---
title: "Get the identity of the currently authenticated user.
If present, a `permissions` argument may be specified
to check what actions the user currently is authorized to take."
method: GET
path: "/api/me"
tags: ["identity"]
---

# Get the identity of the currently authenticated user.
If present, a `permissions` argument may be specified
to check what actions the user currently is authorized to take.

`GET /api/me`

## Query parameters

- `permissions` string

## Response `200`

The user's identity and permissions

- object
  - `identity` Identity — The identity of the currently authenticated user
    - `username` string — Unique string identifying the user
    - `name` string — For-humans name of the user. May be the same as `username` in systems where only usernames are available.
    - `display_name` string — Alternate rendering of name for display. Often the same as `name`.
    - `initials` string — Short string of initials. Initials should not be derived automatically due to localization issues. May be `null` if unavailable.
    - `avatar_url` string — URL of an avatar to be used for the user. May be `null` if unavailable.
    - `color` string — A CSS color string to use as a preferred color, such as for collaboration cursors. May be `null` if unavailable.
  - `permissions` Permissions — A dict of the form: `{"resource": ["action",]}` containing only the AUTHORIZED subset of resource+actions from the permissions specified in the request. If no permission checks were made in the request, this will be empty.

## Changes

> 2 revisions in range; 1 could not be searched.

- **2025-12-10** `e9ae9d653401` — 1 breaking
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `200`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/google/apis/jupyter-server-api/changes/api/me/get.md)

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