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

getAccessToken()

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

In the following cases, it It returns an empty string in the following cases:

• calling this the method is called within any scheduled functionality (for example, Scheduled Script),a scheduled script).
• the method is called calling this method 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 method allows getting Use this method to get the information about the current user given user in the context (whether this is 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 method allows getting a Use this method to get the value of the specified User Preference user preference for the current user.

Parameter(s):

Return:

Example:

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

hasRole(role)

Use this method to find out whether check if the current user has a the specified role or the admin role. It  always 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)

Use this method to set a value for the user preference settings of the current user. 

The system creates a preference with the specified name This method allow setting a value for an existing or newly created User Preference 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