$helper.action.remoteUser.name doesn't return value

Question

Hi there,

I want to show a certain code for a certain group of users. If've found this:

#if ($userAccessor.hasMembership('confluence-administrators', $helper.action.remoteUser.name)
WORKS
#end

It works, but only if I replace the ..remoteUser.. with a real Username. It seems that $helper.action.remoteUser.name does not return any value.

To be sure, I tried this:

$userAccessor.getGroupNamesForUserName($helper.action.remoteUser.name)
$userAccessor.getGroupNamesForUserName('realUsername')

Second works, first not. Does anyone of you have an idea why? I am running Confluence 6.5.2

Thanks,

Franz

Franz Güntner · Answer

Thanks! I've found out that $action.remoteUser.Name also works!

Stephen Deutsch · Answer

It's likely that $helper.action.remoteUser either doesn't exist or returns the string name, therefore if you try to run .name on a string it will return null, as it's not a ConfluenceUser object.

Since you can use a string for this function call, I would recommend using $req.remoteUser instead.