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Current user information

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GET
https://docs.example.com/api/fern-docs/whoami
GET
/api/fern-docs/whoami
$curl https://docs.example.com/api/fern-docs/whoami \
>     -H "FERN_TOKEN: <apiKey>"
1{
2  "fern_token": "string",
3  "user_info": {
4    "name": "string",
5    "email": "string",
6    "roles": [
7      "string"
8    ]
9  }
10}
Get authentication information for the current user, including their name, email, and roles.
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Authentication

FERN_TOKENstring
JWT token for this user.

Response

Successfully retrieved user information
fern_tokenstring
JWT token for the authenticated user
user_infoobject

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
500
Internal Server Error