Get the authenticated user
If the authenticated user is authenticated through basic authentication or OAuth with the user
scope, then the response lists public and private profile information.
If the authenticated user is authenticated through OAuth without the user
scope, then the response lists only public profile information.
Parameters
Example Response
Status: 200
{
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": false,
"name": "monalisa octocat",
"company": "GitHub",
"blog": "https://github.com/blog",
"location": "San Francisco",
"email": "octocat@github.com",
"hireable": false,
"bio": "There once was...",
"twitter_username": "monatheoctocat",
"public_repos": 2,
"public_gists": 1,
"followers": 20,
"following": 0,
"created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
"updated_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
"private_gists": 81,
"total_private_repos": 100,
"owned_private_repos": 100,
"disk_usage": 10000,
"collaborators": 8,
"two_factor_authentication": true,
"plan": {
"name": "Medium",
"space": 400,
"private_repos": 20,
"collaborators": 0
}
}
See documentation on GitHub developer guides