# Actual Channel/ContentPath in a Provider extends Plugin implements IValueListProvider

**URL:** <https://community.bloomreach.com/t/actual-channel-contentpath-in-a-provider-extends-plugin-implements-ivaluelistprovider/3729>\
**Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/actual-channel-contentpath-in-a-provider-extends-plugin-implements-ivaluelistprovider/3729 "2023-03-20T10:16:47Z")\
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I am currently writing a Provider which returns a ValueList to a DropDown in my documentType. I now want to change the ValueList depending in which Channel/ContentPath the user edits this specific document of documentType.  
Is there any chance to get the information in the provider about the document which the user is currently editing …

I can get the UserSession but there is no info about the current location.

Any help appreciated.  
Regards Robert

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HI,

I don’t think it is possible, at least not with any intended method. You get a user session by  
`org.hippoecm.frontend.session.UserSession.get()`, which is a wicket session underneath. This is not the same as a jcr session. Not sure what you’d call afterwards in order to figure out where you are editing though. I suspect there is a way to find it there, but I’d be worried about the maintainability of any such implementation. From the UserSession you can get a jcr session. Possibly you could try and get the nodes that you have locked, but this may give more results than you need.