---
title: "Get user account"
method: GET
path: "/user_account"
tags: ["user_account"]
---

# Get user account

`GET /user_account`

Get account information for the "operation user_account"
- By default, the "operation user_account" is the token user_account.

[Understanding Business Access]: https://developers.pinterest.com/docs/getting-started/using-business-access/ "Understanding Business Access"
If using Business Access: Specify an ad_account_id to use the owner of that ad_account as the "operation user_account". See [Understanding Business Access] for more information.

## Query parameters

- `ad_account_id` string

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- Account — User account model containing properties related to a user's account.
  - `about` string — Profile about description.
  - `account_type` 'PINNER' | 'BUSINESS'
  - `board_count` integer, nullable — User account board count. **Note**: Board count on user account level may differ from counts found elsewhere due to attribution of collaborative Boards.
  - `business_name` string, nullable
  - `follower_count` integer, nullable — User account follower count.
  - `following_count` integer, nullable — User account following count.
  - `id` string — User account ID.
  - `monthly_views` integer, nullable — User account monthly views.
  - `pin_count` integer, nullable — User account pin count. This includes both created and saved pins.
  - `profile_image` string
  - `username` string
  - `website_url` string

## Other responses

- `400` — The request could not be understood by the server due to unexpected data.
- `401` — Authentication is required and has either failed or not been provided.
- `403` — The request was valid, but the server is refusing action. The user might not have the necessary permissions for a resource.
- `404` — The requested resource could not be found on this server.
- `429` — The user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time and is being rate limited.
- `default` — An unexpected error response.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/pinterest/apis/pinterest-rest-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/pinterest/apis/pinterest-rest-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/pinterest/pinterest-rest-api/revisions/b698c180678a/schema)