# Get profile

Get the profile of the user/bot that requests this endpoint.

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

## Usage examples

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

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{generate_code_example|get-profile|method}

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

// Download zuliprc-dev from your dev server
const config = {
    zuliprc: 'zuliprc-dev',
};

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);
});
```
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## 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|get-profile|fixture}

{!invalid-api-key-json-response.md!}