### 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/).

# Overview

With the User Management API, you can:

- Create new Foursquare managed end users for your application
- Refresh an Foursquare managed end user's oauth token
- Comply with global data and privacy regulations with simplified deletion and export options for Foursquare managed end user data
- Check the status of your privacy requests (both deletion and exports)

### Foursquare Service Account Required

These endpoints require the use of a [Foursquare Service Account](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/docs/manage-your-service-account) that acts on behalf of your application. Please make sure you've created a Service Account and use the associated API Key when making calls to the following endpoints.

For more information, please read [Service Account Authentication](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/personalization-apis-authentication#service-api-keys).

# Endpoints

### **[Create Managed User](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/create-a-managed-user)**

Create a Foursquare managed user for your application.

### **[Refresh Managed User Token](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/refresh-managed-user-token)**

Refresh a Foursquare managed user's oauth token.

### **[Delete Managed User](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/delete-a-managed-user)**

Delete a Foursquare managed user from your application.

### **[Request Managed User Data Retrieval](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/request-data-retrieval)**

Request the retrieval of a Foursquare managed user's data for export.

### **[Check Privacy Request Status](https://docs.foursquare.com/developer/reference/check-privacy-request-status)**

Check the current status of either a Foursquare managed user's data export or deletion request.

Updated 5 months ago