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title: MIDSystem methods
description: MIDSystem variables \(referred to by the variable name ms.\) provide a variety of methods to get information about the MID Server.
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# MIDSystem methods

MIDSystem variables \(referred to by the variable name ms.\) provide a variety of methods to get information about the MID Server.

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</table>|Method summary|Description|
|--------------|-----------|
|log\(String message\)|Logs the given message with a standard prefix to indicate that the message was generated by JavaScript.|
|getConfigParameter\(String parameter name\)|Returns the value of the named configuration parameter.|
|include\(String script include\)|Include the MID Server script include with the given name into the current context.|
|getName\(\)|Returns the name of the MID Server.|
|getSysID\(\)|Returns the sys\_id of the MID Server.|
|toJavaScript\(Object\)|Converts the given Java object into the equivalent JavaScript object.|

This example writes a message to the log:

`ms.log('Attempting to log in with user: ' + this.getParameter('user'));`

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