userExists

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Availability

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

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. 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

userExists("Administrator");

Returns "true" if Administrator is the username of a registered Jira user and "false" otherwise.

Notes

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

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