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WakaTime Users API

Authenticated user profile and public user lookups.

WakaTime Users API is one of 20 APIs that WakaTime publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Users. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, a changelog, a status page, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v1.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://wakatime.com/api/v1, https://api.wakatime.com/api/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://wakatime.com/api/v1/
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, HTTP Basic, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

WakaTime Users API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode and implicit flows, exposing 8 scopes. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (apiKey). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow.
  • apiKey — HTTP Basic with the WakaTime API key as the username. Alternatively, pass ?apikey=... as a query parameter.
  • bearerAuth — OAuth access token in the Authorization header as Bearer wakatok....

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Users 2

Authenticated user profile and public user lookups.

GET
/users/current
Get Current User
getCurrentUser → 200
GET
/users/{user}
Get User
getUser 1 param → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is User (27 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

User
object
The authenticated WakaTime user profile.
27 properties
PublicUser

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wakatime-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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