API Endpoint - Get Current User From Authorization Token?

chrisg062689

Does an endpoint exist for providing an Authorization token and receiving back the user's information?
Similar to /api/users/1 except, returning the current user's information?

I have the ability to get the user's Authorization Token from the cookie flarum_remember, but I have no way of identifying the user it belongs to.

Davis

chrisg062689 I remember seeing a topic on the forums or a chat on gitter about this.

Currently, it isn't posible. Although, I'm pretty sure @Toby knows about it.

chrisg062689

Are there any existing extensions on Github that can extend the API module, that I can use as a reference?

Davis

chrisg062689 Try https://github.com/flarum/flarum-ext-suspend

chrisg062689

Hmmm... Not seeing anywhere in the source tree that refers to creating API endpoints, but I'm not well versed in how Flarum is structured.

datitisev

chrisg062689 Try https://github.com/flarum/flarum-ext-tags/tree/master/src
Flarum-ext-tags does add API endpoint for /API/tags

chrisg062689

Are there no existing API endpoints that meet my request?
All I need is the username or userid of the person logged in given my Authentication Token.

datitisev

chrisg062689 No, there aren't, but you could create an extension for it!
I gave you an example, the tags extension.
Just go to src/API and browse!

Franz

chrisg062689 Currently not, I'm afraid. The Flarum web client has the current user's ID embedded in the JavaScript source code by the server.

But I agree something like this should by added. Maybe an /api/users/me or simply /api/me endpoint that redirects to the proper user ID. Or, another alternative, embedding a hypermedia link in the root URL of the API. That way, when you go to /api/, the response would contain the URL of the current user's information.

Would you be so kind to create an issue about this on GitHub?

chrisg062689

I have opened a Github issue here. https://github.com/flarum/core/issues/930