[Building Sakai] Retrieving current user from session

[Steve Swinsburg]

Yes that is correct for the component manager. Note you are using axis
though,  are you writing a Web service? How are you logging in to this
particular bit of code?

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On 25/07/2014 2:50 AM, "Sergio Muriel" <sergioame at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Steve,
> I don't really know what you mean by your question.
> This is how I think I'm pulling dependency from the component manager:
>
> public class MyWebService {
>
> private SessionManager sessionManager;
> private SiteService siteService;
> private UserDirectoryService userDirectoryService;
> private DeveloperHelperService developerHelperService;
>
> public MyWebService() {
> sessionManager = (SessionManager)
> ComponentManager.get(SessionManager.class.getName());
> siteService = (SiteService)
> ComponentManager.get(SiteService.class.getName());
> userDirectoryService = (UserDirectoryService)
> ComponentManager.get(UserDirectoryService.class.getName());
> developerHelperService = (DeveloperHelperService)
> ComponentManager.get(DeveloperHelperService.class);
> }
>
> private Session myMethod() throws AxisFault {
> Session session = sessionManager.getCurrentSession(); // this gives me
> the Sakai session
> User currentUser = userDirectoryService.getCurrentUser(); // this gives me
> a User object but it has null or empty properties, no matter if I'm logged
> into Sakai or not.
>
> ...... etc
> }
>
> I really appreciate any help.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Sergio Muriel
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:19:12 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Retrieving current user from session
> From: steve.swinsburg at gmail.com
> To: sergioame at hotmail.com
> CC: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org; ottenhoff at longsight.com
>
> The issue is your dependency injection. Either use spring to inject the
> dependency or use the component manager to pull the dependency in.
>
> What is your code for setting the saki api's?
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
> sent from my mobile device
> On 23/07/2014 9:01 AM, "Sergio Muriel" <sergioame at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Sam,
> I'm having a org.sakaiproject.user.api.User object, but when I fetch it
> into, like this:
>
>  User currentUser = userDirectoryService.getCurrentUser();
> System.out.println("*** User.getFirstName(): " +
> currentUser.getFirstName());
>  System.out.println("*** User.getDisplayId(): " +
> currentUser.getDisplayId());
> System.out.println("*** User.getDisplayName(): " +
> currentUser.getDisplayName());
>  System.out.println("*** User.getEid(): " + currentUser.getEid());
> System.out.println("*** User.getEmail(): " + currentUser.getEmail());
>  System.out.println("*** User.getFirstName(): " +
> currentUser.getFirstName());
> System.out.println("*** User.getId(): " + currentUser.getId());
>  System.out.println("*** User.getLastName(): " +
> currentUser.getLastName());
> System.out.println("*** User.getSortName(): " + currentUser.getSortName());
>  System.out.println("*** User.getType(): " + currentUser.getType());
> System.out.println("*** User.getUrl(): " + currentUser.getUrl());
>
> I get:
>
> *** User.getFirstName():
> *** User.getDisplayId(): null
> *** User.getDisplayName(): null
> *** User.getEid(): null
> *** User.getEmail():
> *** User.getFirstName():
> *** User.getId():
> *** User.getLastName():
> *** User.getSortName(): null
> *** User.getType(): null
> *** User.getUrl(): http://localhost:8080/access/user
>
> And this is actually the information that I have in the database:
>
>
> USER_ID;EMAIL;EMAIL_LC;FIRST_NAME;LAST_NAME;TYPE;PW;CREATEDBY;MODIFIEDBY;CREATEDON;MODIFIEDON
> 849c5404-47ea-418e-bb6e-3a7ca8d760b6;sergioame at hotmail dot
> com;sergioame at hotmail dot com;Sergio;Muriel;Web Services
> Accessor;cceylQ==:hNIh42AwPO6m39+Ucnp+BvJgBhEm/jt1hf9OWUiOBoU=;admin;admin;2014-05-06
> 16:42:38;2014-05-06 16:42:38
>
> And this is actually what Sakai shows me:
> My Account Details User User Idsergioame at hotmail dot com First Name
> SergioLast Name MurielEmailsergioame at hotmail dot com TypeWeb Services
> Accessor Created BySakai Administrator CreatedMay 6, 2014 4:42 pmModified
> By Sakai AdministratorModifiedMay 6, 2014 4:42 pm
>
> Do you have any clue about what could be going on with that object? I'm
> testing it using the same browser but different tabs: One for logging into
> Sakai, and the other for calls the web service. Am I doing it right?
>
> I appreciate any help.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Sergio Muriel
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ottenhoff at longsight.com
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:51:16 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Retrieving current user from session
> To: sergioame at hotmail.com
> CC: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>
> /**
>  * Get a user's email address based on their session id
>  *
>  * @param   sessionid       the session id of the user who's email address
> you wish to retrieve
>  * @return                  the email address for the user
>  * @throws  AxisFault
>  *
>  */
> public String getUserEmailForSession( String sessionid ) throws AxisFault
> {
>     Session session = establishSession(sessionid);
>     User user = userDirectoryService.getCurrentUser();
>     return user.getEmail();
> }
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Sergio Muriel <sergioame at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
> Does anyone have a good working example of a web service in which the
> current user is retrieved from the current session?
> Please note that what I need to retrieve is an object of the class:
> org.sakaiproject.user.api.User
>
> Best Regards,
> Sergio Muriel
>
>
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