.. _User Preferences API:

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User API User Preferences Resource
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With the User API **User Preferences** resource, you can complete the
following tasks.

* `Get and Update the User's Preferences Information`_
* `Get, Update, or Delete a Specific Preference`_

.. _Get and Update the User's Preferences Information:

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Get and Update the User's Preferences Information
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.. autoclass:: user_api.preferences.views.PreferencesView

**Example response showing the user's preference information**

.. code-block:: json

    HTTP 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Vary: Accept
    Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, PATCH

    {
      "pref-lang": "en", 
      "account_privacy": "private"    
    } 

.. _Get Update or Delete a Specific Preference:

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Get, Update, or Delete a Specific Preference
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.. autoclass:: user_api.preferences.views.PreferencesDetailView

**Example response to a request for the user's account_privacy setting**

.. code-block:: json

    HTTP 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json
    Vary: Accept
    Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, PATCH

    "private"

