DEV Community profile images API
The profile images API from DEV Community — 2 operation(s) for profile images.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Forem API V1 agent_sessions profile images API
version: 1.0.0
description: "Access Forem articles, users and other resources via API.\n For a real-world example of Forem in action, check out [DEV](https://www.dev.to).\n All endpoints can be accessed with the 'api-key' header and a accept header, but\n some of them are accessible publicly without authentication.\n\n Dates and date times, unless otherwise specified, must be in\n the [RFC 3339](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) format."
servers:
- url: https://dev.to/api
description: Production server
security:
- api-key: []
tags:
- name: profile images
paths:
/api/profile_images/{username}:
get:
summary: A Users or organizations profile image
tags:
- profile images
description: "This endpoint allows the client to retrieve a user or organization profile image information by its\n corresponding username."
operationId: getProfileImage
parameters:
- name: username
in: path
required: true
description: The parameter is the username of the user or the username of the organization.
schema:
type: string
example: janedoe
responses:
'200':
description: An object containing profile image details
content:
application/json:
example:
type_of: profile_image
image_of: user
profile_image: /uploads/user/profile_image/4234/0984d355-dddc-4f79-9950-1702fa47ee3e.jpeg
profile_image_90: /uploads/user/profile_image/4234/0984d355-dddc-4f79-9950-1702fa47ee3e.jpeg
schema:
type: object
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProfileImage'
'404':
description: Resource Not Found
content:
application/json:
example:
error: not found
status: 404
/profile_images/{username}:
get:
summary: A Users or organizations profile image
tags:
- profile images
description: "This endpoint allows the client to retrieve a user or organization profile image information by its\n corresponding username."
operationId: getProfileImage
parameters:
- name: username
in: path
required: true
description: The parameter is the username of the user or the username of the organization.
schema:
type: string
example: janedoe
responses:
'200':
description: An object containing profile image details
content:
application/json:
example:
type_of: profile_image
image_of: user
profile_image: /uploads/user/profile_image/1419/f2b13e85-a3a0-49cf-9da0-7922248be024.jpeg
profile_image_90: /uploads/user/profile_image/1419/f2b13e85-a3a0-49cf-9da0-7922248be024.jpeg
schema:
type: object
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProfileImage'
'404':
description: Resource Not Found
content:
application/json:
example:
error: not found
status: 404
components:
schemas:
ProfileImage:
description: A profile image object
type: object
properties:
type_of:
description: Return profile_image
type: string
image_of:
description: Determines the type of the profile image owner (user or organization)
type: string
profile_image:
description: Profile image (640x640)
type: string
profile_image_90:
description: Profile image (90x90)
type: string
securitySchemes:
api-key:
type: apiKey
name: api-key
in: header
description: "API Key authentication.\n\nAuthentication for some endpoints, like write operations on the\nArticles API require a DEV API key.\n\nAll authenticated endpoints are CORS disabled, the API key is intended for non-browser scripts.\n\n### Getting an API key\n\nTo obtain one, please follow these steps:\n\n - visit https://dev.to/settings/extensions\n - in the \"DEV API Keys\" section create a new key by adding a\n description and clicking on \"Generate API Key\"\n\n \n\n - You'll see the newly generated key in the same view\n "