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User object

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Represents the current requesting user.

Members

This object contains the following members:

Methods

Method name	Return Type	Description
getIdentities	object	Returns a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object that contains identity information, in the following format: Copy { "providerName": { "userId": "user_id_value", "accessToken": "access_token_value", "accessTokenSecret": "access_token_secret_value" } } The access_token_secret_value may not be available for all identity providers.

Method name

Return Type

Description

getIdentities

object

Returns a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object that contains identity information, in the following format:

{ "providerName": {
    "userId": "user_id_value",
    "accessToken": "access_token_value",
    "accessTokenSecret": "access_token_secret_value"
    }
}

The access_token_secret_value may not be available for all identity providers.

Properties

Property name	Type	Description
accessTokens	object	A JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object that contains the access token, in the following format: Copy { providerName: "access_token_value" }
level	string	The level of authentication, which can be one of the following: admin: the master key was included in the request. anonymous: a valid authentication token was not provided in the request. authenticated: a valid authentication token was provided in the request.
userId	string	The user ID of an authenticated user. When a user is not authenticated, this property returns undefined.

Property name

Type

Description

accessTokens

object

A JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object that contains the access token, in the following format:

{ providerName: "access_token_value" }

level

string

The level of authentication, which can be one of the following:

admin: the master key was included in the request.
anonymous: a valid authentication token was not provided in the request.
authenticated: a valid authentication token was provided in the request.

userId

string

The user ID of an authenticated user. When a user is not authenticated, this property returns undefined.

Remarks

Scripts are always passed an instance of the user object, regardless of whether the operation is authenticated.

Concepts

Mobile Services server script reference

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