---
title: "Get user account"
method: GET
path: "/user_account"
tags: ["user_account"]
---

# Get user account

`GET /user_account`

Get account information for the "operation user_account"
- By default, the "operation user_account" is the token user_account.

[Understanding Business Access]: https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/getting-started/using-business-access/ "Understanding Business Access"
If using Business Access: Specify an ad_account_id to use the owner of that ad_account as the "operation user_account". See [Understanding Business Access] for more information.

## Query parameters

- `ad_account_id` string

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- Account — User account model containing properties related to a user's account.
  - `about` string — Profile about description.
  - `account_type` 'PINNER' | 'BUSINESS'
  - `board_count` integer, nullable — User account board count. **Note**: Board count on user account level may differ from counts found elsewhere due to attribution of collaborative Boards.
  - `business_name` string, nullable
  - `follower_count` integer, nullable — User account follower count.
  - `following_count` integer, nullable — User account following count.
  - `id` string — User account ID.
  - `monthly_views` integer, nullable — User account monthly views.
  - `pin_count` integer, nullable — User account pin count. This includes both created and saved pins.
  - `profile_image` string
  - `username` string
  - `website_url` string

## Other responses

- `400` — The request could not be understood by the server due to unexpected data.
- `401` — Authentication is required and has either failed or not been provided.
- `403` — The request was valid, but the server is refusing action. The user might not have the necessary permissions for a resource.
- `404` — The requested resource could not be found on this server.
- `429` — The user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time and is being rate limited.
- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-06-04** (v5) `b698c180678a` — 1 breaking, 7 info
  - the `account_type` response's property type/format changed from `string`/`` to ``/`` for status `200`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - …4 more
- **2024-08-14** (v5) `89c27ed39cfd` — 1 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `client_credentials` was added to the API
- **2023-07-14** (v5) `52586a274771` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `about` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `id` to the response with the `200` status
- **2023-05-12** (v5) `689b4b267639` — 6 info
  - added the optional property `board_count` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `business_name` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `follower_count` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `following_count` to the response with the `200` status
  - …2 more
- **2022-11-14** (v5) `e041d7b0cef0` — 1 warning
  - for the `query` request parameter `ad_account_id`, the maxLength was set to `18`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/pinterest/apis/pinterest-rest-api/changes/user_account/get.md)

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