CurrentIdentity

Identity()
Identity()
Identity()
Identity()
identity()
Identity()

Description

The CurrentIdentity function returns the Reference of the document associated with the authentication token used for the request. If a document does not exist, an error is returned.

When authentication is performed by an identity provider, CurrentIdentity returns the contents of the associated JWT’s sub field.

Parameters

None.

Returns

A Reference to the identity associated with the current client authentication token.

Examples

The following query is run in the context of a logged-in Fauna user:

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client.query(
  q.CurrentIdentity()
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error('Error: %s', err))
Ref(Collection("users"), "1")
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The following query is run in the context of an externally-authenticated user:

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client.query(
  q.CurrentIdentity()
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error('Error: %s', err))
q6vJS85vH@2LmiGrAOTiE16giVUuFr22@clients
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