SharePoint 2010 use SPServices to get a users ID

Question

I'm using SharePoint with the SPServices jQuery library, and I'm making use of the SPGetCurrentUser function. However, it seems it just returns the login user name without the ID. Example:

DOMAIN\user

I need the whole account name with ID:

1;#DOMAIN\user

If there's a way just to return the ID I can concatenate the two together. But I can't find it.

Ultimately I'm trying to assign a list item to the current user. If there's a way to do this without the ID I'm open to that possibility as well. Thanks!

Answer 1

Ok I figured it out:

$().SPServices({
    operation: "GetUserInfo",
    async: false,
    userLoginName: $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser(),
    completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
        $(xData.responseXML).find("User").each(function() {
            curUserId = $(this).attr("ID");
            curUserName = $(this).attr("Name");
            curFullUserName = $(this).attr("ID")+";#"+$(this).attr("Name");
        });
    }
});

This little function will create three vars:

• curUserId = the current users ID (Ex: 1)
• curUserName = the current users Name (Ex: DOMAIN\user)
• curFullUserName = the ID and Name combined in SP format (Ex: 1;#DOMAIN\user)

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

You can try:

 $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser({
        fieldName: "ID"
    });