User API Documentation

Register

POST 'api/user/create/'

• Author: Ege Can Kaya

• Definition: Allows a user to register

• Example Response Value:

  {
      "email": "egekaya@somemail.com",
      "username": "egekaya"
  }

• Example Failure Value:

  {
      "username": [
          "This field is required."
      ],
      "password": [
          "This field is required."
      ]
  }

• Parameters

  Parameter	Description	Parameter Type	Data Type
  username	Username of registering user	Body	String
  email	Email address of registering user	Body	String
  password	Password of registering user	Body	String

• Response Messages

  • 201: Created.
  • 400: Bad request.

Login (obtain JWT token)

POST 'api/token/obtain/'

• Author: Ege Can Kaya

• Definition: Takes a set of user credentials and returns an access and refresh JSON web token pair to prove the authentication of those credentials.

• Example Response Value:

  {
      "refresh": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ0b2tlbl90eXBlIjoicmVmcmVzaCIsImV4cCI6MTYzODAzMzQ0OCwiaWF0IjoxNjM2ODIzODQ4LCJqdGkiOiJiNDkxZjIwZjU2OTY0YTJiYjI2OTIyNWJjMmZkNTc3YSIsInVzZXJfaWQiOjR9.tCGeBNzTXXBA8fTC2eqxyy2wfa1tYEN8nL0mSCzftP0",
      "access": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ0b2tlbl90eXBlIjoiYWNjZXNzIiwiZXhwIjoxNjM2ODI0MTQ4LCJpYXQiOjE2MzY4MjM4NDgsImp0aSI6ImY0ZWIyNDY5ZWIwZDQyMDQ4NzI1NTAyNDQ5YjZlYTM2IiwidXNlcl9pZCI6NH0.HgN9BIi3F-1lnio_s32IHdsHNDUlAuNcWaE_s9A11vY"
  }

• Example Failure Value:

  {
      "detail": "No active account found with the given credentials"
  }

• Parameters

  Parameter	Description	Parameter Type	Data Type
  username	Username	Body	String
  password	Password	Body	String

• Response Messages

  • 200: OK.
  • 401: Unauthorized.

Login (refresh JWT token)

POST 'api/token/refresh/'

• Author: Ege Can Kaya

• Definition: Takes a refresh type JSON web token and returns an access type JSON web token if the refresh token is valid.

• Example Response Value:

  {
      "access": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ0b2tlbl90eXBlIjoiYWNjZXNzIiwiZXhwIjoxNjM2ODI0NDUxLCJpYXQiOjE2MzY4MjM4NDgsImp0aSI6IjY3ZTRlZDE2NzQyYTQyYTZiOGY2OTBiZTFmMTUzZjQ1IiwidXNlcl9pZCI6NH0.J9WhNq04miuDSABsobZtPHS5drcXxcq0eQE6MH44-zU",
      "refresh": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ0b2tlbl90eXBlIjoicmVmcmVzaCIsImV4cCI6MTYzODAzMzc1MSwiaWF0IjoxNjM2ODI0MTUxLCJqdGkiOiI0NjQ0MDFjNGY2ZjA0OTA3YjZlZTA3NDA0ZmQ0ZmI0MiIsInVzZXJfaWQiOjR9.r4q3jpcilwT6bqXupFqhSnu7pc58IzPNJXilnfwhwwM"
  }

• Example Failure Value:

  {
      "detail": "Token is invalid or expired",
      "code": "token_not_valid"
  }

• Parameters

  Parameter	Description	Parameter Type	Data Type
  Refresh	Refresh type JWT token	Body	String

• Response Messages

  • 200: OK.
  • 401: Unauthorized.

Reset password (send mail)

POST 'api/password/reset/'

• Author: Ege Can Kaya

• Definition: Provides a method to request a password reset token based on an e-mail address

• Example Response Value:

  {
      "status": "OK"
  }

• Example Failure Value:

  {
      "email": [
      "We couldn't find an account associated with that email. Please try a different e-mail address."
      ]
  }

• Parameters

  Parameter	Description	Parameter Type	Data Type
  Email	Email address of user trying to reset their password	Body	String

• Response Messages

  • 200: OK.
  • 400: Bad request.

Reset password (confirmation)

POST 'api/password/reset/confirm/'

• Author: Ege Can Kaya

• Definition: Provides a method to reset a password based on a unique token

• Example Response Value:

  {
      "status": "OK"
  }

• Example Failure Value:

  {
      "detail": "Not found."
  }

• Parameters

  Parameter	Description	Parameter Type	Data Type
  Password	New password for the user	Body	String
  Token	Token received by email by the user allowing them to choose a new password	Body	String

• Response Messages

  • 200: OK.
  • 400: Bad request.
  • 404: Not found.

View profile

GET 'api/users/<username>/'

• Author: Ege Can Kaya

• Definition: Views the profile of a user

• Example Response Value:

  {
      "first_name": "Ege",
      "last_name": "Kaya",
      "bio": "Hello, I love sports.",
      "fav_sport_1": "football",
      "fav_sport_2": "basketball",
      "fav_sport_3": "tennis",
      "location": "Istanbul"
  }

• Example Failure Value:

  {
      "detail": "Not found."
  }

• Parameters

  Parameter	Description	Parameter Type	Data Type
  username	Username of profile to view	Path	String

• Response Messages

  • 200: OK.
  • 404: Not Found

Edit profile

PUT 'api/users/<username>/'

• Author: Ege Can Kaya

• Definition: Allows a user to edit their profile

• Example Response Value:

  {
      "first_name": "Lewis",
      "last_name": "Hamilton",
      "bio": "7-time world champion",
      "fav_sport_1": "Formula 1",
      "fav_sport_2": "Formula 2",
      "fav_sport_3": "Formula E",
      "location": "Monaco",
      "avatar": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Lewis_Hamilton_2016_Malaysia_2.jpg",
      "privacy": false
  }

• Example Failure Value:

  {
      "detail": "Unauthorized."
  }

• Parameters

  Parameter	Description	Parameter Type	Data Type
  username	Username of profile to edit	Path	String
  first_name	New value for first name	Body	String
  last_name	New value for last name	Body	String
  bio	New value for bio	Body	String
  fav_sport_1	New value for favorite sport 1	Body	String
  fav_sport_2	New value for favorite sport 2	Body	String
  fav_sport_3	New value for favorite sport 3	Body	String
  location	New value for location	Body	String
  avatar	New value for avatar	Body	String
  privacy	New value for privacy	Body	Boolean

• Response Messages

  • 200: OK.
  • 401: Unauthorized

Search profiles

GET 'api/users/?query=<query>'

• Author: Ege Can Kaya

• Definition: Searches profiles by username according to given query

• Example Response Value:

  [
      {
          "id": 1,
          "username": "egecky",
          "avatar": "",
          "privacy": false
      },
      {
          "id": 2,
          "username": "dude",
          "avatar": "",
          "privacy": true
      }
  ]

• Parameters

  Parameter	Description	Parameter Type	Data Type
  query	Query string by which usernames will be searched	Query	String

• Response Messages

  • 200: OK.