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# User

This node provides information about the current user session, if the web app has a logged in user.

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The <span className="ndl-node">User</span> node only works if the user is created in the project’s Noodl Cloud Service, and is logged in via the <span className="ndl-node">Log In</span> node.

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## Inputs

| Signal                                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Fetch</span> | {/*##input:fetch##*/}Send a signal to this input to fetch the user properties for the current logged in user from the Noodl Cloud Services. There must be a valid user session for this to work.{/*##input##*/} |

## Outputs

| Data                                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                               |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <span className="ndl-data">Id</span>                     | {/*##output:id##*/}The **Id** of the User record for the current logged in user.{/*##output##*/}                                                                                                  |
| <span className="ndl-data">Username</span>               | {/*##output:username##*/}The **Username** of the current logged in user.{/*##output##*/}                                                                                                          |
| <span className="ndl-data">Email</span>                  | {/*##output:email##*/}The **Email** of the current logged in user, if the user has an email stored.{/*##output##*/}                                                                               |
| <span className="ndl-data">Authenticated</span>          | {/*##output:authenticated##*/}This output will be true if a valid user session exists in the browser, i.e. there is a logged in user.{/*##output##*/}                                             |
| <span className="ndl-data">Error</span>                  | {/*##output:error##*/}If a **Fetch** action failed to retrieve the user information from the Noodl Cloud Services this output will contain the error message.{/*##output##*/}                     |
| <span className="ndl-data">Your custom properties</span> | {/*##output:prop-\*##*/}The value of extra properties of the **User** class specified in the Noodl Cloud Services.{/*##output##*/} The node will contain the latest value of all user properties. |

| Signal                                             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| <span className="ndl-signal">Fetched</span>        | {/*##output:fetched##*/}This signal is triggered after a **Fetch** has been successfully performed. That is the **Fetch** action is triggered by a signal and the user data is return from the Noodl Cloud Services.{/*##output##*/}          |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Changed</span>        | {/*##output:changed##*/}This signal is triggered when the User is changed locally by a **Set User Properties** node or a **Fetch** action of a **User** node.{/*##output##*/}                                                                 |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Failure</span>        | {/*##output:failure##*/}This signal is triggered when a **Fetch** action failed to retrieve the latest user data from the Noodl Cloud Services. This could be due to an invalid session.{/*##output##*/}                                      |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Logged In</span>      | {/*##output:logged in##*/}This signal is triggered when a user has been successfully logged in.{/*##output##*/}                                                                                                                               |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Logged Out</span>     | {/*##output:logged out##*/}This signal is triggered when a user has been successfully logged out.{/*##output##*/}                                                                                                                             |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Session Lost</span>   | {/*##output:session lost##*/}This signal is triggered when the current user session becomes invalid, e.g. if it has timed out.{/*##output##*/}                                                                                                |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Changed events</span> | {/*##output:changed-\*##*/}This signal will be triggered when the property is changed using the **Set User Property** node or when the latest user data is retrieved from the Noodl Cloud Services with the **Fetch** action.{/*##output##*/} |