authentik/website/docs/property-mappings/expression.mdx

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title: Expressions
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The property mapping should return a value that is expected by the Provider/Source. Supported types are documented in the individual Provider/Source. Returning `None` is always accepted and would simply skip the mapping for which `None` was returned.


## Available Functions

import Functions from '../expressions/_functions.md'

<Functions />

## Variables

import Objects from '../expressions/_objects.md'

<Objects />

- `user`: The current user. This may be `None` if there is no contextual user. See ([User](../expressions/reference/user-object.md))
- `request`: The current request. This may be `None` if there is no contextual request. See ([Django documentation](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/request-response/#httprequest-objects))
- Other arbitrary arguments given by the provider, this is documented on the Provider/Source.