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User

Last updated: Sep 07, 2021

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  • List current user
  • user - deprecated

For instructions on how to authenticate to use this endpoint, see API overview.

In PostHog, there is an API endpoint available to get all information on your own user and team. This includes all possible event names, event properties, API key, app URLs, current PostHog version and more.

List current user

Terminal
GET /users/@me/

Example request:

Terminal
curl https://posthog.example.com/api/users/@me/

user - deprecated

This endpoint has been deprecated since April 5th, 2021 and support for it will be removed in the future.

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