+{% endcodeblock %}
+
+h2. Get the User object for the current user
+
+{% codeblock as python %}
+current_user = arvados.api('v1').users().current().execute()
+{% endcodeblock %}
+
+h2. Get the UUID of an object that was retrieved using the SDK
+
+{% codeblock as python %}
+my_uuid = current_user['uuid']
+{% endcodeblock %}