Vanilla Forums

Vanilla Forums Users API

The Users API from Vanilla Forums — 16 operation(s) for users.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 21

GET /users List users #
POST /users Add a user #
GET /users/by-names Search for users by full or partial name matching #
GET /users/leaders Get user's leaderboard #
GET /users/me Get information about the current user #
GET /users/me-counts Get information about menu counts for current user #
POST /users/register Submit a new user registration #
POST /users/request-password Create users request password #
DELETE /users/{id} Delete a user #
GET /users/{id} Get a user #
PATCH /users/{id} Update a user #
PUT /users/{id}/ban Ban a user #
POST /users/{id}/confirm-email Confirm a users current email address by using a confirmation code #
GET /users/{id}/edit Get a user for editing #
PATCH /users/{id}/follow Follow or unfollow a user #
GET /users/{id}/follow Get a user's following preferences #
PUT /users/{id}/hidden Adjust a user’s Online privacy #
DELETE /users/{id}/photo Delete a user photo #
POST /users/{id}/photo Create users by id photo #
PUT /users/{id}/rank Update the rank of a user #
GET /users/{id}/reacted Get a user's posts that have received a certain reaction #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/categories/97-api-and-webhooks

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vanilla-forums/refs/heads/main/openapi/vanilla-forums-users-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

vanilla-forums-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: API access to your community.
  title: Vanilla Users API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://open.vanillaforums.com/api/v2
tags:


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# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vanilla-forums/refs/heads/main/openapi/vanilla-forums-users-api-openapi.yml