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James Hyot
James Hyot

Reputation: 150

Username in tab configuration context is empty

I cannot seem to be able to find the current user's username using the Microsoft Teams JS library. I am always given an empty value.

Here are the properties of the variable context in 

window.microsoftTeams.getContext(function(context){
    // my stuff
}

channelId, isFullScreen, locale, teamId, theme are provided, and once I finish configuring my tab and I try to edit it, so is the entityId I provided. However, the upn property is always empty.

Is it caused by the fact that I'm side-loading my package or is it caused by something else ? Did anyone manage to get an user's username ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 398

Answers (2)

James Hyot
James Hyot

Reputation: 150

It seems that the documentation is partly outdated. In my manifest needsIdentity was set to true in my manifest but it didn't have any effect. I searched in the schema reference for the manifest and found out about the permissions array, in which you can put identity and messageTeamMembers.

After adding that to my manifest, the upn is correctly provided in the context.

Upvotes: 1

Sheri Ellis MSFT
Sheri Ellis MSFT

Reputation: 28

Please check your manifest to see if you've set needsIdentity. From the MSDN Context page. Please validate that this answered your question! Thanks.

upn?: string The current user's upn. As a malicious party can host content in a malicious browser, this value should only be used as a hint as to who the user is and never as proof of identity. This field is only available when needsIdentity is set in the manifest.

Upvotes: 0

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