Users

A user in GitBook is the entity of someone who has signed up with an account.

Get profile of authenticated user

Returns details about the user associated with the authentication provided in the request's authorization header.

get

/user

Authorizations

Responses

application/json

application/json

cURL

JavaScript

Python

HTTP

cURL

curl -L \
  --url 'https://api.gitbook.com/v1/user' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN'

200

default

200

{
  "id": "text",
  "displayName": "text",
  "email": "text",
  "photoURL": "text",
  "object": "user",
  "urls": {
    "location": "https://example.com"
  }
}

OK

Get a user by its ID

Provides publicly available information about someone with a GitBook account.

get

/users/{userId}

Authorizations

Path parameters

userIdstringrequired

The unique ID of the User

Responses

application/json

application/json

cURL

JavaScript

Python

HTTP

cURL

curl -L \
  --url 'https://api.gitbook.com/v1/users/{userId}' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN'

200

default

200

{
  "id": "text",
  "displayName": "text",
  "email": "text",
  "photoURL": "text",
  "object": "user",
  "urls": {
    "location": "https://example.com"
  }
}

OK