Trakt Users API

Profiles, settings, follows, friends, social activity, comments, watching.

Operations 11

GET /users/settings Retrieve Settings #
GET /users/{id} Get User Profile #
GET /users/{id}/stats Get Stats #
GET /users/{id}/watching Get Watching #
GET /users/{id}/followers Get Followers #
GET /users/{id}/following Get Following #
GET /users/{id}/friends Get Friends #
POST /users/{id}/follow Follow This User #
DELETE /users/{id}/follow Unfollow This User #
GET /users/{id}/lists Get A User's Custom Lists #
POST /users/{id}/lists Create A Custom List #

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OpenAPI Specification

trakt-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Trakt Users API
  description: 'The Trakt API is a RESTful API for integrating TV show and movie tracking

    features into applications.'
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Trakt API Support
    url: https://forums.trakt.tv
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
servers:
- url: https://api.trakt.tv
  description: Production
- url: https://api-staging.trakt.tv
  description: Staging
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Users
  description: Profiles, settings, follows, friends, social activity, comments, watching.
paths:
  /users/settings:
    get:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: getUserSettings
      summary: Retrieve Settings
      description: Get the user's settings (account, profile, sharing, limits, permissions, browsing).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User settings.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserSettings'
  /users/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: getUserProfile
      summary: Get User Profile
      description: Get a user's profile information.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Extended'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User profile.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserProfile'
  /users/{id}/stats:
    get:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: getUserStats
      summary: Get Stats
      description: Returns stats about the movies, shows, and episodes a user has watched, collected, and rated.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User stats.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserStats'
  /users/{id}/watching:
    get:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: getUserWatching
      summary: Get Watching
      description: Returns a movie or episode if the user is currently watching something.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User watching.
        '204':
          description: User is not watching anything.
  /users/{id}/followers:
    get:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: getUserFollowers
      summary: Get Followers
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Followers list.
  /users/{id}/following:
    get:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: getUserFollowing
      summary: Get Following
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Following list.
  /users/{id}/friends:
    get:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: getUserFriends
      summary: Get Friends
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Friends list.
  /users/{id}/follow:
    post:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: followUser
      summary: Follow This User
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Follow created.
    delete:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: unfollowUser
      summary: Unfollow This User
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Unfollowed.
  /users/{id}/lists:
    get:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: getUserLists
      summary: Get A User's Custom Lists
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User lists.
    post:
      tags:
      - Users
      operationId: createUserList
      summary: Create A Custom List
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserSlug'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: List created.
components:
  parameters:
    UserSlug:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: User slug or 'me' for the authenticated user.
    Extended:
      name: extended
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - full
        - metadata
        - noseasons
        - images
        - episodes
        - guest_stars
        - vip
      description: Request extra fields in the response.
  schemas:
    UserSettings:
      type: object
      properties:
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserProfile'
        account:
          type: object
          properties:
            timezone:
              type: string
            date_format:
              type: string
            time_24hr:
              type: boolean
            cover_image:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
              format: uri
            token:
              type: string
        sharing_text:
          type: object
        limits:
          type: object
        permissions:
          type: object
    UserProfile:
      type: object
      properties:
        username:
          type: string
        private:
          type: boolean
        deleted:
          type: boolean
        name:
          type: string
        vip:
          type: boolean
        vip_ep:
          type: boolean
        ids:
          type: object
          properties:
            slug:
              type: string
            uuid:
              type: string
    UserStats:
      type: object
      properties:
        movies:
          type: object
        shows:
          type: object
        seasons:
          type: object
        episodes:
          type: object
        network:
          type: object
        ratings:
          type: object
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: OAuth 2.0 access token from /oauth/token or /oauth/device/token. Send via Authorization header and required headers trakt-api-version (2) and trakt-api-key (client_id).