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StormConsultingStormConsulting 

How to get the current User ID in a Apex class

How can I get the current Salesforce User ID in an Apex class?

Any help is appreciated!

Chris
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hisrinuhisrinu
You can get the current user id like this.

UserInfo.getUserId() which returns the user id of the current user.

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hisrinuhisrinu
You can get the current user id like this.

UserInfo.getUserId() which returns the user id of the current user.
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StormConsultingStormConsulting
Thanks a lot, that worked perfectly!
sairam n 5sairam n 5
can we use same syntax to get user id in Triggers too?
CNimmaCNimma
Absolutely. In SOQL queries too!
Venkateswarlu PVenkateswarlu P
for(contact c:conList){
            c.Description = 'New Contact is created by'+''+userInfo.getUserId(); // Get the Id of the current user
        }
malic malisurcmalic malisurc
good answer
Sumit Saini 1Sumit Saini 1
We can get current logged in user full information from predefined methods in apex.
Please check this below link for reference.

https://sfdctechsolutions.blogspot.com/2021/07/get-current-user-information-in-apex.html