User

A registered MyHeritage.com user as represented in the Family Graph API.

Users represent people who registered to MyHeritage.com. A user can be a member in several family sites. In each family site, a user can be associated to an Individual in a family tree who represents this person in the family tree. The API only returns information about users who are members of family sites that the current user is also a member of.

Fields

The User object contains the following fields:

Name	Description	Type	Access Mode
id	The user's id	id	read
name	The user's full name	string	read
email	The user's email address (returned only for applications that were granted the "email" scope)	string	read
first_name	The user's first name	string	read
last_name	The user's last name	string	read
nickname	The user's nickname	string	read, write
gender	The user's gender M - Male F - Female	string	read, write
preferred_display_language	The user's preferred display language (ISO-639-1 code)	string	read
preferred_email_language	The user's preferred language for emails (ISO-639-1 code)	string	read
link	Link to user on MyHeritage.com	string	read
birth_date	The user's birth date	EventDate object: gedcom, text, date, structured_date and class_name fields	read, write
address	The user's first address line. Available only for current user.	string	read, write
address2	The user's second address line. Available only for current user.	string	read
city	The user's city	string	read, write
country_code	The user's country code	string	read, write
country_code_by_ip	The user's country code based on their IP address	string	read
country	The user's country name	string	read
state_or_district	The user's state or district	string	read, write
state_or_district_by_ip	The user's state or district based on their IP address	string	read
zip_code	The user's zip or postal code	string	read, write
created_time	The date and time when the user was created on MyHeritage.com	string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)	read
last_visit_time	The date and time when the user last visited MyHeritage.com	string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)	read
is_public	Indicates whether the user's profile public and can be searched for	boolean	read
show_age	Indicates whether to show the user's age to strangers (people who are not members of family site this user is also a member of)	boolean	read
allow_posting_comments	Indicates whether other users can post comments to the user's profile	boolean	read
notify_on_comment	Indicates whether the user is notified on when a comment is posted to the user's profile	boolean	read
show_real_name	Indicates whether the user's real name or nickname is visible to strangers (people who are not members of family site this user is also a member of)	boolean	read, write
reports_full_name	User's full name displayed on health reports	array of strings	read, write
personal_photo	The personal photo (profile photo) of the user	Photo object: id and name fields	read, write
default_site	The family site the user visits by default	Site object: id and name fields	read
default_tree	The tree where this user is associated in the user's default family site	Tree object: id and name fields	read
default_individual	The individual associated with this user in the user's default family site	Individual object: id and name fields	read
phones	The user's phones info. Available only for current user.	Phones object: home_phone, work_phone, mobile_phone, home_fax, work_fax and class_name fields	read, write
age_group	The user's age_group. Possible values are 'A' (for adult) and 'C' (for child).	string	read
age_group_in_years	The user's age_group in years e.g. 30's, 60's etc.	string	read
new_notifications_count	The number of unseen user's notifications	int	read
colorization_count	Number of photos that are in process of colorization plus successfully colorized	int	read
color_restoration_count	Number of photos that are in process of color restoration plus successfully restored	int	read
enhancement_count	Number of photos that are in process of enhancement plus successfully enhanced	int	read
photo_with_portrait_animation_count	Number of photos that have at lest one triggered portrait animation for related portrait	int	read
class_name	The object class name	string	read

Connections

The User object contains the following connections:

Name	Description	Type	Access Mode
memberships	List of memberships of the user in family sites	array of Membership objects	read
picture	Picture (profile photo) of the user	array of Photo objects	read, write
devices	The user's devices	array of Device objects	read, write
dna_kits	The user's DNA kits	array of DnaKit objects	read, write
notifications_history	The user's notifications history	array of NotificationHistory objects	read, write

Example

https://familygraph.myheritage.com/user-10 (open in browser)

{
	"id": "user-10",
	"name": "Developer MyHeritage",
	"first_name": "Developer",
	"last_name": "MyHeritage",
	"nickname": "dev",
	"gender": "M",
	"preferred_display_language": "EN",
	"preferred_email_language": "EN",
	"link": "https:\/\/www.myheritage.com\/member-10_1\/developer-myheritage",
	"birth_date": {
		"text": "July 28 1975",
		"date": "1975-07-28",
		"structured_date": {
			"first_date": {
				"day": 28,
				"month": 7,
				"year": 1975,
				"type": "exact",
				"class_name": "SingleDate"
			},
			"type": "exact",
			"class_name": "StructuredDate"
		},
		"class_name": "EventDate"
	},
	"age": {
		"text": 45,
		"class_name": "DateDifference"
	},
	"address": "Tilling Road",
	"city": "London",
	"country_code": "GB",
	"country_code_by_ip": "US",
	"country": "United Kingdom",
	"state_or_district_by_ip": "VA",
	"zip_code": "NW2 1LJ",
	"created_time": "2006-06-26T16:40:50+0000",
	"last_visit_time": "2019-12-04T14:43:59+0000",
	"is_public": true,
	"show_age": true,
	"allow_posting_comments": false,
	"notify_on_comment": false,
	"show_real_name": true,
	"reports_full_name": [
		"",
		""
	],
	"personal_photo": {
		"id": "photo-0-3-12181762"
	},
	"default_site": {
		"id": "site-144530322",
		"name": "Demo Family Site"
	},
	"default_tree": {
		"id": "tree-144530322-1",
		"name": "jfk"
	},
	"default_individual": {
		"id": "individual-144530322-1000028",
		"name": "Joseph Patrick Kennedy II"
	},
	"age_group": "A",
	"age_group_in_years": "40's",
	"suggestions": {
		"id": "suggestions-10"
	},
	"new_notifications_count": 0,
	"colorization_count": 0,
	"color_restoration_count": 0,
	"enhancement_count": 0,
	"photo_with_portrait_animation_count": 0,
	"preferences": {
		"id": "userpreferences-10"
	},
	"class_name": "User"
}