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April 27, 2016
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How to identify the user who invoked the service

Hi,

How to identify the user who invoked the service?

One option I'm aware of is based on the appKey

     var loggedInUser = Resources["CurrentSessionInfo"].GetCurrentUser();

with this approach, I had to create an appKey for each user.

What other options are available? If i didn't want to generate a new appKey for every user.

Regards

Arunkumar D

    arunkumar1Answer
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    April 28, 2016

    Nope.

    If we invoke the service using appKey, GetCurrentUser() would give the user associated with that appKey.

    Anyway, one another approach I found to identify the user is to use Authorization header. Like below:

    curl -X POST -u username:password -H "Accept:application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" "http://hostname/Thingworx/Things/TestThing/Services/TestAPI"

    I find this approach would fit me for now, instead of creating an appKey for every user.

    Regards

    Arunkumar D

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    ptc-62921031-Visitor
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    April 27, 2016

    Resources["CurrentSessionInfo"].GetCurrentUser() doesn't depend on appkeys; it returns whoever the current user is.

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      arunkumar11-VisitorAuthorAnswer
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      April 28, 2016

      Nope.

      If we invoke the service using appKey, GetCurrentUser() would give the user associated with that appKey.

      Anyway, one another approach I found to identify the user is to use Authorization header. Like below:

      curl -X POST -u username:password -H "Accept:application/json" -H "Content-Type:application/json" "http://hostname/Thingworx/Things/TestThing/Services/TestAPI"

      I find this approach would fit me for now, instead of creating an appKey for every user.

      Regards

      Arunkumar D

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