# Get logged user information in custom node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-logged-user-information-in-custom-node/50796>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [9 September 2021 07:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-logged-user-information-in-custom-node/50796 "2021-09-09T07:05:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [9 September 2021 15:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-logged-user-information-in-custom-node/50796/3 "2021-09-09T15:52:11Z")

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Hi @chiche

it depends what exactly you are trying to do in `myNode.js`.

A node deployed in the runtime has no knowledge of the editor or any concept of users.

The only place you may have code in `myNode.js` that cares about editor users is if you have created a custom admin HTTP endpoint that gets called by the editor as part of your node's edit dialog.

In that context, as long as you include the `RED.auth.needsPermission` middleware, the `req.user` property should tell you who the user is calling the end point.

```auto
RED.httpAdmin.get("my-custom-node/do-something", RED.auth.needsPermission('XYZ.read'), function(req, res) {
   // req.user should identify the user.
});

```

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