Querying a single user

Privy allows you to query an individual user's data with their Privy DID. This includes their DID, the timestamp of when they were created, and all of their linked accounts.

WARNING

Privy rate limits REST API endpoints that you may call from your server. If you suspect your team will require an increased rate limit, please reach out to support!

Using @privy-io/server-auth

Use the PrivyClient's getUser method to get a single user by their Privy DID. As a parameter, pass the user's DID as a string:

const user = await privy.getUser('did:privy:XXXXXX');

If a matching user is found, the method will return the corresponding User object. If no matching user is found, the method will throw an error.

Using the REST API

Make a GET request to:

https://auth.privy.io/api/v1/users/<did>

Replace <did> with your desired Privy DID. It should have the format did:privy:XXXXXX.

Below is a sample cURL command for this request:

curl --request GET https://auth.privy.io/api/v1/users/<user-did> \
-u "<your-privy-app-id>:<your-privy-app-secret>" \
-H "privy-app-id: <your-privy-app-id>"

TIP

Looking for the types of LinkedAccounts?

 See a breakdown of different account types and the data they include

Note:

• Each account should be a JSON object including all the necessary fields for that account type. Valid account types are 'custom_jwt', 'discord_oauth', 'farcaster', 'github_oauth', 'google_oauth', 'instagram_oauth', 'linkedin_oauth', 'spotify_oauth', 'twitter_oauth', 'email', 'phone' and 'wallet'. See below for what additional information for each account type. Please exclude the verifiedAt field.
• If importing a user with a custom_jwt account, the custom_jwt account must be the only element of the linked_accounts array. It is not permitted to import a user with a custom_jwt account and other linked_accounts.

CustomJwtAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'custom_jwt'	N/A
custom_id	string	ID of user from Twitter user API response.

DiscordAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'discord_oauth'	N/A
subject	string	ID of user from Discord user API response.
email	string	Email of user from Discord user API response
username	string	Username of user from Discord user API response. Include the 4-digit discriminator prefixed by '#'.

(See Discord docs)

EmailAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'email'	N/A
address	string	Email address of user account.

FarcasterAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'farcaster'	N/A
fid	string	FID of the user from Farcaster user API response.
owner_address	string	Wallet address of the user from Farcaster user API response. Note that this is the Farcaster wallet address, and not the Privy embedded wallet address.
username	string	(Optional) Username of user from Farcaster user API response. Do not include the '@'.
display_name	string	(Optional) Display name of user from Farcaster user API response.
bio	string	(Optional) Bio of user from Farcaster user API response.
profile_picture_url	string	(Optional) Profile picture URL of the user from Farcaster user API response. Must be a valid image URL.
homepage_url	string	(Optional) Profile URL of the user from Farcaster user API response.

(See Farcaster docs. Note that the Privy import interface differs slightly from the Farcaster public interface in order to maintain consistency with other Privy LinkedAccount types.)

GithubAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'github_oauth'	N/A
subject	string	ID of user from GitHub user API response.
email	string	Email of user from GitHub user API response
name	string	Name of user from GitHub user API response
username	string	Username of user from GitHub user API response

(See GitHub docs)

GoogleAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'google_oauth'	N/A
subject	string	sub pulled from Google-provided JWT with "openid" scope.
email	string	email from Google-provided JWT with "email" scope.
name	string	name from Google-provided JWT with "profile" scope.

InstagramAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'instagram_oauth'	N/A
subject	string	ID of user from Instagram user API response.
username	string	The name displayed on a user's profile from Instagram's /me API response.

(See Instagram docs)

LinkedinAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'linkedin_oauth'	N/A
subject	string	ID of user from LinkedIn user API response.
email	string	Email of user from LinkedIn user API response
name	string	Name of user from LinkedIn user API response. Do not include the '@'.

(See Linkedin docs)

PhoneAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'email'	N/A
phoneNumber	true	Phone number of user account (non-international numbers default to US).

SpotifyAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'spotify_oauth'	N/A
subject	string	ID of user from Spotify user API response.
email	string	Email of user from Spotify user API.
name	string	The name displayed on a user's profile from Spotify display_name API response.

(See Spotify docs)

TwitterAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'twitter_oauth'	N/A
subject	string	ID of user from Twitter user API response.
name	string	Name of user from Twitter user API response
username	string	Username of user from Twitter user API response. Do not include the '@'.
profile_picture_url	string	(Optional) Profile picture URL of the user from Twitter user API response. Must be a valid image URL.

(See Twitter docs)

WalletAccount extends LinkedAccount

Field	Type	Description
type	'wallet'	N/A
chain_type	'ethereum'	Type of chain for the wallet. Only EVM chains ('ethereum') are currently supported.
address	string	Checksummed wallet address.

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A successful response will include the user object associated with the DID, like below:

{
  "id":"did:privy:cfbsvtqo2c22202mo08847jdux2z",
  "created_at":1667165891,
  "linked_accounts":[
    {
      "type": "wallet",
      "address": "0xABCDEFGHIJKL01234567895C5cAe8B9472c14328",
      "chain_type": "ethereum",
      "chain_id": "eip155:137",
      "wallet_client": "unknown",
      "wallet_client_type": "metamask",
      "connector_type": "injected",
      "verified_at": 1688556783
    }
    {
      "type":"email",
      "address":"[email protected]",
      "verified_at":1667350653
    }
  ]
}

If there is no user associated with the provided DID, the API will return an error.