GraphQL Cookbook
Getting a logged user

5min
Getting a logged user through the Parse GraphQL API
Problem
You want to get a logged user’s data from your backend through the Parse GraphQL API.
Solution
Using the Parse GraphQL API, you can get a logged user’s data just by sending the user’s sessionToken through the X-Parse-Session-Token header (as described in the authenticating a user recipe) and calling the me query.
Version Information
Depending on the version of Parse you choose to run, the GraphQL queries, mutations and results will be slightly different.
Please choose the correct example along with the Parse version you are running.
Parse Server 4.4.0 and later
Request
Response
//The headers for this query are X-Parse-Application-Id, X-Parse-Client-Key and X-Parse-Session-Token
 query GetCurrentUser {
   viewer {
     sessionToken
     user {
       id
       objectId
     }
   }
 }
//The headers for this query are X-Parse-Application-Id, X-Parse-Client-Key and X-Parse-Session-Token
 query GetCurrentUser {
   viewer {
     sessionToken
     user {
       id
       objectId
     }
   }
 }
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Request
Response
 query Me {
   viewer {
     user{
       id
       createdAt
       updatedAt
       username
     }
     sessionToken
  }
}
 query Me {
   viewer {
     user{
       id
       createdAt
       updatedAt
       username
     }
     sessionToken
  }
}
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Request
Response
 query Me {
   users {
     results{
       id,
       createdAt,
       updatedAt,
       username
     }
   }
}
 query Me {
   users {
     results{
       id,
       createdAt,
       updatedAt,
       username
     }
   }
}
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Request
Response
 query Me{
   viewer {
     sessionToken
     username
   }
 }
 query Me{
   viewer {
     sessionToken
     username
   }
 }
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Request
Response
 query Me {
   users {
     me {
       objectId,
       createdAt,
       updatedAt,
       username,
       sessionToken
     }
  }
}
 query Me {
   users {
     me {
       objectId,
       createdAt,
       updatedAt,
       username,
       sessionToken
     }
  }
}
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Updated 08 Mar 2024
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