User Settings Resources

You can find a list of all available user settings here.

Get the List of Settings

Request as admin user

GET /users/:id/settings

or for requesting the settings of the current session user

GET /users/me/settings

Get a list of all available user settings and their current state.

{
  "communication_channels": {
    "email": {
        "email_behavior": "auto",
        "hint_email_enabled": true,
        "notifications": {
            "new_comment_to_your_question": "on",
            "new_question_random_user": "on",
            ...
        },
        "reminder_download_mobile_app_email_enabled": "false"
    },
    "skype": {
        "behavior": "auto",
        "notifications": {
            "new_comment_to_your_question": "on",
            "new_question_random_user": "on",
            ...
        }
    }
  },
  "languages": {
    "content_languages": ["en", "it", "es", "de", "fr"],
    "has_all_languages": true,
    "interface_language": "en"
  }
}

Modify user settings

As admin user

PUT /users/:id/settings

or for changing the settings of the current session user

PUT /users/me/settings

{
  "communication_channels": {
    "email": {
        "email_behavior": "auto",
        "hint_email_enabled": true,
        "notifications": {
            "new_comment_to_your_question": "on",
            "new_question_random_user": "on",
            ...
        },
        "reminder_download_mobile_app_email_enabled": "true"
    }
  }
}

Put a JSON with the modified setting. The settings and data types can be checked here.

Response

The response will be all available settings including the modified values.

{
  "communication_channels": {
    "email": {
        "email_behavior": "auto",
        "hint_email_enabled": true,
        "notifications": {
            "new_comment_to_your_question": "on",
            "new_question_random_user": "on",
            ...
        },
        "reminder_download_mobile_app_email_enabled": "true"
    },
    "skype": {
        "behavior": "auto",
        "notifications": {
            "new_comment_to_your_question": "on",
            "new_question_random_user": "on",
            ...
        }
    }
  },
  "languages": {
    "content_languages": ["en", "it", "es", "de", "fr"],
    "has_all_languages": true,
    "interface_language": "en"
  }
}