acs_user::get_user_info (public)

 acs_user::get_user_info -user_id user_id [ -element element ]

Defined in packages/acs-tcl/tcl/community-core-procs.tcl

Extracts user information. Differently from acs_user::get this proc won't return generic party information.

Switches:

-user_id (required)

-element (optional)

if specified, only value with this key in the dict will be returned.

Returns:

dict or a single string value if the -element parameter was specified.

See Also:

• acs_user::get

Testcases:

auth_authenticate, auth_email_on_password_change, sync_actions, sync_batch_ims_test, acs_subsite_test_email_confirmation, demote_promote_a_user

Source code:

    set key [list get_user_info $user_id]

    while {1} {
        set user_info [ns_cache eval user_info_cache $key {
            set user_info [acs_user::get_user_info_not_cached -user_id $user_id]
            #
            # Don't cache results from lookups of invalid users.
            #
            if {[llength $user_info] == 0} {
                break
            }
            return $user_info
        }]
        break
    }

    if {$element ne ""} {
        return [expr {[dict exists $user_info $element] ?
                      [dict get $user_info $element] : ""}]
    } else {
        return $user_info
    }

Generic XQL file:

packages/acs-tcl/tcl/community-core-procs.xql

PostgreSQL XQL file:

packages/acs-tcl/tcl/community-core-procs-postgresql.xql

Oracle XQL file:

packages/acs-tcl/tcl/community-core-procs-oracle.xql