In any action decorated with @action.uses(auth.user) you can do first_name = auth.get_user()['first_name']
Is this what you are asking? On Monday, 30 September 2019 01:07:23 UTC-7, John Bannister wrote: > > Hi Massimo, > > > > Thanks very much. Will test and give you some feedback hopefully today. > > > > Is there some sort of way to access user info from layout.html for example > across multiple modules without having to pass the user from each eaction > in each module? I want to be able to display the user name as part of the > menu something like Welcome John (if the user is logged in) irrespective of > module or action?? > > > > Best Regards > > John > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Massimo Di Pierro > *Sent:* 30 September 2019 06:39 > *To:* web2py-users > *Subject:* [web2py] Re: py4web Auth > > > > I added a page to the documentation: > > > > http://py4web.com/_documentation/static/index.html#chapter-11 > > > > I am sure it if full of spelling errors and I am making a fool of myself > (my keyboard is acting up and my mother language is not english) > > Also the examples could use an independent tester as I typed them without > running them. > > > > Anyway I thought this was better than nothing. :-) > > > > Massimo > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/e525e23a-199b-4b9b-83f6-ced97e1efaff%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/e525e23a-199b-4b9b-83f6-ced97e1efaff%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/44a408dc-40cc-4bf7-b599-05b3f2b66289%40googlegroups.com.
