Correct way to get an ApplicationUser

[Tyler Brown-Jones]

Hi

Just wondering the correct way to get an ApplicationUser to be used within a service e.g 

UserManager.getUserByName("User")

Hope someone can help

Thanks 

Tyler

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

If you want to get a user by name then you can use:

def user = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager().getUserByName("user name")

[Tyler Brown-Jones]

import com.atlassian.jira.user.util.UserManager 

Is this the correct import for this?

Thanks Alexey, i will also respond to the other request i made explaining my reworked service code and what was wrong with it for future reference.

Appreciate the support you have provided me the past couple of days!

[Alexey Matveev]

You should add 

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

[Mark Markov]

Hello @Tyler Brown-Jones

Depends on your case.

To get current user you can use 

def user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()

[Tyler Brown-Jones]

I'm trying to get a user within the Jira user manager as it is running as a service within Jira, Not running as a LoggedInUser. 

I previously used this way within my Script Listener and understand how it works. I also tried using it within my service and it didn't like it.

Many thanks for the response though!