c/lemmy · by fishcharlie@eventfrontier.com · 3y

How to get `person_id` from currently logged in user in API?

After getting a LoginResponse from the Lemmy API, it returns an auth JWT token.

I'm trying to figure out how I can get that users person_id or username so I can make a GetPersonDetails request for the currently logged in user.

Any ideas on how to do this?

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picoblaanket@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Successful Login automatically initiates a GetSite operation, which contains person_id:

op.data.my_user.local_user_view.local_user.person_id

and username:

op.data.my_user.local_user_view.person.name

Maybe that will do it.

Slated@vlemmy.net · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

You’ll want to save the JWT and then use it as the auth parameter for GetPersonDetails

fishcharlie@eventfrontier.com · 0 pts · 3y (1 reply)

This doesn't work either. Only passing in an auth parameter into GetPersonDetails is not valid and returns an error.

Slated@vlemmy.net · 1 pts · 3y

Oh strange I would assume you would want to either include the id or the username, whatever the documentation asks for. You can also always just use the GetSite endpoint and GetSiteResponse.my_user

plisken@lemmy.fmhy.ml · -1 pts · 3y

I havent tried, but usually a JWT contains some sort of user ID