zulip/templates/zerver/api/get-profile.md

# Get profile

Get basic data about the user/bot that requests this endpoint.

`GET {{ api_url }}/v1/users/me`

## Usage examples

{start_tabs}
{tab|python}

{generate_code_example(python)|/users/me:get|example}

{tab|js}

More examples and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js).
```js
const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
const config = {
    zuliprc: 'zuliprc',
};

zulip(config).then((client) => {
    // Get the profile of the user/bot that requests this endpoint,
    // which is `client` in this case:
    client.users.me.getProfile().then(console.log);
});
```

{tab|curl}

``` curl
curl -X GET {{ api_url }}/v1/users/me \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY
```

{end_tabs}

## Arguments

This endpoint takes no arguments.

## Response

#### Return values

* `pointer`: The integer ID of the message that the pointer is currently on.
* `max_message_id`: The integer ID of the last message by the user/bot with
  the given profile.

The rest of the return values are quite self-descriptive.

#### Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|/users/me:get|fixture(200)}