user details for macro

[Darren Johnston]

Hello,

trying to find what parameters are available in user macros as below.

As in I just want the users firstname to show but cannot seem to get the syntax correct.

$action.remoteUser.name   (works)
$action.remoteUser.FullName  (works)
$action.remoteUser.FirstName  (nothing)
$action.remoteUser.LastName  (nothing)

 is there any documentation showing this  data?

thanks

[Stephen Deutsch]

Here are some of the functions available to the Confluence User object:

https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/6.6.0/com/atlassian/confluence/user/ConfluenceUserImpl.html

Unfortunately, there's nothing available to pull the first name, as Confluence doesn't keep track of which part of the full name is a first name, middle name, or last name. However, you could assume that it is the first word of the full name string in most cases. Therefore you could use something like this:

#set ( $fullName = $action.remoteUser.fullName )
#for ( $word in $fullName.split(" ") )
    #set ( $firstName = $word )
    #break
#end
<p>$firstName</p>

[Darren Johnston]

thank you Stephen

[Lasse Kaiser]

Use #foreach, not #for (source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5683690/how-to-use-for-loop-in-velocity-template)

Since I'm using the user macro inline, I've skipped the <p> </p> bit.

This code works for me:

#set ( $fullName = $action.remoteUser.fullName )
#foreach ( $word in $fullName.split(" ") )
    #set ( $firstName = $word )
    #break
#end
$firstName

[Roman Joss]

Hello @Stephen Deutsch 

Ware are on the way to update Confluence from 7.13.x to 7.19.x and I have found out that the the following code does not work in 7.19.x

$action.remoteUser.FullName

Not work mean, that exact this string is shown in the page instead of the fullname of the user.
Do you have an idea if there was a change in the code?
I have several macros with the $action-function which do not work anymore.

Thanks for your assistance.
Roman

[Roman Joss]

Oh, after a several more searches I've found the following bug.

CONFSERVER-82741

This is my workaround!
Most of my macroes work again and now I have to enhance the property with my needs.

Sorry for disturbing.
Regards, Roman