Getting details for user viewed on profile page

I did some further digging for some alternate methods using REST API. According to the REST API Javadocs it should be possible to pull the SSO ID like this:

http://community.lithium.com/community-name/restapi/vc/users/id/8/profiles/name/sso_id

Yet I only get a 303 (Can't find this error code documented anywhere. The closest I got was "See other", but the output of the User object did not really help) REST API error that way:

<response status="error">
<error code="303">
<message>
User [id=-1, loginRef=, emailRef=, registrationTime=0, deletedRef=false, rankingId=-1, lastVisitTime=1330618775254, isLegacy=false, isPartiallyRegistered=false, registrationCompletedTime=0, isAnonymous=true, roleInfoRef=UserRoleInfo[roles=[]], ranking=Ranking [rankId=-1, sortOrder=100, rankName=N/A, rankBold=false, rankColor=, rankIcon=, rankIconRight=, rankIconThread=, grantRoles=, removeRoles=, kudosWeight=-1, registrationAge=0, metricPosts=0, metricPageViews=0, metricLogins=0, metricMinutesOnline=0, metricTags=0, averageMessageRating=0, equalsUserId=-1, equalsRole=, equalsRoleKey=null, rankingFormula=, rankingFormulaEnabled=false, coreNode=CoreNode(class lithium.boards.core.Community)[SQLCoreNodeinfo: owner=-1 metricsId=2 hidden=false hiddenAncestor=false deleted=false nodeId=1 parentNodeId=-1 type=Community displayId='skypec' path=NodePath:/, depth:1], rankTextMsg=LocalizedMessageDescriptor[messageLocator=FallbackSequenceMessageLocator[textKeyIterable=[TextKey[rank.-1.title]]],messageArgs={}]]] cannot get field 'profile.null' on object User [id=8, loginRef=Claudius, emailRef=claudius@anonymous.net, registrationTime=1308763959637, deletedRef=false, rankingId=2, lastVisitTime=1330618488158, isLegacy=true, isPartiallyRegistered=false, registrationCompletedTime=0, isAnonymous=false, roleInfoRef=UserRoleInfo[roles=[RoleKey[nodeId=1,roleIdentifier=RoleIdentifier[Administrator]), RoleKey[nodeId=284,roleIdentifier=RoleIdentifier[BlogAuthor]), RoleKey[nodeId=284,roleIdentifier=RoleIdentifier[BlogModerator])]], ranking=Ranking [rankId=2, sortOrder=1, rankName=Community Manager, rankBold=true, rankColor=FF0000, rankIcon=/html/rank_icons/icon_role_skype_small.gif, rankIconRight=/html/rank_icons/icon_role_new_admin.gif, rankIconThread=, grantRoles=, removeRoles=, kudosWeight=-1, registrationAge=0, metricPosts=0, metricPageViews=0, metricLogins=0, metricMinutesOnline=0, metricTags=0, averageMessageRating=0, equalsUserId=-1, equalsRole=Administrator, equalsRoleKey=RoleKey[nodeId=1,roleIdentifier=RoleIdentifier[Administrator]), rankingFormula=, rankingFormulaEnabled=false, coreNode=CoreNode(class lithium.boards.core.Community)[SQLCoreNodeinfo: owner=-1 metricsId=2 hidden=false hiddenAncestor=false deleted=false nodeId=1 parentNodeId=-1 type=Community displayId='my-community-name' path=NodePath:/, depth:1], rankTextMsg=LocalizedMessageDescriptor[messageLocator=FallbackSequenceMessageLocator[textKeyIterable=[TextKey[rank.2.title]]],messageArgs={}]]]
</message>
</error>
</response>

 I am still open to take suggestions on both routes.

The error you're seeing means that you aren't properly authenticated to make that particular REST API call. SSO ID is a protected resource, so you'll need to be authenticated as an administrator to see the SSO ID for other users. You definitely have the right idea though...

If your component is on the profile page, you can use the page context object to determine the user whose profile page you're showing. Here's an example of how to get the id for that user:

${page.context.user.id}

Once you have the user id, you can use that in your REST API call to get the SSO ID for the user. Keep in mind that you'll likely need to use restadmin() instead of rest() to make your call for the reason I mentioned previously.

Hi Adam,

thanks for digging into this. I still couldn't make it work though, e.g. the returned SSO Id is empty. Here's the full component code I tried:

<#if user.registered >
	<#assign rank = restadmin("/users/id/${user.id?c}/ranking").ranking />
	<#if rank.name?? && ((rank.name == "Staff Moderator") || (rank.name == "Community Manager")) >
		<#assign viewed_sso_id = restadmin("/users/id/${page.context.user.id}/profiles/name/sso_id").value />
		SSO ID: ${viewed_sso_id}
		<a href="https://secrettool.company.com?user_id=${viewed_sso_id}">User in Backoffice</a>
	</#if>
</#if>	

 Any idea?

I'm not sure you can access the SSO ID through the profiles method like that. There's a method specifically for getting the SSO ID, so I'd suggest that instead. For getting the SSO ID, try this instead:

<#assign viewed_sso_id = restadmin("/users/id/${page.context.user.id}/sso_id").value />

 Let me know if that doesn't work for you.

Hmmm... it should work with or without the "ref".

A couple things I would suggest confirming...

1. Is SSO turned on and configured in your environment?
2. Does the account you're trying to obtain an SSO ID for actually have an SSO ID? On stage, this may not necessarily be the case if the account was created via Lithium Registration instead of SSO.

If either of the above isn't true, then that would likely be the issue.