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title: Getting a logged user
slug: docs/parse-graphql/graphql-get-current-user
description: This is a recipe for getting a logged user's data in Parse Server backend through the GraphQL API.
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createdAt: 2024-02-27T13:09:10.249Z
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# 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](https://www.back4app.com/docs/parse-graphql/graphql-user-authentication) 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
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Request
```graphql
//The headers for this query are X-Parse-Application-Id, X-Parse-Client-Key and X-Parse-Session-Token
1 query GetCurrentUser {
2 viewer {
3 sessionToken
4 user {
5 id
6 objectId
7 }
8 }
9 }
```
Response
```graphql
1 {
2 "data": {
3 "viewer": {
4 "sessionToken": "r:07dbfe8425d47d57c973bddce0df2ec9",
5 "user": {
6 "id": "X1VzZXI6OXZjM05sallIUA==",
7 "objectId": "9vc3NljYHP"
8 }
9 }
10 }
11 }
```
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**Parse Server 3.10.0 and 4.2.0**
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Request
```graphql
1 query Me {
2 viewer {
3 user{
4 id
5 createdAt
6 updatedAt
7 username
8 }
9 sessionToken
10 }
11 }
```
Response
```graphql
1 {
2 "data": {
3 "viewer": {
4 "user": {
5 "id": "X1VzZXI6UHNOUkJ3Y1YyRQ==",
6 "createdAt": "2020-02-06T13:38:04.517Z",
7 "updatedAt": "2020-02-06T13:38:04.517Z",
8 "username": "somefolk"
9 },
10 "sessionToken": "r:00afa413b9cadd1007ad9ccd3c00f1c9"
11 }
12 }
13 }
```
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**Parse Server 3.9.0**
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Request
```graphql
1 query Me {
2 users {
3 results{
4 id,
5 createdAt,
6 updatedAt,
7 username
8 }
9 }
10 }
```
Response
```graphql
1 {
2 "data": {
3 "users": {
4 "me": {
5 "objectId": "NyU1lNlhPd",
6 "createdAt": "2019-07-29T09:09:58.222Z",
7 "updatedAt": "2019-07-29T09:09:58.222Z",
8 "username": "somefolk"
9 }
10 }
11 }
12 }
```
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**Parse Server 3.8.0**
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Request
```graphql
1 query Me{
2 viewer {
3 sessionToken
4 username
5 }
6 }
```
Response
```graphql
1 {
2 "data": {
3 "viewer": {
4 "sessionToken": "r:5c5024921339edf773b5b3e867d708be",
5 "username": "somefolk"
6 }
7 }
8 }
```
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**Parse Server 3.7.2**
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Request
```graphql
1 query Me {
2 users {
3 me {
4 objectId,
5 createdAt,
6 updatedAt,
7 username,
8 sessionToken
9 }
10 }
11 }
```
Response
```graphql
1 {
2 "data": {
3 "users": {
4 "me": {
5 "objectId": "NyU1lNlhPd",
6 "createdAt": "2019-07-29T09:09:58.222Z",
7 "updatedAt": "2019-07-29T09:09:58.222Z",
8 "username": "somefolk",
9 "sessionToken": "r:cbca71d29d7601761b48ed01bbe9638d"
10 }
11 }
12 }
13 }
```
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