userEmailAddress

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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

userEmailAddress(user)

Description

Returns the email address of the selected user. The email address may be needed to supply it to various external systems.

Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
user	String	Yes	User key or name of the user the email should be provided for. 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

string

Returns the e-mail address associated with the specified userkey/username.

Example

Example 1

userEmailAddress("Admin");

Returns: If exists, returns the email address of the user Admin.

Example 2

userEmailAddress(currentUser());

Returns: If exists, returns the email address of the current user.

Notes

The look-up is first made after the userkey, then after the username.
If the email of the selected user doesn't exist the function returns an empty string.

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