Getting User Name from LMS into Storyline

Hey all!  I've been using this code for a while now to add my learner's name to in-course instructions and certificates and it's been very useful.  Thanks Daniel!

However, I've found that platfoms such as Litmos, Docebo, and Cornerstone, tend to add an unwanted space before the first name.

I've worked around this by reducing the left margin on the text box that displays the variable, as I'm not really a coder.  But recently I've been 'chatting' with ChatGPT to analyze and refine code. 

During a recent chat, ChatGPT provided this updated code.  It pulls the user name from the LMS, removes any spaces, and splits it into First Name and Last Name.

And it works!

var player = GetPlayer();

function findLMSAPI(win) {
  if (win.hasOwnProperty("GetStudentID")) return win;
  else if (win.parent == win) return null;
  else return findLMSAPI(win.parent);
}

function removeSpaces(name) {
  return name.replace(/\s/g, '');
}

var lmsAPI = findLMSAPI(this);
var myName = lmsAPI.GetStudentName();
if (myName.charAt(0) === ' ') {
    myName = myName.substring(1);
}
var array = myName.split(',');
var firstName = removeSpaces(array[1]);
var lastName = removeSpaces(array[0]);
player.SetVar("FirstName", firstName);
player.SetVar("LastName", lastName);

Hi Christopher,

We use Docebo and with hunting/pecking were able to come up with the solution you'll see in the Storyline file. I'm sure Jonathan's ChapGPT is cleaner! And maybe smarter, but well. Here you go! Hope it works for you. The file has instructions and a few examples.

The post may be 5 years ago, but I just tested it in Workday 2024 and it pulled the first and last name of the learner perfectly. Thank you  Reference: