Working With User Information
Your app can access the currently-viewing Quip user and all other users who can see the document.
quip.apps.getViewingUser()returns a quip.apps.User object representing the current viewing user.quip.apps.getDocumentMembers()returns the full list of document members.- Note: the document members may not be loaded when your app is initialized, so you'll have to listen on the
DOCUMENT_MEMBERS_LOADEDevent.
- Note: the document members may not be loaded when your app is initialized, so you'll have to listen on the
Once you have a user object, you can call getId, getName, and getFirstName (see API documentation for details).
Your app can also display user profile pictures like this:
<quip.apps.ui.ProfilePicture user={someUserObject} size={sizeInPx} round={true}/>.