Check type of Vault user / Inventor Addin

[m_baczewski]

Hello,

Is it possible to check the type of the logged-in Vault user? I am creating an Inventor add-in to edit the Content Center, and I need to check what type of user is attempting to edit it, because only admin users are allowed to modify the Content Center. I know how to check the connection, but I'm not sure how to verify what type of user is logged in.

[g.georgiades · Accepted solution]

It is possible - however in order for your code to read permissions for any users running a vault extension or through iLogic/Inventor Addin - you must assign the Administrator User Read Permission to all users. I achieve this in my vault by making a custom Role that I add to all groups.

From there you can look at the Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServices.AdminService class in the Vault SDK.

Once you get the vault connection object you can get to the AdminService.

I have this for getting and checking if the logged in user has permissions.

userperms = mVltCon.WebServiceManager.AdminService.GetPermissionsByUserId(mVltCon.UserID).Select(a => a.Descr);
if(userperms.Contains("Link Create")) { ...
                    
also

var usr = mVltCon.WebServiceManager.AdminService.GetUserInfoByUserId(mVltCon.UserID);
if(usr.Groups.Select(a => a.Name).Contains("something")) { ...

There are also methods for looking at groups or roles.

I recommend using try/catch when accessing permissions otherwise you can get errors if the user doesn't have read permissions.

[m_baczewski]

Fantastic, its working very well. That's exactly what I was looking for!