# get\_\_settings\_user

`GET /settings/user`

*Get User Settings*

Retrieve the current user's settings. The user must be authenticated to access their settings.

#### TypeScript Client Library

```typescript
// Using the Flashback TypeScript client
import { FlashbackClient } from '@flashback/client';

const client = new FlashbackClient({ accessToken: 'your-access-token' });

// Get user settings
try {
  const result = await client.settings.user.get();
  console.log('User settings:', result);
} catch (error) {
  console.error('Failed to get user settings:', error);
}
```

#### Code Samples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}

```shell
# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP" %}

```http
GET https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:3000
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {access-token}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript" %}

```javascript
const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user',
{
  method: 'GET',
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user', headers = headers)

print(r.json())
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
URL obj = new URL("https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer {access-token}");

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```go
package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user", nil)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

> Example responses

> 200 Response

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "settings": {
    "theme": "dark",
    "notifications": {
      "email": true,
      "push": false
    },
    "timezone": "UTC",
    "language": "en"
  }
}
```

> 404 Response

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "message": "User not found"
}
```

> 500 Response

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Internal server error",
  "error": "Database connection failed"
}
```

#### Responses <a href="#get__settings_user-responses" id="get__settings_user-responses"></a>

| Status | Meaning                                                                    | Description                          | Schema |
| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------ |
| 200    | [OK](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.3.1)                    | User settings retrieved successfully | Inline |
| 404    | [Not Found](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.5.4)             | User not found                       | Inline |
| 500    | [Internal Server Error](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.6.1) | Internal server error                | Inline |

#### Response Schema <a href="#get__settings_user-responseschema" id="get__settings_user-responseschema"></a>

Status Code **200**

| Name       | Type    | Required | Restrictions | Description                                     |
| ---------- | ------- | -------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| » success  | boolean | true     | none         | Indicates if the request was successful         |
| » settings | object  | true     | none         | User settings object containing key-value pairs |

Status Code **404**

| Name      | Type    | Required | Restrictions | Description                        |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------- |
| » success | boolean | true     | none         | Always false for error responses   |
| » message | string  | true     | none         | Error message describing the issue |

Status Code **500**

| Name      | Type    | Required | Restrictions | Description                           |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------- |
| » success | boolean | true     | none         | Always false for error responses      |
| » message | string  | true     | none         | Error message describing the issue    |
| » error   | string  | false    | none         | Additional error details if available |

#### DTOs

**GetSettingsResponse**

```typescript
export interface GetSettingsResponse {
  success: boolean;
  // Using Record<string, any> for maximum flexibility - settings can contain any JSON-serializable data
  settings: Record<string, any>;
}
```

**SettingsErrorResponse**

```typescript
export interface SettingsErrorResponse {
  success: false;
  message: string;
  error?: string;
}
```


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