Getting the Username
<script type="text/javascript">
var user;
AJS.$.ajax({
url: "/rest/gadget/1.0/currentUser",
type: 'get',
dataType: 'json',
async: false,
success: function(data) {
user = data.username;
}
});
alert(user);
</script>
Getting all Groups (as objects):
<script type="text/javascript">
var user;
AJS.$.ajax({
url: "/rest/gadget/1.0/currentUser",
type: 'get',
dataType: 'json',
async: false,
success: function(data) {
user = data.username;
}
});
var groups;
AJS.$.ajax({
url: "/rest/api/2/user?username="+user+"&expand=groups",
type: 'get',
dataType: 'json',
async: false,
success: function(data) {
groups = data.groups.items;
}
});
alert(groups);
</script>
Sample for hiding menu items
This sample hides the "Create Subtask" for a user or a user with a particular group membership.
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
JIRA.bind(JIRA.Events.NEW_CONTENT_ADDED, function (e, context) {
hideTab();
});
hideTab();
function hideTab(){
var user=getCurrentUserName();
//change group as per your requirement
if(isUserInGroup(user,'Developers')){
$("#create-subtask").hide();
//if you want to hide "Convert to Sub-Task" operation then use this
$("#issue-to-subtask").hide();
}else{
$("#create-subtask").show();
$("#issue-to-subtask").show();
}
}
function getCurrentUserName()
{
var user;
AJS.$.ajax({
url: "/rest/gadget/1.0/currentUser",
type: 'get',
dataType: 'json',
async: false,
success: function(data) {
user = data.username;
}
});
return user;
}
function getGroups(user)
{
var groups;
AJS.$.ajax({
url: "/rest/api/2/user?username="+user+"&expand=groups",
type: 'get',
dataType: 'json',
async: false,
success: function(data) {
groups = data.groups.items;
}
});
return groups;
}
function isUserInGroup(user, group){
var groups = getGroups(user);
for (i = 0; i < groups.length; i++){
if (groups[i].name == group){
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
});
</script>