### Public Beta Feature

This documentation covers a feature currently in Public Beta. Access is available to anyone interested in building personalized experiences for their end-users.

This feature is subject to the [Personalization API (Self-Service) Public Beta End user License Agreement](https://location.foursquare.com/legal/terms/personalization-apis-self-service-eula/).

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#### API Version

`200`

**Object**  
Successful response containing information about the current user.

#### Meta

**Object**  
Metadata object for successful response from the 'get self user' endpoint.

- **code** (integer) - Status code indicating the result of the API request.
- **requestId** (string) - Unique identifier for the API request.

#### Notifications

**Array of objects**  
Array of notification objects for the current user.

- **item** (object)  
  - **type** (string) - Type of notification for the current user.
  - **unreadCount** (integer) - Number of unread notifications.

#### Response

**Object**  
Response object containing retrieved data for the user's self profile.

- **user** (object)  
  - Includes user profile data.

#### Example cURL Request

```bash
curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.foursquare.com/v2/users/self \
     --header 'accept: application/json'
```

#### Example Response

```json
{
  "meta": {
    "code": 200,
    "requestId": "652465929317ed6e8eb7be9b"
  },
  "notifications": [
    {
      "type": "notificationTray",
      "item": {
        "unreadCount": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "unconfirmed",
      "item": {
        "unreadCount": 0
      }
    }
  ],
  "response": {
    "user": {
      "id": "123456",
      "firstName": "John",
      "lastName": "Smith",
      "handle": "johnsmith",
      "privateProfile": false,
      "gender": "male",
      "countryCode": "US",
      "photo": {
        "prefix": "https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/user/",
        "suffix": "/blank_boy.png"
      },
      "friends": {
        "count": 5,
        "groups": [
          {
            "type": "others",
            "name": "Other friends",
            "count": 5,
            "items": []
          }
        ]
      },
      "tips": {
        "count": 19
      },
      "photos": {
        "count": 14,
        "items": []
      },
      "checkins": {
        "count": 23,
        "items": []
      },
      "lists": {
        "count": 15,
        "groups": []
      },
      "createdAt": 1299013789
    }
  }
}
```