---
title: "Test authentication and identify the key's owner."
method: GET
path: "/api/external/v1/hello-world-user"
tags: ["Authentication"]
---

# Test authentication and identify the key's owner.

`GET /api/external/v1/hello-world-user`

Returns the account the API key belongs to, and the workspace the key is
bound to (null for keys created before keys were workspace-bound, which
may act on every workspace the account can reach).

## Response `200`

- object
  - `message` string
  - `user` object
    - `id` integer
    - `name` string
    - `email` string
  - `workspace_id` integer

## Other responses

- `401`

## Changes

- **2026-08-17** `dd3f47f72f7a` — 5 info
  - api operation id `getApiExternalV1HelloWorldUser` removed and replaced with `testAuthenticationAndIdentifyTheKeysOwner`
  - api tag `Authentication` added
  - api tag `Endpoints` removed
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - …1 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/genpage/apis/genpage-external-api-documentation/changes/api/external/v1/hello-world-user/get.md)

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