# 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.

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     * Note: Current implementation throws NullPointerException for null strings.
     */
    @Test
    void testCheck_withNullStringAndZeroPointer() {
        // A zero pointer indicates a null string
        PacUnicodeString pacString = new PacUnicodeString((short) 0, (short) 0, 0);
        String testString = null;

        // Current implementation throws NullPointerException when string is null

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        // Although we cannot directly verify the super constructor call with Mockito for a real class,
        // we can infer its correct behavior if the object is successfully constructed and its own fields are correct.
        // The super constructor is called with (domainHandle, 0, acct_flags, null, 0)