How do I get the user's username?

Algumber · Post by **Algumber** » Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:59 pm

I wanted to make a little horror game thing, where in one part, it shows the username of the player (the username on his computer), how do I do that?

MrFariator · Post by **MrFariator** » Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:39 am

Simplest method I know of is

os.getenv("USERNAME")    -- gets the currently logged username
os.getenv("USERPROFILE") -- gets the location of the user profile, eq. C:\Users\xyz

However, I'm not sure how cross-platform this is. For other approaches you could call some system functions via FFI.

pgimeno · Post by **pgimeno** » Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:18 pm

On Linux it's os.getenv("USER"). I guess it's the same on OSX. Can't tell for iOS/Android.

Gunroar:Cannon() · Post by **Gunroar:Cannon()** » Sat Apr 30, 2022 10:48 pm

os.getenv("USER") and others above return nil for Android. Does it even have a feature like that?

GVovkiv · Post by **GVovkiv** » Sun May 01, 2022 6:47 am

Gunroar:Cannon() wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 10:48 pm os.getenv("USER") and others above return nil for Android. Does it even have a feature like that?

probably because android doesn't have local accounts system
as i can understand, it's single user os, so no "USER" variable for you

Gunroar:Cannon() · Post by **Gunroar:Cannon()** » Sun May 01, 2022 12:01 pm

I suspect the same for IOS.