How can I get the id of the current user on the browser side?

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Now I'm busy implementing my local account switcher for easier use of VKontakte, so I'm interested in identifying the current user - does anyone know how to get a valid ID to use it as a key for cookies?

Answer 1

while waiting for an answer, I decided to rummage through global objects and found the vk variable, which contains the id field, which in turn stores the user's id