hasRole in Server and Client

[Sachin G K1]

Hi, 

We know that g_user.hasRole('itil'); will return true if user has itil role or admin role. Similarly does, gs.hasRole('itil'); works the same or does it return true only when user has itil role.

[Harish KM]

Hi @Sachin G K1 you can use below code to check for admins in server side, this will return false if admin donot have itil role

    var role= gs.hasRole('itil');

hasRoleExactly(role);// call hasRoleExactly function

    function hasRoleExactly(role) {

    var au = new ArrayUtil();

    var roles = gs.getSession().getRoles() + '';

    var roleArray = roles.split(",");

    var isAuthorized = au.contains(roleArray, role);

    gs.info("role"+isAuthorized);

    return isAuthorized;

}

[Harish Bainsla]

Hi both are different one is client side other one is server side

 g_user.hasRole('itil'); its client side

 gs.hasRole('itil'); its server side for more understanding check below link

https://blog.snowycode.com/post/user-object-cheat-sheet

[Sachin G K1]

Hi Harish,

Thanks for response, i went through the link you shared. Please have a look at picture i found there. My queries is simple, does gs.hasRole('itil'), will this return true if user doesn't have itil role but has admin role 

[Jyoti Jadhav9]

Hi @Sachin G K1 ,

g_user.hasRole('itil')  >> Returns true if the current user has the specified role or the admin role.

gs.hasRole('itil') >> Return true if the current user has at least one of the passed-in roles. Also returns true if the user has the administrator role.

For more information, you can refer below URLs:

1. https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/api/utah/client/c_GlideUserAPI

2. https://developer.servicenow.com/dev.do#!/reference/api/washingtondc/server_legacy/c_GlideSystemAPI

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Jyoti Jadhav

[Vaibhav_Nikam]

Hi @Sachin G K1 

 g_user.hasRole('itil') & gs.hasRole('itil') will return true if the user has itil role or admin role.

Both of them work similarly as g_user.hasRole() is on the client side & gs.hasRole() is on the server side.

Please mark it helpful, if the answer assists in resolving your question.

Best Regards,
Vaibhav Nikam