Linkwarden Users API

The Users API from Linkwarden — 4 operation(s) for users.

Operations 7

GET /api/v1/users Get a list of users #
POST /api/v1/users Create a new user #
GET /api/v1/users/me Get the current authenticated user #
GET /api/v1/users/{id} Get a user by ID #
PUT /api/v1/users/{id} Update a user's account details #
DELETE /api/v1/users/{id} Delete a user account #
PUT /api/v1/users/{id}/preference Update user reading and theme preferences #

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OpenAPI Specification

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Linkwarden OpenAPI Documentation.
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Introduction Users API
  license:
    name: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
tags:
- name: Users
paths:
  /api/v1/users:
    get:
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      tags:
      - Users
      summary: Get a list of users
      description: Retrieves a list of users.
      operationId: getUsers
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved a list of users.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  response:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: integer
                        username:
                          type: string
                        email:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        emailVerified:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        subscriptions:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        createdAt:
                          type: string
                          format: date-time
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      tags:
      - Users
      summary: Create a new user
      description: Registers a new user.
      operationId: createUser
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: The user's name.
                  maxLength: 50
                password:
                  type: string
                  description: The user's password, must be at least 8 characters long.
                  minLength: 8
                  maxLength: 2048
                email:
                  type: string
                  format: email
                  description: The user's email address, optional based on environment variables.
                username:
                  type: string
                  description: The user's username, optional if email is provided.
                  pattern: ^[a-z0-9_-]{3,50}$
                  minLength: 3
                  maxLength: 50
                invite:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Optional flag for invitations.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully created the user.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  response:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: integer
                      name:
                        type: string
                      username:
                        type: string
                      email:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      emailVerified:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      unverifiedNewEmail:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      image:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      locale:
                        type: string
                      parentSubscriptionId:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      collectionOrder:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: integer
                      linksRouteTo:
                        type: string
                      preventDuplicateLinks:
                        type: boolean
                      archiveAsScreenshot:
                        type: boolean
                      archiveAsMonolith:
                        type: boolean
                      archiveAsPDF:
                        type: boolean
                      archiveAsWaybackMachine:
                        type: boolean
                      isPrivate:
                        type: boolean
                      referredBy:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      createdAt:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                      updatedAt:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /api/v1/users/me:
    get:
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      tags:
      - Users
      summary: Get the current authenticated user
      operationId: getCurrentUser
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Current user retrieved successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  response:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: integer
                      name:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      username:
                        type: string
                      email:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      image:
                        type: string
                      locale:
                        type: string
                      dashboardSections:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                      subscription:
                        type: object
                      parentSubscription:
                        type: object
                      hasUnIndexedLinks:
                        type: boolean
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /api/v1/users/{id}:
    get:
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      tags:
      - Users
      summary: Get a user by ID
      description: Returns the authenticated user's account data. Non-admin users may only request their own ID.
      operationId: getUser
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The ID of the user to retrieve.
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User retrieved successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  response:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: integer
                      name:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      username:
                        type: string
                      email:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      image:
                        type: string
                      locale:
                        type: string
                      dashboardSections:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                      subscription:
                        type: object
                      parentSubscription:
                        type: object
                      hasUnIndexedLinks:
                        type: boolean
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      tags:
      - Users
      summary: Update a user's account details
      description: Updates the details of an existing user account.
      operationId: updateUser
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The ID of the user to be updated.
        schema:
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 50
                  example: John Doe
                email:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  format: email
                  example: john.doe@example.com
                username:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 3
                  maxLength: 30
                  pattern: ^[a-z0-9_-]{3,30}$
                  example: user1
                image:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  example: path/to/image.jpg
                password:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  minLength: 8
                  maxLength: 2048
                newPassword:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  minLength: 8
                  maxLength: 2048
                oldPassword:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  minLength: 8
                  maxLength: 2048
                archiveAsScreenshot:
                  type:
                  - boolean
                  - 'null'
                archiveAsPDF:
                  type:
                  - boolean
                  - 'null'
                archiveAsMonolith:
                  type:
                  - boolean
                  - 'null'
                archiveAsWaybackMachine:
                  type:
                  - boolean
                  - 'null'
                locale:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  maxLength: 20
                isPrivate:
                  type:
                  - boolean
                  - 'null'
                preventDuplicateLinks:
                  type:
                  - boolean
                  - 'null'
                collectionOrder:
                  type:
                  - array
                  - 'null'
                  items:
                    type: integer
                linksRouteTo:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  enum:
                  - ORIGINAL
                  - CUSTOM
                whitelistedUsers:
                  type:
                  - array
                  - 'null'
                  items:
                    type: string
                    maxLength: 50
                referredBy:
                  type:
                  - string
                  - 'null'
                  maxLength: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully updated the user's account details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  response:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: integer
                        example: 1
                      name:
                        type: string
                        example: John Doe
                      username:
                        type: string
                        example: user1
                      email:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      emailVerified:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      image:
                        type: string
                        example: ''
                      locale:
                        type: string
                        example: en
                      collectionOrder:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: integer
                        example: []
                      linksRouteTo:
                        type: string
                        example: ORIGINAL
                      preventDuplicateLinks:
                        type: boolean
                        example: false
                      archiveAsScreenshot:
                        type: boolean
                        example: true
                      archiveAsMonolith:
                        type: boolean
                        example: true
                      archiveAsPDF:
                        type: boolean
                        example: true
                      archiveAsWaybackMachine:
                        type: boolean
                        example: false
                      isPrivate:
                        type: boolean
                        example: false
                      referredBy:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      createdAt:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                        example: '2024-12-01T22:04:16.492Z'
                      updatedAt:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                        example: '2024-12-01T22:14:05.742Z'
                      whitelistedUsers:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: string
                        example: []
                      subscription:
                        type: object
                        properties: {}
                      parentSubscription:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          user:
                            type: object
                            properties: {}
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    delete:
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      tags:
      - Users
      summary: Delete a user account
      description: Deletes a user account and all related data.
      operationId: deleteUser
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The ID of the user to be deleted.
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully deleted the user account and all related data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  response:
                    type: string
                    example: User account and all related data deleted successfully.
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /api/v1/users/{id}/preference:
    put:
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      tags:
      - Users
      summary: Update user reading and theme preferences
      operationId: updateUserPreference
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The ID of the user whose preferences should be updated.
        schema:
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                theme:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - dark
                  - light
                  - auto
                readableFontFamily:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 100
                readableFontSize:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 100
                readableLineHeight:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 100
                readableLineWidth:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User preferences updated successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  response:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: integer
                      theme:
                        type: string
                      readableFontFamily:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      readableFontSize:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      readableLineHeight:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      readableLineWidth:
                        type:
                        - string
                        - 'null'
                      dashboardSections:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                      subscription:
                        type: object
                      parentSubscription:
                        type: object
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        response:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT