Returns a temporary key that identifies the current user.
class Session method .getTemporaryActiveUserKey()
Session is the Apps Script service.
.getTemporaryActiveUserKey() is the method name you will see after a dot in your code.
What it does
Why it's used
- Identify users in web apps without exposing email.
- Lightweight user key for anonymous-looking analytics.
Common errors
- Forgetting parentheses on getTemporaryActiveUserKey. Write Session.getTemporaryActiveUserKey(), not Session.getTemporaryActiveUserKey or getTemporaryActiveUserKey by itself.
- Skipping dots between chained calls. Each step needs a dot, like Session.getTemporaryActiveUserKey().
- Adding spaces where they do not belong. Write Session.getTemporaryActiveUserKey(), not Session .getTemporaryActiveUserKey(), Session.getTemporaryActiveUserKey (), or Session . getTemporaryActiveUserKey().
- Wrong capitalization. Use Session and getTemporaryActiveUserKey, not session or gettemporaryactiveuserkey.
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Related methods
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.getActiveUser()
Returns the email of the user running the script.
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.getEffectiveUser()
Returns the email of the user whose permissions the script is using.
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.getScriptTimeZone()
Returns the time zone set on the script project.
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