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GlobalSearch uses a cookie to store the logged in user for the current session. For any number of reasons, you may wish retrieve that user’s login name. Using a Live Field, that data can be easily accessed and become accessible. |
The sample code below demonstrates reading the cookie and isolating the value of the authenticatedUser value key contained within it.
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let crumbs = document.cookie.split(';');
for(let i = 0; i < crumbs.length; i++) {
let c = crumbs[i];
while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {
c = c.substring(1);
}
if (c.indexOf("authenticatedUser") == 0) {
let user = c.substring("authenticatedUser".length+1, c.length);
alert(user);
return user;
}
}
return 'Unable to collect user from cookie.'; |
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