# Get User's public profile by username

## Get public profile

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://api.whisk.com/v2/profile/by-username/{username}`

Method provides all data on existing user's public profile by `username`

#### Path Parameters

| Name                                       | Type   | Description          |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------ | -------------------- |
| username<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Requested `username` |

#### Headers

| Name                                            | Type   | Description                                                                            |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Authorization<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | User Access token to authorize the API usage. For more information, see Authentication |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK Successful response" %}

```json
{
  "profile": {
    "id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "username": "string",
    "picture": {
      "url": "string",
      "width": 0,
      "height": 0,
      "selection": {
        "x": 0,
        "y": 0,
        "width": 0,
        "height": 0
      }
    }
  }
}s
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401: Unauthorized This failed response appears due to API authentication failure. The possible error codes that may appear are: auth.tokenNotFound, auth.tokenExpired, auth.tokenInvalid, auth.tokenRequired." %}

```json
{
  "code": "auth.tokenNotFound"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="500: Internal Server Error This failed response appears when something is not right on Whisk's end. Please send a message to <help@whisk.com>, and be sure to include both the Request and Response data. We’ll get back to you soon." %}

```
This is unexpected response, something is wrong on our side, please contact: help@whisk.com
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Sample request and response

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

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}