Node.Js - Get windows username

Question

I am trying to get the windows username of the machine that is running my node.jS app (the app is always running on a Windows machine).

How can I get the current windows username using Node.Js?

I am trying to find something similar to WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name in C# for node.js, or whoamI command in CMD.

Answer 1

Since Node v6 (2016-04), you can just use os.userInfo :

var os = require('os'); os.userInfo().username 

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To get the current logged-in username:

var path = require('path'); var userName = process.env['USERPROFILE'].split(path.sep)[2]; var loginId = path.join("domainName",userName); console.log(loginId);