API: me.json

Use http://www.reddit.com/api/me.json to grab information about the currently logged in user.

Note: Using the .xml extension still returns JSON.

Example Response

If the reddit_session cookie is not present in the request, the API will return the following:

{"json": {"errors": []}}

Otherwise, the API will return something like the following about the currently logged in user:

{
    "kind": "t2",
    "data": {
        "has_mail": false,
        "name": "username",
        "created": 1213716360.0,
        "modhash": "f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0",
        "created_utc": 1213716360.0,
        "link_karma": 5000,
        "comment_karma": 10000,
        "is_gold": false,
        "is_mod": true,
        "id": "0ffff",
        "has_mod_mail": false
    }
}

API Reference: me.json

• ###kind (string)

  The type of thing (see glossary on the API page) this is, which translates to account.

• ###data (object)

  Holds relevant user data.

  • ###has_mail (boolean)

    Says whether the user has unread mail from messaging or comment/post replies.

  • ###name (string)

    Logged in user's username

  • ###created (number)

    Unix time that the user's account was created in the time zone the server is set to?.

  • ###modhash (string)

    The user's modhash (see glossary on the API page)

  • ###created_utc (string)

    Unix time that the user's account was created in UTC

  • ###link_karma (number)

    The user's link karma.

  • ###comment_karma (number)

    The user's comment karma.

  • ###is_gold (boolean)

    Says whether the user is a reddit gold member.

  • ###is_mod (boolean)

    Says whether the user is a moderator.

  • ###id (string)

    The user's ID. This is only used internally__, right?__.

  • ###has_mod_mail (boolean)

    Says whether the user has unread moderator mail.

See Also

• Content: user