Developer
Users
Introduction
Users are representations of any account on Arena. Users can have channels, followers, blocks and they can also follow both channels and users.
Currently, a user obtains an account by requesting an invitation and having it approved, or receiving an invitation by a current user.
Attributes
| id | (Integer) | The internal ID of the user |
| slug | (String) | The slug of the user. This is used for the user's default profile channel |
| username | (String) | Currently this will be equivalent to "full_name" |
| first_name | (String) | The first name of the user |
| last_name | (String) | The last name of the user |
| avatar | (String) | The gravatar URL to the user's avatar |
| channel_count | (Integer) | The number of channels the user owns or is a collaborator on |
| following_count | (Integer) | The number of channels and users a user is following |
| profile_id | (Integer) | The internal ID of the user's profile channel |
| follower_count | (String) | The number of users following the user |
| class | (String) | Will always be "User" |
| initials | (String) | The initials of a user. Derived from the user's first and last name |
GET /v2/users/:id
Resource URL:
http://api.are.na/v2/users/:id
Example Request:
GET http://api.are.na/v2/users/17
Returns a user object
HTTP method: GET
Requires authentication: No
GET /v2/users/:id/channel
Resource URL:
http://api.are.na/v2/users/:id/channel
Example Request:
GEThttp://api.are.na/v2/users/17/channel
Redirects to /v2/channels/:id
HTTP method: GET
Requires authentication: No
GET /v2/users/:id/channels
Resource URL:
http://api.are.na/v2/users/:id/channels
Example Request:
GET http://api.are.na/v2/users/17/channels
Returns a list of the specified user's channels
HTTP method: GET
Requires authentication: No
GET /v2/users/:id/following
Resource URL:
http://api.are.na/v2/users/:id/following
Example Request:
GET http://api.are.na/v2/users/17/following
Returns a list of the specified user's followed channels and users
HTTP method: GET
Requires authentication: No
GET /v2/users/:id/followers
Resource URL:
http://api.are.na/v2/users/:id/followers
Example Request:
GET http://api.are.na/v2/users/17/followers
Returns a list of the users following the specified user
HTTP method: GET
Requires authentication: No