# User JS Object \`groups\` array not populated for several users

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**Created:** [April 13, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-js-object-groups-array-not-populated-for-several-users/261520 "2023-04-13T02:02:24Z")\
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@Lhc_fl, so what you did is get the current user’s username (I suppose with the same AJAX as I use?), then another AJAX to that user JSON, and from there the group?

I like as well @angus’ approach - my code though is on the discourse side… I could just use the same API key and authenticate with that?  
I had presumed, that since I use `withCredentials`… the code runs only when a user is authenticated, _and_ that the data would always be the same.

I am not sure why the data is not the same, is this a security concern to communicate _what group_ a user is in? It’s not that we communicate the actual group data, or other users in that group, as far I see.

In any case, venturing into the suggested approaches now…

Thanks!

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