GlideUser (Next Experience) - Client

The GlideUser API provides a method to access information about current user roles in the Next Experience UI Framework.

GlideUser methods are accessed through a global object (g_user) that is only available in client scripts.

GlideUser (Next Experience) - getRoles()

Returns all roles assigned to the current user.

Tableau 1. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
None

Tableau 2. Returns

Type	Description
Array	Array of roles assigned to the current user. Includes explicitly granted roles, inherited roles, and roles acquired by group membership.

This example checks if the current user has the admin role.

if (g_user.getRoles().indexOf('admin') !== -1) {
    console.log('User is admin');
}

Output:

User is admin

This example logs all roles assigned to the current user.

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
   if (isLoading || newValue === '') {
      return;
   }
   console.log(g_user.getRoles());
}

Output:

['actsub_user', 'sn_publications_recipients_list_user', 'sn_publications.author', 'interaction_agent', 'interaction_admin', 'image_admin', 'sn_publications_recipients_user', 'workflow_publisher', 'knowledge']