Google Script How do I getGivenName() of getActiveUser()

Question

Each user on the domain initiates a simple script we run for leave entitlements but we want the welcome message to be \"Hi First Name,\" however the script doesn\'t seem to

Answer 1

In Apps Script, I was able to get this information using the About REST API: https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/about/get

var aboutData = Drive.About.get();
var userEmail = aboutData["user"]["emailAddress"];
var userDisplayName = aboutData["user"]["displayName"];