# Get Current User { #get-current-user }

In the previous chapter the security system (which is based on the dependency injection system) was giving the *path operation function* a `token` as a `str`:

{* ../../docs_src/security/tutorial001_an_py39.py hl[12] *}

But that is still not that useful.

Let's make it give us the current user.

## Create a user model { #create-a-user-model }

First, let's create a Pydantic user model.

Aleksandr Andrukhov <******@****.***> 1733827947 +0300

Sebastián Ramírez <******@****.***> 1731896744 +0100

Sebastián Ramírez <******@****.***> 1735583217 +0000

Sebastián Ramírez <******@****.***> 1731896744 +0100

Sebastián Ramírez <******@****.***> 1731896744 +0100

Sebastián Ramírez <******@****.***> 1731896744 +0100

Rafael de Oliveira Marques <******@****.***> 1736516015 -0300

    while (true) {
      long current = value;
      double currentVal = longBitsToDouble(current);
      double nextVal = updateFunction.applyAsDouble(currentVal);
      long next = doubleToRawLongBits(nextVal);
      if (updater.compareAndSet(this, current, next)) {
        return nextVal;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the String representation of the current value.
   *

     */
    public void setPageSize(final int pageSize) {
        this.pageSize = pageSize;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the current page number (1-based).
     * If the current page number is not set or is invalid, returns the default current page number.
     *
     * @return the current page number
     */
    public int getCurrentPageNumber() {
        if (currentPageNumber <= 0) {