SharePoint 2016: Get Current User Using JavaScript

In this post, I will explain How to

Get Current SharePoint User using JavaScript Client Object Model (JSOM).

You may be also interested to read SharePoint 2016: Get Current User Using REST API.

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Get Current SharePoint User Using JavaScript (JSOM)

What’s JSOM?

• The JavaScript object model is presented in SharePoint 2010,
• It is a collection of SharePoint JS files that executed in the client-side,
• Those files are deployed in the “LAYOUT” directory of SharePoint.

The JSOM includes a lot of JS files like

• SP.js.
• SP.Core.js.

What’s SP.SOD.executeOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded

The SP.SOD.executeOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded has two parameters

• Function Name.
• JSOM file name.

This function ensures that the JSOM file is loaded first then execute a specified function in its parameters.

If this function doesn’t help, try to use
SP.SOD.executeFunc(‘sp.js’, ‘SP.ClientContext’, yourfunctionname);

You may be also interested to read SharePoint 2016: JSOM is only working in Edit Mode.

What’s the ClientContext

The client context is a class that used to return information about the current objects: like Current Web, Site Collection, site, user …etc.

Get Current SharePoint User Info Using JSOM

• Edit your page.
• Add Script Editor Web Part.

• Add the below script.

<script src="/_layouts/15/SP.Runtime.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/_layouts/15/SP.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(GetCurrentUserInfo,'sp.js');
// if the above function doesn't work try to use the below one
//SP.SOD.executeFunc('sp.js', 'SP.ClientContext', GetCurrentUserInfo);
var currentUser;
function GetCurrentUserInfo(){
    var cx = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
    currentUser = cx.get_web().get_currentUser();
    cx.load(currentUser);
    cx.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this,this.onSucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this,this.onFailed));
}

function onSucceeded() {
    alert(currentUser.get_loginName().substring(currentUser.get_loginName().indexOf('|')+1)); 
    alert(currentUser.get_title());
    alert(currentUser.get_email());
}

function onFailed(sender, args) {
    alert('Error: ' + args.get_message() + '\nStackTrace: ' + args.get_stackTrace());
}
</script>

You may be also interested to read SharePoint 2016: Get Current User Using REST API.

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Get Current SharePoint User Login Name Using JSOM

You can use the “get_loginName()” to get the current login name using JSOM.

This will return the current login name with the below format

i:0#.w|Domain\username

To get only the “domain\username” format use the below code

currentUser.get_loginName().substring(currentUser.get_loginName().indexOf('|')+1);

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Get Current SharePoint User Display Name Using JSOM

You can use the “get_title()” to get the current user display name using JSOM.

Get Current SharePoint User Email Using JSOM

You can use the “get_email()” to get the current user email using JSOM.

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Applies To

• SharePoint 2016.
• SharePoint 2013.

Conclusion

In this post, I explained how to use the JavaScript Object Model (JSOM) to get the SharePoint Current User details:

• Login Name.
• Display Name.
• Email.

See Also

• SharePoint 2016: Get Current User Using REST API.
• SharePoint 2016: JSOM is only working in Edit Mode.
• This web browser either does not support JavaScript or scripts are being blocked.