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Collin Dauphinee
Collin Dauphinee

Reputation: 13993

How can I get the current Box user's information?

Is there any way to retrieve the currently logged in Box user's user object?

I'm primarily concerned about enterprise admin accounts, where the /users endpoint is documented as returning all users. How will I know which of these users is the one that made the request?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3455

Answers (3)

Siriquelle
Siriquelle

Reputation: 211

You can use the /users/me endpoint to get information about the current user.

get-the-current-users-information

curl https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me
-H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN"

200
{
    "type": "user",
    "id": "17738362",
    "name": "sean rose",
    "login": "[email protected]",
    "created_at": "2012-03-26T15:43:07-07:00",
    "modified_at": "2012-12-12T11:34:29-08:00",
    "language": "en",
    "space_amount": 5368709120,
    "space_used": 2377016,
    "max_upload_size": 262144000,
    "status": "active",
    "job_title": "Employee",
    "phone": "5555555555",
    "address": "555 Office Drive",
    "avatar_url": "https://app.box.com/api/avatar/large/17738362"
}

Upvotes: 3

Peter
Peter

Reputation: 2599

For the V2 API, a user can call GET on /users and you will get yourself back. 

{
    "total_count": 1,
    "entries": [
        {
            "type": "user",
            "id": "13243406",
            "name": "Robert Stark",
            "login": "[email protected]",
            "created_at": "2011-08-24T14:00:25-07:00",
            "modified_at": "2012-10-10T04:32:24-07:00",
            "role": "user",
            "language": "en",
            "space_amount": 53687091200,
            "space_used": 48671461,
            "max_upload_size": 104857600,
            "tracking_codes": [],
            "see_managed_users": false,
            "sync_enabled": true,
            "status": "active",
            "job_title": "",
            "phone": "",
            "address": "",
            "avatar_url": "https://api.box.com/api/avatar/large/13243406"
        }
    ]
}

Upvotes: 4

Ben Zittlau
Ben Zittlau

Reputation: 2485

Information about the current user is returned in the get_auth_token call that occurs during the Auth process. See Step 4 under Authentication:

<response>
  <status>get_auth_token_ok</status>
  <auth_token>yv9usmcmbnfhtx2y8rmlvk1csnoz65oo</auth_token>
  <user>
    <login>[email protected]</login>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <access_id>31313825</access_id>
    <user_id>31313825</user_id>
    <space_amount>5361200</space_amount>
    <space_used>47477</space_used>
    <max_upload_size>104800</max_upload_size>
    <sharing_disabled/>
  </user>
</response>

Upvotes: 0

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