL ,but it is not displaying field even the user belong to 'jira-users' group

In the above example i have used 'Jira-users' instaed of 'Jira-administrators'.

RambanamP

check my answer i have updated!!

Augustin atto

Hi ,

Thanks lot

I ll explain my scenario :

I have developed one custom field plugin , wanted to display only for the user who belong to particular group.

I have used the below line of code in my edit.vm file and built a jar deployed in jira using admin role , then created new custom field using that JAR addedd to particular project and to the screen which the project is using.

After logeg in to jira as normal user still i'm not able to view that field when creating issue.

Could you pls help me

#if (${jiraUserUtils.getGroupNamesForUser($authcontext.loggedInUser.name).contains('Jira-users')})
#if($value)
<input type="text" name="$customField.id" value="$value" id="$customField.id" class="text"/>
#else
<input type="text" name="$customField.id" value="" id="$customField.id" class="text"/>
#end
#end

Still it is hidden only . Even if user in 'jira-user' group not able to view when creating issue .

RambanamP

which version of jira you are using?

RambanamP

@Augustin

i am not sure how to hide the custom field name in velocity file

i have another solution to hide a field to specific group/user with javascript, add the following script as webresource in a plugin

&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;  
jQuery(document).ready(	function($) {
JIRA.bind(JIRA.Events.NEW_CONTENT_ADDED, function(e,context) {
hideField();    
});
hideField(); 
function hideField(){
        var user=getCurrentUserName();		
		var statusText=$('#status-val').text();	
		
		if(isUserInGroup(user,'Developers') ){
			//to hide field
			$("#customfield_10571").closest('div.field-group').hide();
		}else  {
			AJS.$("#customfield_10571").closest('div.field-group').show();
		}

}
function getCurrentUserName()
{
var user;
     AJS.$.ajax({
        url: "/rest/gadget/1.0/currentUser",
        type: 'get',
        dataType: 'json',
        async: false,
        success: function(data) {
            user = data.username;
        }
     });
     return user;
}
  
  
function getGroups(user)
{
var groups;
     AJS.$.ajax({
        url: "/rest/api/2/user?username="+user+"&amp;expand=groups",
        type: 'get',
        dataType: 'json',
        async: false,
        success: function(data) {
            groups = data.groups.items;
        }
     });
     return groups;
}
function isUserInGroup(user, group){
    var groups = getGroups(user);
    for (i = 0; i &lt; groups.length; i++){
         if (groups[i].name == group){
              return true;
         }
    }
    return false;
}
    
});
&lt;/script&gt;