username

username

Get the username of the current user

Install

$ npm install --save username

Usage

const username = require('username');

username().then(username => {
	console.log(username);
	//=> 'sindresorhus'
});

API

First tries to get the username from the SUDO_USER LOGNAME USER LNAME USERNAME environment variables. Then falls back to $ id -un on macOS / Linux and $ whoami on Windows, in the rare case none of the environment variables are set. The result is cached.

username()

Returns a promise for the username.

username.sync()

Returns the username.

Related

• username-cli - CLI for this module
• fullname - Get the fullname of the current user

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus