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Who Am I API

Introduced 2.0

Returns the identity information for the current user.

Endpoints

GET  /_plugins/_security/whoami
POST /_plugins/_security/whoami

Example request

GET _plugins/_security/whoami

Example response

{
  "dn": null,
  "is_admin": false,
  "is_node_certificate_request": false
}