Comments on: How to Expose User Information /2013/04/11/how-to-expose-user-information/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-expose-user-information Everything about API User Experience Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:18:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.6 By: mahemoff /2013/04/11/how-to-expose-user-information/#comment-73 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:18:42 +0000 /?p=275#comment-73 In reply to Bruno Pedro.

Agree, it’s a nice pattern and makes sense to use it most of the time. Not always though, e.g. you might have a client library that does something with $.get(“#{user.name}”).

]]> By: Bruno Pedro /2013/04/11/how-to-expose-user-information/#comment-62 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:45:58 +0000 /?p=275#comment-62 In reply to Michael Mahemoff.

I agree when you’re reading/writing information about a specific user other than the one authorized. When you’re trying to figure out the username of the authorized user I believe /users/me makes more sense.

]]> By: Michael Mahemoff /2013/04/11/how-to-expose-user-information/#comment-60 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:46:15 +0000 /?p=275#comment-60 /usernameis a nice endpoint too for social apps, ie establishing a separate namespace for users. (/username/posts etc.)

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