wiki.Getuser error

[jger]

Hi there,

I´m trying to use the wiki function GetUser to show at least some welcoming message for my users. Unfortunately the function doesn´t work. It doesn´t work both at my local wiki installation and the wiki at wiki.developer.mindtouch.com (http://wiki.developer.mindtouch.com/.../Wiki.GetUser).

All I get is this message:

{ anonymous : true, api : "http://wiki.developer.mindtouch.com/@api/deki/users/754", emailhash : "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e", feed : "http://wiki.developer.mindtouch.com/@api/deki/users/754/feed", gravatar : "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e.png", homepage : "local://1a51afad1a87466e9e59da41cb12195a/deki/$page#%5b+5811+%5d", id : 754, name : "Anonymous", uri : "http://wiki.developer.mindtouch.com/User:Anonymous" }

At my local installation Anonymous is replaced by my admin login of course. Is this an API problem or a local problem on my side (using both IE and FF).

Thank you,

Joerg

[crb]

It's working correctly. The results are a map of the attributes about the current user.

Did you want only one of the pieces of information, like the 'name' perhaps?

{{ wiki.getuser("crb")["name"] }}

[jger]

Yes, just the name itself. The code at the developer-wiki says:

{{wiki.getuser(user.name)}}

So I thought using this exact code will extract the username of the currently logged in user and print it to screen.

I wanted to greet every user with something like "Welcome, username.". Your code example uses a specific username (crb) though. I´m a bit clueless.

Thanks,

J-

[jger]

Nevermind, I just figured it out with your example.

{{wiki.getuser(user.name)["name"]}}

gives me exactly what I needed. Thanks again. This is great once you get the logic behind it. Now I even understand what you meant with the maps of attributes. I misinterpreted it as an error message.

J-

[SteveB]

If the name you're looking up is simple (i.e. alphanumeric), you can also use the dot-notation like this:

{{ wiki.getuser(user.name).name }}