View the current admin
OAuth only
This feature is only available when using OAuth. This requires the "Read admins" permission.
You can view the name, email and app ID of the current authorised admin via a GET request to https://api.intercom.io/me.
Response
This will return an Admin object, with an embedded app object (a workspace in legacy terminology).
App Object (a workspace)
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | string | value is 'admin' |
| id | string | The id of the admin |
| name | string | The name of the admin |
| string | The email address of the admin | |
| email_verified | boolean | This field will indicate whether the Intercom user has verified their email or not |
| app.type | string | value is 'app' |
| app.id_code | string | The id of the app |
| app.name | string | The name of the app |
| app.region | string | The Intercom region the app is located in |
| app.created_at | timestamp | When the app was created |
| app.identity_verification | boolean | Whether or not the app uses identity verification |
🚧 Single Sign On
If you are building a custom "Log in with Intercom" flow for your site, and you call the /me endpoint to identify the user logging, in you should not accept any sign ins from users with unverified email addresses as it poses a potential impersonation security risk.