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This server-side class allows to provides methods that get information about the current user and his their prerequisites, for example, the assigned roles and or preferences.

getAccessToken()

This method returns Use this method to return an access token of the current user within the current session.

In some cases it It returns an empty string . These in the following cases are:

• calling this the method is called within any scheduled functionality (for example, Scheduled Scripta scheduled script).
• calling this the method is called by any other functionality without any direct user actions and collateral side request on the client - side requests.

Return:

Example:

const user = new SimpleUser();
ss.info(user.getAccessToken()); 
// Info: PV8wLSJWEJONyvF87aIQn2b--7EMEhy_

getContext()

This Use this method allows to get current user information given the context (whether this is the the information about the current user in the given context. For example, check if a system user or an employee having has additional attributes against compared to regular users).

Return:

Example:

const user = new SimpleUser();
ss.info(user.getContext().username); 
// Info: admin

getID()

This Use this method gets to get the current user ID.

Return:

Example:

const user = new SimpleUser();
ss.info(user.getID()); 
// Info: 155931135900000099

getPreference(preferenceName)

This Use this method allows to get a the value of the specified User Preference specified user preference for the current user.

Parameter(s):

Return:

Example:

const user = new SimpleUser();
ss.info(user.getPreference('application')); 
// Info: 155931135900000002

hasRole(role)

This Use this method allows to find out whether check if the current user is granted with a has the specified role or notthe admin role.   It  always returns true if always returns true if the current user has the admin role.has the admin role. When checking a role that has the Elevate privileges checkbox selected, the method returns false if the user with the admin role has not elevated to the specified one. 

Parameter(s):

Return:

Example:

const user = new SimpleUser();
ss.info(user.hasRole('service_owner')); 
// Info: false

setPreference(preferenceName, value)

This Use this method allow to set a value for an existing or newly created User Preference the user preference settings of the current user. 

The system creates a preference with the specified name for the current user, if such a preference does not exist.

Parameter(s):

Return:

Example:

const user = new SimpleUser();
user.setPreference('language', 'en');
ss.info(user.getPreference('language')); 
// Info: en