Jira, Scriptrunner - getCurrentUser in Project Automation

[Hamid Gull]

I'm trying to send the currently logged-in user in a Post-Request to a REST-Endpoint when the issue is assigned. I set up a project automation with a ScriptRunner Script. According to several sources (see below) the following should do the magic.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
def user = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()

This snippet works, but it's always my user, that is sent. Doesn't matter if I'm logged in or my colleague. What am I missing? The same problem occurs when I use the built-in field currentUser.

Sources:

• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-get-current-user-in-jira-application/qaq-p/818002
• https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/5.2.1/jira/recipes/behaviours/scripted-conditions.html
• https://innovalog.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/JMWE/pages/138353228/Getting+the+current+user+-+Groovy

[juergen_mezger]

Hi there, there ist no solution from Atlassian, so here ist my Tip for Jira DataCenter
you can write a ScriptRunner Programm, wich uses the HttpSession and the Request Data to determine the "real" user

I have tested this in Chrome and Edge

(i wrote this in a helper Class in ScriptRunner so it is a static method. After you have the "real" user (not the automation actor) you can do your work for example write a comment with the

ComponentAccessor.getCommentManager()

Here is my code (maybe it helps)

public static String getActualuser()
{
def request = ComponentAccessor.getComponent(HttpContext)?.getRequest()
if (request) {
HttpSession httpSession = request.getSession()
def userid= httpSession.getAttribute('seraph_defaultauthenticator_user_id')
return(userid )
} else {
return(null)
}

}

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[Payne]

See the second answer in this post. Can you change the "Actor" field as shown?

[Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__]

Hi @Hamid Gull welcome on the community. Can you share more details? Can you share how your automation is configured?