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'''EPrints::DataObj::User''' - Class representing a single user.
 
'''EPrints::DataObj::User''' - Class representing a single user.
  
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==DESCRIPTION==
 
==DESCRIPTION==
 
This class represents a single eprint user record and the metadata  associated with it.  
 
This class represents a single eprint user record and the metadata  associated with it.  
  
EPrints::DataObj::User is a subclass of EPrints::DataObj with the following metadata fields (plus those defined in ArchiveMetadataFieldsConfig:
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This class is a subclass of [[API:EPrints/DataObj|EPrints::DataObj]] with the following metadata fields, along with fields in <tt>cfg.d/user_fields.pl</tt>.
  
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==SYSTEM METADATA==
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* userid (int)
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==CORE METADATA FIELDS==
: The unique ID number of this user record. Unique within the current repository.
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* rev_number (int)
 
: The revision number of this record. Each time it is changed the revision number is increased. This is not currently used for anything but it may be used for logging later.
 
  
* username (text)
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: The username of this user. Used for logging into the system. Unique within this repository.
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===userid (int)===
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The unique ID number of this user record. Unique within the current  repository.
  
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* usertype (namedset)
 
: The type of this user. The options are configured in metadata-phrases.xml.
 
  
* newemail (email)
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===rev_number (int)===
  
* newpassword (secret)
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The revision number of this record. Each time it is changed the  revision number is increased. This is not currently used for anything  but it may be used for logging later.
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* pin (text)
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: A code required to confirm a new username or password. This code is emailed to the user to confirm they are who they say they are.
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* pinsettime (int)
 
: When the pin code was set, so we can make it time out.
 
  
* joined (time)
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: The date and time that the user account was created. Before EPrints 2.4 this was a date field so users created before the upgrade will appear to have been created at midnight.
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===username (text)===
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The username of this user. Used for logging into the system. Unique  within this repository.
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* email (email)
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===password (secret)===
  
* lang (namedset)
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The crypted password for this user as generated by  [[API:EPrints/Utils#crypt|EPrints::Utils/crypt]]. This may be ignored if for example LDAP  authentication is being used.
: The ID of the prefered language of this user. Only really used in multilingual repositories.
 
  
* editperms (search, multiple)
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: This field is used to filter what eprints a staff member can approve and  modify. If it's unset then they can modify any (given the correct privs. but if it is set then an eprint must match at least one of the searches to be within their scope.
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* frequency (set)
 
: Only relevant to staff accounts. Is the frequency they want to be mailed  about eprints matching their scope that are in editorial review. never,  daily, weekly or monthly.
 
  
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: Only relevant to staff accounts. If set to true then emails are sent even if there are no items matching the scope.
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===usertype (namedset)===
  
* preference (compound)
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The type of this user. The options are configured in  <tt>metadata-phrases.xml</tt>.
: User preferences which need to be persistent (simple key-value pairs).
 
  
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===newemail (email)===
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Used to store a new but as yet unconfirmed email address.
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Return an array describing the system metadata of the this  dataset.
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===newpassword (secret)===
  
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===new===
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===pin (text)===
  
<source lang="perl">$user = EPrints::DataObj::User->new( $session, $userid )
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A code required to confirm a new username or password. This code is  emailed to the user to confirm they are who they say they are.
  
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Load the user with the ID of $userid from the database and return it as an EPrints::DataObj::User object.
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===pinsettime (int)===
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When the pin code was set, so we can make it time out.
  
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===loginattempts (int)===
  
<source lang="perl">$user = EPrints::DataObj::User->new_from_data( $session, $data )
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Number of login attempts since last successful login.
  
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Construct a new EPrints::DataObj::User object based on the $data hash  reference of metadata.
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===unlocktime (int)===
  
Used to create an object from the data retrieved from the database.
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Time at which user account will be unlocked after too many failed  login attempts.
  
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===joined (time)===
  
<source lang="perl">$dataset = EPrints::DataObj::User->get_dataset_id
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The date and time that the user account was created. Before EPrints 2.4 this was a date field so users created before the upgrade will  appear to have been created at midnight.
  
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Returns the id of the [[API:EPrints/DataSet|EPrints::DataSet]] object to which this record belongs.
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===email (email)===
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The email address of this user. Unique within the repository.  
  
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===lang (arclanguage) ===
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The ID of the prefered language of this user. Only really used in  multilingual repositories.
  
<source lang="perl">$defaults = EPrints::DataObj::User->get_defaults( $session, $data )
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===editperms (search, multiple)===
  
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This field is used to filter what eprints a staff member can  approve and modify. If it's unset then they can modify any (given  the correct privs. but if it is set then an eprint must match at  least one of the searches to be within their scope.
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===frequency (set)===
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Only relevant to staff accounts. If set to true then emails are  sent even if there are no items matching the scope.
Return the EPrints::user with the specified $email, or undef if they are not found.
 
  
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===latitude (float)===
  
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The latitude of the location where the user is based.
  
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Return the EPrints::user with the specified $username, or undef if  they are not found.
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The longitude of the location where the user is based.
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User preferences which need to be persistent. Stored as a  serialization of simple key-value pairs.
  
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Validate the user - find out if all the required fields are filled out, and that what's been filled in is OK. Returns a reference to an array of problem descriptions.
 
  
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The problems are XHTML DOM objects describing the problem.
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A ReCAPTCHA field to use to protect user password resets and  similar forms from being spammed.
  
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Saved searches created by this user.
  
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===item_fields (fields, multiple)===
  
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Stores bespoke metafields created by this user and stored in the database.
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Remove this user from the database. Also, remove their saved searches, but do not remove their eprints.
 
  
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Load the user with the ID of $userid from the database and return it as an EPrints::DataObj::User object.
  
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Returns a [[API:EPrints/List|EPrints::List]] of all the [[API:EPrints/DataObj/EPrint|EPrints::DataObj::EPrint]]s owned by this user.
 
  
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$dataobj = EPrints::DataObj-&gt;create_from_data( $session, $data, $dataset )
 +
Create a new object of this type in the database.
 +
 +
$dataset is the dataset it will belong to.
 +
 +
$data is the data structured as with new_from_data.
 +
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
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+
</div>
===editable_eprints_list===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_class_methods -->
 +
===Class Methods===
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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<source lang="perl">$list = $user->editable_eprints_list( %opts )
 
  
</source>
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
Returns a [[API:EPrints/List|EPrints::List]] of [[API:EPrints/DataObj/EPrint|EPrints::DataObj::EPrint]]s that match this user's editorial search expressions. If the user has no editorial scope a list of all eprints that match the given %opts is returned.
+
</div>
 +
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 +
====get_system_field_info====
 +
 
 +
$fields = EPrints::DataObj::User-&gt;get_system_field_info
 +
Returns an array describing the system metadata of the the user  dataset.
 +
 
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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 +
 
  
%opts is passed to a [[API:EPrints/Search|EPrints::Search]] which is used to filter the results.
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_dataset_id -->
 +
====get_dataset_id====
  
<pre> $list = $user-&gt;editable_eprints_list(
+
  $dataset = EPrints::DataObj::User-&gt;get_dataset_id
      dataset =&gt; $repo-&gt;dataset( "buffer" ),
+
Returns the ID of the [[API:EPrints/DataSet|EPrints::DataSet]] object to which this record  belongs.
    );</pre>
 
  
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
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+
</div>
===has_owner===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_object_methods -->
 +
===Object Methods===
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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<source lang="perl">$boolean = $user->has_owner( $possible_owner )
 
  
</source>
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
True if the users are the same record.
+
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_validate -->
 +
====validate====
  
 +
$problems = $user-&gt;validate
 +
Validate the user - find out if all the required fields are filled out, and that what's been filled in is OK. Returns a reference to an array of problem descriptions.
 +
 +
If there are no problems then the array is empty.
 +
 +
The problems are XHTML DOM objects describing the problem.
 +
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
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+
</div>
===mail===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_commit -->
 +
====commit====
 +
 
 +
$success = $user-&gt;commit( [ $force ] )
 +
Writes this user data object to the database.
  
<source lang="perl">$ok = $user->mail( $subjectid, $message, [$replyto], [$email] )
+
If <tt>$force</tt> is set and <tt>true</tt> then dave to the database even if no  fields have changed.  Otherwise, only save if at least one field has changed.
  
</source>
+
Returns a boolean depending on whether the user data object was  successfully committed.
Send an email to this user.
+
 
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 +
 
 +
 
 +
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 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_close_non_current_login_tickets -->
 +
====close_non_current_login_tickets====
  
$subjectid is the ID of a phrase to use as the subject of this email.
+
$user-&gt;close_non_current_login_tickets
 +
Close all login tickets for this user except the one they are  currently logged in on.
  
$message is an XML DOM object describing the message in simple XHTML.
+
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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$replyto is the reply to address for this email, if different to the repository default.
 
  
$email is the email address to send this email to if different from this users configured email address.
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_remove -->
 +
====remove====
  
Return true if the email was sent OK.
+
$success = $user-&gt;remove
 +
Remove this user from the database. Also, remove their saved searches, but do not remove their eprints.
  
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_render -->
+
</div>
===render===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_is_staff -->
 +
====is_staff====
 +
 
 +
$bool = $user-&gt;is_staff
 +
Returns true if the user [[API:EPrints/DataObj/User#has_role|has_role]] is <tt>editor</tt> or <tt>admin</tt>.
  
<source lang="perl">( $page, $title ) = $user->render
+
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
  
</source>
 
Render this user into HTML using the "user_render" method in ArchiveRenderConfig.pm. Returns both the rendered information and the title as XHTML DOM.
 
  
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_language -->
 +
====language====
 +
 +
$lang = $user-&gt;language
 +
Get the preferred language of this user.
 +
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_render_full -->
+
</div>
===render_full===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_owned_eprints_list -->
 +
====owned_eprints_list====
  
<source lang="perl">( $page, $title ) = $user->render_full
+
$list = $user-&gt;owned_eprints_list( %opts )
 +
Returns a [[API:EPrints/List|EPrints::List]] of all the [[API:EPrints/DataObj/EPrint|EPrints::DataObj::EPrint]]s  owned by this user.
  
</source>
+
<tt>%opts</tt> is passed to a [[API:EPrints/Search|EPrints::Search]], which is used to filter the results.  
The same as $user-&gt;render, but renders all fields, not just those intended for public viewing. This is the admin view of the user.
 
  
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_get_url -->
+
</div>
===get_url===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_editable_eprints_list -->
 +
====editable_eprints_list====
  
<source lang="perl">$url = $user->get_url
+
$list = $user-&gt;editable_eprints_list( %opts )
 +
Returns a [[API:EPrints/List|EPrints::List]] of [[API:EPrints/DataObj/EPrint|EPrints::DataObj::EPrint]]s that match  this user's editorial search expressions. If the user has no editorial  scope a list of all eprints that match the given <tt>%opts</tt> is returned.
  
</source>
+
<tt>%opts</tt> is passed to a [[API:EPrints/Search|EPrints::Search]] which is used to filter the results.  
Return the URL which will display information about this user.
 
  
If $staff is true then return the URL for an administrator to view and modify this record.
+
$list = $user-&gt;editable_eprints_list(
 +
    dataset =&gt; $repo-&gt;dataset( "buffer" ),
 +
);
 +
 
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
  
 +
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_has_owner -->
 +
====has_owner====
 +
 +
$boolean = $user-&gt;has_owner( $possible_owner )
 +
Returns <tt>true</tt> if <tt>$possible_owner</tt> is the same as this user.
 +
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_get_type -->
+
</div>
===get_type===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_mail -->
 +
====mail====
 +
 
 +
$ok = $user-&gt;mail( $subjectid, $message, [$replyto, $email, $cc_list] )
 +
Send an email to this user.
 +
 
 +
<tt>$subjectid</tt> is the ID of a phrase to use as the subject of this  email.
  
<source lang="perl">$type = $user->get_type
+
<tt>$message</tt> is an XML DOM object describing the message in simple  XHTML.
  
</source>
+
<tt>$replyto</tt> is the reply to address for this email, if different to  the repository default.
Return the type of this user. Equivalent of  $user-&gt;get_value( "usertype" );
 
  
 +
<tt>$email</tt> is the email address to send this email to if different from this users configured email address.
 +
 +
<tt>$cc_list</tt> is an optional CC list (array reference)
 +
 +
Returns <tt>true</tt> if the email was sent OK.
 +
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_get_saved_searches -->
+
</div>
===get_saved_searches===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render -->
 +
====render====
  
<source lang="perl">@saved_searches = $eprint->get_saved_searches
+
( $page, $title ) = $user-&gt;render
 +
Returns XHTML DOM renderings of the page and the title for this user's page. This uses the configurable <tt>$user_render</tt> method that can  typically be found in <tt>cfg.d/user_render.pl</tt>.
  
</source>
+
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
Return an array of all EPrint::DataObj::SavedSearch objects associated with this user.
+
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
  
 +
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_render_full -->
 +
====render_full====
 +
 +
( $page, $title ) = $user-&gt;render_full
 +
The same as [[API:EPrints/DataObj/User#render|render]], but returns page and title renderings for all  fields, not just those intended for public viewing. This is the admin  view of the user.
 +
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_preference -->
+
</div>
===preference===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_url -->
 +
====get_url====
 +
 
 +
$url = $user-&gt;get_url
 +
Returns the URL which will display information about this user.
 +
 
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 +
 
  
<source lang="perl">$value = $user->preference( $key )
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_control_url -->
 +
====get_control_url====
  
</source>
+
$url = $dataobj-&gt;get_control_url
Retrieve the preference $key.
+
Returns the URL for the control page for this user.  
  
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_set_preference -->
+
</div>
===set_preference===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_type -->
 +
====get_type====
  
<source lang="perl">$user->set_preference( $key, $value )
+
$type = $user-&gt;get_type
 +
Return the type of this user.
  
</source>
+
Alias for:
Set a preference $key for the user to $value.
 
  
 +
$user-&gt;get_value( "usertype" )
 +
 
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_send_out_editor_alert -->
+
</div>
===send_out_editor_alert===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_saved_searches -->
 +
====get_saved_searches====
  
<source lang="perl">$user->send_out_editor_alert
+
@saved_searches = $eprint-&gt;get_saved_searches
 +
Returns an array of all {{API:PodLink|file=EPrint/DataObj/SavedSearch|package_name=EPrint::DataObj::SavedSearch|section=|text=EPrint::DataObj::SavedSearch}} objects  associated with this user.
  
</source>
+
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
Called on users who are editors, when it's time to send their update on what items are in the editorial review buffer.
+
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
  
Sends the email if needed.
 
  
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_preference -->
 +
====preference====
 +
 +
$value = $user-&gt;preference( $key )
 +
Returns the preference value for <tt>$key</tt>. Otherwise, returns <tt>undef</tt>.
 +
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
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+
</div>
===process_editor_alerts===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_set_preference -->
 +
====set_preference====
  
<source lang="perl">EPrints::DataObj::User::process_editor_alerts( $session, $frequency );
+
$user-&gt;set_preference( $key, $value )
 +
Set a preference <tt>$key</tt> to <tt>$value</tt> for this user.
  
</source>
+
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Static method.
+
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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 +
 
 +
 
 +
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 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_send_out_editor_alert -->
 +
====send_out_editor_alert====
 +
 
 +
$user-&gt;send_out_editor_alert
 +
Called on users who are editors, when it's time to send their update on what items are in the editorial review buffer. Typically called  by [[API:EPrints/DataObj/User#process_editor_alerts|process_editor_alerts]].
 +
 
 +
Only sends the email if needed.
 +
 
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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 +
 
 +
 
 +
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 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_allow -->
 +
====allow====
 +
 
 +
$result = $user-&gt;allow( $priv, [ $item ] )
 +
Returns <tt>true</tt> if user can perform an action specified by <tt>$priv</tt>.
 +
 
 +
If set, further checks whether the user is permitted to perform the action of <tt>$priv</tt> on a particular <tt>$item</tt> data object.
 +
 
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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 +
 
 +
 
 +
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 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_has_privilege -->
 +
====has_privilege====
 +
 
 +
$boolean = $user-&gt;has_privilege( $priv )
 +
Returns <tt>true</tt> if <tt>$priv</tt> is in the user's privileges list.
 +
 
 +
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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 +
 
 +
 
 +
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 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_privs -->
 +
====get_privs====
 +
 
 +
$privs = $user-&gt;get_privs
 +
Returns the privileges this user has. Currently just based on roles, but could do more later.
  
Called to send out all editor alerts of a given frequency (daily, weekly, monthly) for the current repository.
+
Returns a reference to a hash. Caching the result to save time in future.
  
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_allow -->
+
</div>
===allow===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_get_roles -->
 +
====get_roles====
  
<source lang="perl">$result = $user->allow( $priv )
+
@roles = $user-&gt;get_roles;
 +
Returns the roles this user has. Each role represents a whole bunch of privileges.
  
</source>
+
<div style='background-color: #e8e8f; margin: 0.5em 0em 1em 0em; border: solid 1px #cce;  padding: 0em 1em 0em 1em; font-size: 80%; '>
Returns true if $user can perform this action/view this screen.
+
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
  
To test whether a privilege is possible on an object use [[API:EPrints/DataObj#permit|EPrints::DataObj/permit]].
 
  
 +
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 +
</div>
 +
<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_has_role -->
 +
====has_role====
 +
 +
$user-&gt;has_role( $roleid )
 +
Returns boolean dependent on whether this user has the role <tt>$roleid</tt>.
 +
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
 
<!-- Edit below this comment -->
  
  
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
 
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_has_privilege -->
+
</div>
===has_privilege===
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki=head_utility_methods -->
 +
===Utility Methods===
 +
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 +
<span style='display:none'>User Comments</span>
 +
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<source lang="perl">$boolean = $user->has_privilege( $priv )
 
  
</source>
+
<!-- Pod2Wiki= -->
Returns true if $priv is in the user's privileges table.
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Revision as of 21:39, 1 January 2022

EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects


API: Core API

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NAME

EPrints::DataObj::User - Class representing a single user.

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DESCRIPTION

This class represents a single eprint user record and the metadata associated with it.

This class is a subclass of EPrints::DataObj with the following metadata fields, along with fields in cfg.d/user_fields.pl.

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CORE METADATA FIELDS

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userid (int)

The unique ID number of this user record. Unique within the current repository.

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rev_number (int)

The revision number of this record. Each time it is changed the revision number is increased. This is not currently used for anything but it may be used for logging later.

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username (text)

The username of this user. Used for logging into the system. Unique within this repository.

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password (secret)

The crypted password for this user as generated by EPrints::Utils/crypt. This may be ignored if for example LDAP authentication is being used.

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usertype (namedset)

The type of this user. The options are configured in metadata-phrases.xml.

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newemail (email)

Used to store a new but as yet unconfirmed email address.

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newpassword (secret)

Used to store a new but as yet unconfirmed password.

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pin (text)

A code required to confirm a new username or password. This code is emailed to the user to confirm they are who they say they are.

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pinsettime (int)

When the pin code was set, so we can make it time out.

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loginattempts (int)

Number of login attempts since last successful login.

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unlocktime (int)

Time at which user account will be unlocked after too many failed login attempts.

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joined (time)

The date and time that the user account was created. Before EPrints 2.4 this was a date field so users created before the upgrade will appear to have been created at midnight.

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email (email)

The email address of this user. Unique within the repository.

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lang (arclanguage)

The ID of the prefered language of this user. Only really used in multilingual repositories.

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editperms (search, multiple)

This field is used to filter what eprints a staff member can approve and modify. If it's unset then they can modify any (given the correct privs. but if it is set then an eprint must match at least one of the searches to be within their scope.

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frequency (set)

Only relevant to staff accounts. Is the frequency they want to be mailed about eprints matching their scope that are in editorial review. never, daily, weekly or monthly.

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mailempty (boolean)

Only relevant to staff accounts. If set to true then emails are sent even if there are no items matching the scope.

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latitude (float)

The latitude of the location where the user is based.

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longitude (float)

The longitude of the location where the user is based.

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preference (storable)

User preferences which need to be persistent. Stored as a serialization of simple key-value pairs.

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captcha (recaptcha)

A ReCAPTCHA field to use to protect user password resets and similar forms from being spammed.

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REFERENCES AND RELATED OBJECTS

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saved_searches (subobject, multiple)

Saved searches created by this user.

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item_fields (fields, multiple)

Stores bespoke metafields created by this user and stored in the database.

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METHODS

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Constructor Methods

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new

$user = EPrints::DataObj::User->new( $session, $userid )

Load the user with the ID of $userid from the database and return it as an EPrints::DataObj::User object.

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new_from_data

$user = EPrints::DataObj::User->new_from_data( $session, $data )

Construct a new EPrints::DataObj::User object based on the $data hash reference of metadata.

Used to create an object from the data retrieved from the database.

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create

$user = EPrints::DataObj::User::create( $session, $user_type ) 

Create a new user in the database with the specified user type.

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create_from_data

$dataobj = EPrints::DataObj->create_from_data( $session, $data, $dataset ) 

Create a new object of this type in the database.

$dataset is the dataset it will belong to.

$data is the data structured as with new_from_data.

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Class Methods

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get_system_field_info

$fields = EPrints::DataObj::User->get_system_field_info

Returns an array describing the system metadata of the the user dataset.

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get_dataset_id

$dataset = EPrints::DataObj::User->get_dataset_id

Returns the ID of the EPrints::DataSet object to which this record belongs.

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Object Methods

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validate

$problems = $user->validate

Validate the user - find out if all the required fields are filled out, and that what's been filled in is OK. Returns a reference to an array of problem descriptions.

If there are no problems then the array is empty.

The problems are XHTML DOM objects describing the problem.

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commit

$success = $user->commit( [ $force ] )

Writes this user data object to the database.

If $force is set and true then dave to the database even if no fields have changed. Otherwise, only save if at least one field has changed.

Returns a boolean depending on whether the user data object was successfully committed.

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close_non_current_login_tickets

$user->close_non_current_login_tickets

Close all login tickets for this user except the one they are currently logged in on.

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remove

$success = $user->remove

Remove this user from the database. Also, remove their saved searches, but do not remove their eprints.

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is_staff

$bool = $user->is_staff

Returns true if the user has_role is editor or admin.

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language

$lang = $user->language

Get the preferred language of this user.

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owned_eprints_list

$list = $user->owned_eprints_list( %opts )

Returns a EPrints::List of all the EPrints::DataObj::EPrints owned by this user.

%opts is passed to a EPrints::Search, which is used to filter the results.

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editable_eprints_list

$list = $user->editable_eprints_list( %opts )

Returns a EPrints::List of EPrints::DataObj::EPrints that match this user's editorial search expressions. If the user has no editorial scope a list of all eprints that match the given %opts is returned.

%opts is passed to a EPrints::Search which is used to filter the results.

$list = $user->editable_eprints_list(
    dataset => $repo->dataset( "buffer" ),
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has_owner

$boolean = $user->has_owner( $possible_owner )

Returns true if $possible_owner is the same as this user.

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mail

$ok = $user->mail( $subjectid, $message, [$replyto, $email, $cc_list] )

Send an email to this user.

$subjectid is the ID of a phrase to use as the subject of this email.

$message is an XML DOM object describing the message in simple XHTML.

$replyto is the reply to address for this email, if different to the repository default.

$email is the email address to send this email to if different from this users configured email address.

$cc_list is an optional CC list (array reference)

Returns true if the email was sent OK.

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render

( $page, $title ) = $user->render

Returns XHTML DOM renderings of the page and the title for this user's page. This uses the configurable $user_render method that can typically be found in cfg.d/user_render.pl.

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render_full

( $page, $title ) = $user->render_full

The same as render, but returns page and title renderings for all fields, not just those intended for public viewing. This is the admin view of the user.

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get_url

$url = $user->get_url

Returns the URL which will display information about this user.

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get_control_url

$url = $dataobj->get_control_url

Returns the URL for the control page for this user.

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get_type

$type = $user->get_type

Return the type of this user.

Alias for:

$user->get_value( "usertype" )
 

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get_saved_searches

@saved_searches = $eprint->get_saved_searches

Returns an array of all EPrint::DataObj::SavedSearch objects associated with this user.

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preference

$value = $user->preference( $key )

Returns the preference value for $key. Otherwise, returns undef.

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set_preference

$user->set_preference( $key, $value )

Set a preference $key to $value for this user.

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send_out_editor_alert

$user->send_out_editor_alert

Called on users who are editors, when it's time to send their update on what items are in the editorial review buffer. Typically called by process_editor_alerts.

Only sends the email if needed.

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allow

$result = $user->allow( $priv, [ $item ] )

Returns true if user can perform an action specified by $priv.

If set, further checks whether the user is permitted to perform the action of $priv on a particular $item data object.

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has_privilege

$boolean = $user->has_privilege( $priv )

Returns true if $priv is in the user's privileges list.

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get_privs

$privs = $user->get_privs

Returns the privileges this user has. Currently just based on roles, but could do more later.

Returns a reference to a hash. Caching the result to save time in future.

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get_roles

@roles = $user->get_roles;

Returns the roles this user has. Each role represents a whole bunch of privileges.

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has_role

$user->has_role( $roleid )

Returns boolean dependent on whether this user has the role $roleid.

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Utility Methods

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user_with_email

$user = EPrints::DataObj::User::user_with_email( $repo, $email )

Returns the use with the specified $email, or undef if they cannot benot found.

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user_with_username

$user = EPrints::DataObj::User::user_with_username( $session, $username )

Returns the user with the specified $username, or undef if they cannot be not found.

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process_editor_alerts

EPrints::DataObj::User::process_editor_alerts( $session, $frequency );

Called to send out all editor alerts of a given frequency (daily, weekly, monthly) for the current repository by the bin/send_alerts script that is configured as daily, weekly and monthly cron jobs.

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COPYRIGHT

© Copyright 2023 University of Southampton.

EPrints 3.4 is supplied by EPrints Services.

http://www.eprints.org/eprints-3.4/

LICENSE

This file is part of EPrints 3.4 http://www.eprints.org/.

EPrints 3.4 and this file are released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation unless otherwise stated.

EPrints 3.4 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with EPrints 3.4. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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