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Web API •References / Users / Get User's Profile

Get User's Profile

Get public profile information about a Spotify user.

Request

Response

A user

  • display_name
    string
    Nullable

    The name displayed on the user's profile. null if not available.

  • Known public external URLs for this user.

  • Information about the followers of this user.

    • href
      string
      Nullable

      This will always be set to null, as the Web API does not support it at the moment.

    • total
      integer

      The total number of followers.

  • href
    string

    A link to the Web API endpoint for this user.

  • id
    string

    The Spotify user ID for this user.

  • The user's profile image.

    • url
      string
      Required

      The source URL of the image.

      Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
    • height
      integer
      Required
      Nullable

      The image height in pixels.

      Example: 300
    • width
      integer
      Required
      Nullable

      The image width in pixels.

      Example: 300
  • type
    string

    The object type.

    Allowed values: "user"
  • uri
    string

    The Spotify URI for this user.

endpointhttps://api.spotify.com/v1/users/{user_id}user_id

Response sample

{  "display_name": "string",  "external_urls": {    "spotify": "string"  },  "followers": {    "href": "string",    "total": 0  },  "href": "string",  "id": "string",  "images": [    {      "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",      "height": 300,      "width": 300    }  ],  "type": "user",  "uri": "string"}