»Account API

Account represents the current user interacting with Terraform. It returns the same type of object as the Users API, but also includes an email address, which is hidden when viewing info about other users.

Get your account details

GET /account/details

Status	Response	Reason
200	JSON API document (`type: "users"`)	The request was successful

Sample Request

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request GET \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/account/details

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN",
    "type": "users",
    "attributes": {
      "username": "admin",
      "is-service-account": false,
      "avatar-url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9babb00091b97b9ce9538c45807fd35f?s=100&d=mm",
      "v2-only": false,
      "is-site-admin": true,
      "is-sso-login": false,
      "email": "admin@hashicorp.com",
      "unconfirmed-email": null,
      "permissions": {
        "can-create-organizations": true,
        "can-change-email": true,
        "can-change-username": true
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "authentication-tokens": {
        "links": {
          "related": "/api/v2/users/user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN/authentication-tokens"
        }
      }
    },
    "links": {
      "self": "/api/v2/users/user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN"
    }
  }
}

Update your account info

Your username and email address can be updated with this endpoint.

PATCH /account/update

Status	Response	Reason
200	JSON API document (`type: "users"`)	Your info was successfully updated
401	JSON API error object	Unauthorized
422	JSON API error object	Malformed request body (missing attributes, wrong types, etc.)

Request Body

This PATCH endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.

Key path	Type	Description
`data.type`	string	Must be `"users"`
`data.attributes.username`	string	New username
`data.attributes.email`	string	New email address (must be confirmed afterwards to take effect)

Sample Payload

{
  "data": {
    "type": "users",
    "attributes": {
      "email": "admin@example.com",
      "username": "admin"
    }
  }
}

Sample Request

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request PATCH \
  --data @payload.json \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/account/update

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN",
    "type": "users",
    "attributes": {
      "username": "admin",
      "is-service-account": false,
      "avatar-url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9babb00091b97b9ce9538c45807fd35f?s=100&d=mm",
      "v2-only": false,
      "is-site-admin": true,
      "is-sso-login": false,
      "email": "admin@hashicorp.com",
      "unconfirmed-email": null,
      "permissions": {
        "can-create-organizations": true,
        "can-change-email": true,
        "can-change-username": true
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "authentication-tokens": {
        "links": {
          "related": "/api/v2/users/user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN/authentication-tokens"
        }
      }
    },
    "links": {
      "self": "/api/v2/users/user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN"
    }
  }
}

Change your password

PATCH /account/password

Status	Response	Reason
200	JSON API document (`type: "users"`)	Your password was successfully changed
401	JSON API error object	Unauthorized
422	JSON API error object	Malformed request body (missing attributes, wrong types, etc.)

Request Body

This PATCH endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.

Key path	Type	Description
`data.type`	string	Must be `"users"`
`data.attributes.current_password`	string	Current password
`data.attributes.password`	string	New password
`data.attributes.password_confirmation`	string	New password (confirmation)

Sample Payload

{
  "data": {
    "type": "users",
    "attributes": {
      "current_password": "current password e.g. 2:C)e'G4{D\n06:[d1~y",
      "password": "new password e.g. 34rk492+jgLL0@xhfyisj",
      "password_confirmation": "new password e.g. 34rk492+jLL0@xhfyisj"
    }
  }
}

Sample Request

curl \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
  --request PATCH \
  --data @payload.json \
  https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/account/password

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": "user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN",
    "type": "users",
    "attributes": {
      "username": "admin",
      "is-service-account": false,
      "avatar-url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9babb00091b97b9ce9538c45807fd35f?s=100&d=mm",
      "v2-only": false,
      "is-site-admin": true,
      "is-sso-login": false,
      "email": "admin@hashicorp.com",
      "unconfirmed-email": null,
      "permissions": {
        "can-create-organizations": true,
        "can-change-email": true,
        "can-change-username": true
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "authentication-tokens": {
        "links": {
          "related": "/api/v2/users/user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN/authentication-tokens"
        }
      }
    },
    "links": {
      "self": "/api/v2/users/user-V3R563qtJNcExAkN"
    }
  }
}