GetCurrentUser API¶

Returns the properties of the currently authenticated user. This is a convenience wrapper around GetUser that does not require a userName parameter — the user is determined from the authentication ticket.

Endpoint¶

/srv.asmx/GetCurrentUser

Methods¶

GET /srv.asmx/GetCurrentUser?authenticationTicket=...
POST /srv.asmx/GetCurrentUser (form data)
SOAP Action: http://tempuri.org/GetCurrentUser

Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`authenticationTicket`	string	Yes	Authentication ticket obtained from `AuthenticateUser`

Response¶

Success Response¶

<root success="true">
  <User exists="true"
        UserID="42"
        FirstName="John"
        LastName="Smith"
        Email="jsmith@example.com"
        Enabled="TRUE"
        UserName="jsmith"
        Domain="MyLibrary"
        LastLogonDate="2026-02-15T10:30:00"
        LastPasswordChangeDate="2026-01-10T08:00:00"
        AuthenticationAuthority="Native"
        ReadOnlyUser="FALSE">
    <Preferences>
      <!-- User preferences -->
    </Preferences>
    <TaskRedirection>
      <!-- Task redirection settings -->
    </TaskRedirection>
  </User>
</root>

Response Attributes¶

Attribute	Type	Description
`exists`	string	`true` if the user exists
`UserID`	int	Unique identifier of the user
`FirstName`	string	User's first name
`LastName`	string	User's last name
`Email`	string	User's email address
`Enabled`	string	`TRUE` if the user account is enabled, `FALSE` if disabled
`UserName`	string	User's login name
`Domain`	string	Domain/library the user belongs to
`LastLogonDate`	string	Date of last login (empty if never logged in)
`LastPasswordChangeDate`	string	Date of last password change (empty if never changed)
`AuthenticationAuthority`	string	Authentication source (e.g., `Native`, `LDAP`, `OAuth`)
`ReadOnlyUser`	string	`TRUE` if the user is a read-only (reader) user, `FALSE` otherwise

Error Response¶

<root success="false" error="[ErrorCode] Error message" />

Required Permissions¶

The caller must be authenticated. Anonymous users cannot call this API.

Example¶

Request (GET)¶

GET /srv.asmx/GetCurrentUser?authenticationTicket=abc123-def456 HTTP/1.1

Request (POST)¶

POST /srv.asmx/GetCurrentUser HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

authenticationTicket=abc123-def456

Request (SOAP 1.1)¶

POST /srv.asmx HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "http://tempuri.org/GetCurrentUser"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetCurrentUser xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
      <authenticationTicket>abc123-def456</authenticationTicket>
    </GetCurrentUser>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Notes¶

This API internally calls the same logic as GetUser with the username resolved from the authentication ticket
The response includes user preferences and task redirection settings in detail mode
See also: GetUser to retrieve properties of any user by username