---
title: Function: useUser
slug: chord-ui/function-useuser
docTags: 
createdAt: 2023-11-06T15:03:31.905Z
---

[react-autonomy](docId\:zoZ6W56ubpPACr0PO0GLS).useUser

▸ **useUser**(): [`UseUser`](docId\:H0bz2nPdTsmnP82ZgOBt0)

The `useUser` hook returns the current user and functions for loading data
about the user. At the moment, the only user information Chord supports is
the user's referral identifier and personalized referral url.



```javascript
import { useUser } from '@chordcommerce/react-autonomy'

const AccountPage = () => {
  const { user, loadUser } = useUser()

  return <h1>Hello {user.name}</h1>
}
```

### Returns

[`UseUser`](docId\:H0bz2nPdTsmnP82ZgOBt0)

### Defined in

[packages/react-autonomy/src/hooks/use-user.ts:45](https://github.com/chordcommerce/chord-ui/blob/2b105e1/packages/react-autonomy/src/hooks/use-user.ts#L45)