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titleAvailability
  • This routine is available starting with katl-commons 1.0.
  • This routine is available for Jira server and cloud deployment options.

Syntax

userExists(user)

Description

Excerpt

Verifies if the selected user is registered Jira user.

Parameters

Parameter name

Type

Required

Description

user

string

Yes

Username or userkey of the verified user.

Note

On the server version, it searches by the user key first and if there is no result - by the user name as well. On the cloud version, the search is done by the user key only.


Return type

boolean (true/false)

A "true" return value means that there is a registered Jira user associated with the specified username or userkey.

Example

Example 1

Code Block
userExists("Administrator");

Returns : True "true" if Administrator is the username of a registered Jira user , or False and "false" otherwise.

Notes

Note

The look-up is first made after the userkey, then after the username.

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