Access to logged in user, in REST filters

It depends on how the authentication is done. If using cookie authentication, I think you can get the user’s login name from the auth cookies in $_COOKIE. With the login name you can get the user object with get_user_by().

Hi @bcworkz,

First of all, thanks for replying. I’d like something that works no matter how the authentication is done. I would have thought that if I did the right includes, then the standard user related info would be available. But I guess you’re saying that’s not true.

Right now what I’m doing is saving the user structure in the rest_authentication_errors filter (where it’s available) into a global variable, and then using that global var in rest_pre_dispatch (where I need it).

This seemed to me like a pretty bad kludge. But maybe that’s the most straightforward thing I can do?

What do you think?

Whatever does the job? ?? It’s considered bad form to rely upon globals in some coding circles, but WP core makes extensive use of them itself. While I agree globals shouldn’t be used as a crutch for poorly thought out coding, I see no problem using them to resolve a sticky situation. While somewhat rare, this wouldn’t be the first time I’ve seen the need to rely on multiple filters to get the right data within scope.

wp_get_current_user() itself largely relies upon a global value (or the auth cookie I mentioned in some cases). If you’re going to also do so for yourself, you may as well place the current WP_User object you get into the WP global $current_user.

OK, Thanks!