Getting the UID of a user model

Question

I want to use the UID to get a user from a url and don't want to use the ID as it is guessable. I know I can do craft()->users->getUserByUid($uid); but after getting the uid, the uid is not on the user model which is kinda a pain.

For example what if i wanted the uid for the currently logged in user?

Answer 1

Currently, Craft doesn't expose the UID in any of its models.

Kind of a pain, but the only thing I can think of as as a workaround is to write a plugin that has a UserModel with the UID and mimics whatever methods from UsersService that you need.

Answer 2

If you want to get a user model based on UID you can do this.

For current user..

1. Get current user $currentUser = craft()->userSession->getUser();
2. Get user record $currentUserRecord = $this->_getUserRecordById($currentUser->id);

3. Add this private function (copied from UserService.php). This will pull the user record by calling _getUserRecordById function

   private function _getUserRecordById($userId)
   {
     $userRecord = UserRecord::model()->findById($userId);
     if (!$userRecord) {
       throw new Exception(Craft::t('No user exists with the ID “{id}”.', array('id' => $userId)));
   }
   
   return $userRecord;
   }
   

4. Now get user UID $currentUser->uid

So it'll be similar for any other user. Assuming you have a user id (I'll use 32 for example)

1. Get user record $userRecord = $this->_getUserRecordById('32');
2. Now get user UID $userRecord->uid

my two cents.