How to check if the current user is authenticated?

Use SystemUserUtil to check if the current user is authenticated (i.e. "logged in").

Published: 2022-07-22 | Updated: 2024-09-26

SystemUserUtil contains methods for checking things concering, primarily, the current user. Among them is the method isAnonymous().

Step 1 - get an instance of SystemUserUtil

For WebApp/RESTApp - use import:

js

import systemUserUtil from '@sitevision/api/server/SystemUserUtil';

For Script module - use require:

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const systemUserUtil = require('SystemUserUtil');

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if (systemUserUtil.isAnonymous()) {
  // The current user is NOT authenticated
} else {
  // The current user is authenticated
}