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Get authenticated user details

GET
/api/v1/me
 
curl --request GET \
  --url https://example.com/api/v1/me \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations ”

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “200 ”

Authenticated user profile.

Media type application/json
object
data
required
object
id
required
integer format: int64
username
required
string
auth_type
required

How the user authenticates to the application.

string
Allowed values: sso local api
first_name
required
string
last_name
required
string
full_name
required
string
email
required
string format: email
primary_affiliation

Primary Northwestern affiliation for the user.

string
nullable
Allowed values: student faculty staff affiliate not-matched
departments
Array<string>
job_titles
Array<string>
created_at
string format: date-time
nullable
updated_at
string format: date-time
nullable
roles
Array<object>
nullable
object
id
required
integer format: int64
name
required
string
assignment_locked
boolean
role_type
One of:
object
slug
required
string
Allowed values: system-managed application-admin application-role api-integration
label
required
string
created_at
string format: date-time
nullable
updated_at
string format: date-time
nullable
permissions

Included when permissions are eager loaded.

Array<object>
nullable
object
id
required
integer format: int64
name
required

Machine-friendly permission name.

string
label
required

Human readable permission label.

string
description
string
nullable
scope
required

Whether this permission applies system-wide or only to the authenticated user’s context.

string
Allowed values: system-wide personal
system_managed
required
boolean
api_relevant
required

Whether this permission impacts API access patterns.

boolean
created_at
string format: date-time
nullable
updated_at
string format: date-time
nullable
users_count

Included when a user count aggregate is loaded.

integer
nullable
Example 
{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "waw1234",
    "auth_type": "api",
    "first_name": "NUIT",
    "last_name": "API",
    "full_name": "NUIT API",
    "email": null,
    "primary_affiliation": "not-matched",
    "departments": [],
    "job_titles": [],
    "created_at": "2025-11-06T15:20:00+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-04-09T18:45:10+00:00",
    "roles": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "API Role",
        "role_type": {
          "slug": "api-integration",
          "label": "API Integration"
        },
        "created_at": "2025-11-06T15:20:00+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2025-11-06T15:20:00+00:00",
        "permissions": [
          {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "view-users",
            "label": "View Users",
            "description": "Allows viewing all user profiles and their details.",
            "scope": "system-wide",
            "system_managed": false,
            "api_relevant": true,
            "created_at": "2025-11-06T15:20:00+00:00",
            "updated_at": "2025-11-06T15:20:00+00:00"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

401

Section titled “401 ”

Missing or invalid bearer token.

Media type application/json

Standard RFC 9457 problem details envelope.

object
type
required

RFC 9457 compliant problem details response builder.

string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
nullable
instance
required
string format: uri-reference
trace_id

Unique identifier for the API request (if available).

string
nullable
Example 
{
  "type": "about:blank",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "Authentication failed",
  "instance": "/api/v1/me",
  "trace_id": "b4f5aa7a-1470-4d92-8d3c-98e7c7de9f5f"
}