Fetch account

GET /accounts/{account_id}

Retrieves details for the given account.

Note that you cannot get another person's details, and so even if you created this person's account.

Parameters

  • account_id (string) - Id of the account

Page content

Minimal curl example

curl -ig 'https://api.mention.net/api/accounts/{account_id}' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
    -H 'Accept-Version: 1.19'

Request Example

  • Headers
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
Accept-Version: 1.19
  • Body

None

Response Example

  • Body
{
    "account": {
        "id": "630929_4wgkw0o0go4wco40wos4gww44tbrsluiajok04g4gsscw8wssk",
        "name": "John Smith",
        "email": "j.smith@nasa.com",
        "language_code": "en",
        "created_at": "2016-01-18T14:49:37.0+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2016-01-18T14:49:37.0+00:00", 
        "grouped_email_notification": false,
        "default_email_notification_frequency": "daily",
        "default_desktop_notification_frequency": "hourly",
        "default_push_notification_frequency": "hourly",
        "default_trending_email_notification_frequency": "occasionally",
        "default_trending_email_notification_frequency": "never",
        "permissions": {
            "create_alert": true,
            "read_teammembers": true,
            "read_teamrequests": true,
            "read_quotastats": true
        },
        "email_subscriptions": {
            "quota_exceeded": true
        } 
    },
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "\/api\/accounts\/630929_4wgkw0o0go4wco40wos4gww44tbrsluiajok04g4gsscw8wssk"
        }
    }
}

Id

id

An unguessable id that identifies the account across the whole API.

Grouped email notification

grouped_email_notification

Boolean value that indicates if the account prefers to have all notifications grouped in a single email for all alerts.

links

A json object in which the GET url that gives access to that account can be found.