How can i get Windows Username OR Computername

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1

Hi,

ist there an way to get the Windows Username or Computername of the Appsmith Client.
I do not mean the values of {{appsmith.user.name}}

i tried :

    var WinNetwork = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Network");
    alert(WinNetwork.UserName);

but didn´t work for me.

thx
Franz

2

This is not possible at this juncture. Although, could you please explain how this will help you?

3

I have a database of internal users and it would be useful to display only the data of the user who opens the Appsmith App.

4

To do that you have to use windows integrated authentication, provided by IIS (included in windows server). So that is possible but is a bit convoluted. You need an IIS server, a folder with WIA on, and then make a request to a file in that folder. Then this file must have code (eg a .ashx file in C#) to identify the user and return that info to the browser. So you see, it’s a lot of steps just to get the windows user. And an authentication window could pop up if the user hasn’t logged in into that server before…

5

thanks for you help. I solved it in a different way.
The opening URL is containing now the User and Computername.

6

and can you briefly describe how you did it. Thank you

7

i send each user the Link to the app like:
[URL]?user=Username?pcname=testcomputer

and then using the Parameters in the App to Show Specific Data:
{{appsmith.URL.queryParams.user}}
{{appsmith.URL.queryParams.pcname}}

8

and how do you stop them from impersonating anyone else by changing the url parameters manually?

9

In my use case it doesn’t matter. if the PC and username not fit together there is no result and it is an internal Applikation.

but you are are right, normally I would prefer an more secure way.