cURL
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.onesignal.com/apps/{app_id}/users/by/{alias_label}/{alias_id}/identity \
--header 'Authorization: <authorization>'import Onesignal from '@onesignal/node-onesignal';
const configuration = Onesignal.createConfiguration({
restApiKey: 'YOUR_REST_API_KEY',
});
const apiInstance = new Onesignal.DefaultApi(configuration);
// string
const appId: string = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
// string
const aliasLabel: string = "external_id";
// string
const aliasId: string = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID";
try {
const response = await apiInstance.getAliases(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
console.log(response);
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof Onesignal.ApiException) {
// `e.errorMessages` flattens any error-envelope shape to a `string[]`;
// the raw parsed body remains on `e.body`.
console.error("getAliases failed: HTTP " + e.code, e.errorMessages);
} else {
throw e;
}
}import onesignal
from onesignal.api import default_api
from onesignal.models import *
from pprint import pprint
# See configuration.py for a list of all supported configuration parameters.
# Some of the OneSignal endpoints require ORGANIZATION_API_KEY token for authorization, while others require REST_API_KEY.
# We recommend adding both of them in the configuration page so that you will not need to figure it out yourself.
configuration = onesignal.Configuration(
rest_api_key = "YOUR_REST_API_KEY", # App REST API key required for most endpoints
organization_api_key = "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_API_KEY" # Organization key is only required for creating new apps and other top-level endpoints
)
# Enter a context with an instance of the API client
with onesignal.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
# Create an instance of the API class
api_instance = default_api.DefaultApi(api_client)
app_id = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
alias_label = "external_id"
alias_id = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"
try:
api_response = api_instance.get_aliases(app_id, alias_label, alias_id)
pprint(api_response)
except onesignal.ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling DefaultApi->get_aliases: %s\n" % e)
print("Status Code: %s" % e.status)
print("Response Body: %s" % e.body)<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
// Configure Bearer authorization: rest_api_key
$config = onesignal\client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()
->setRestApiKeyToken('YOUR_REST_API_KEY')
->setOrganizationApiKeyToken('YOUR_ORGANIZATION_API_KEY');
$apiInstance = new onesignal\client\Api\DefaultApi(
// If you want use custom http client, pass your client which implements `GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface`.
// This is optional, `GuzzleHttp\Client` will be used as default.
new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
$config
);
$app_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'; // string
$alias_label = 'external_id'; // string
$alias_id = 'YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID'; // string
try {
$result = $apiInstance->getAliases($app_id, $alias_label, $alias_id);
print_r($result);
} catch (\onesignal\client\ApiException $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling DefaultApi->getAliases: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
echo 'Status Code: ', $e->getCode(), PHP_EOL;
// getErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a string[];
// the raw body remains on getResponseBody().
echo 'Error Messages: ', implode(', ', $e->getErrorMessages()), PHP_EOL;
echo 'Response Body: ', $e->getResponseBody(), PHP_EOL;
} catch (\Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling DefaultApi->getAliases: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"os"
"github.com/OneSignal/onesignal-go-api/v5"
)
func main() {
appId := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" // string |
aliasLabel := "external_id" // string |
aliasId := "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID" // string |
configuration := onesignal.NewConfiguration()
apiClient := onesignal.NewAPIClient(configuration)
restAuth := context.WithValue(context.Background(), onesignal.RestApiKey, "YOUR_REST_API_KEY") // App REST API key required for most endpoints
resp, r, err := apiClient.DefaultApi.GetAliases(restAuth, appId, aliasLabel, aliasId).Execute()
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `DefaultApi.GetAliases``: %v\n", err)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
if apiErr, ok := err.(*onesignal.GenericOpenAPIError); ok {
// ErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a []string;
// the raw body remains on Body().
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error Messages: %v\n", apiErr.ErrorMessages())
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Response Body: %s\n", apiErr.Body())
}
}
// response from `GetAliases`: UserIdentityBody
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `DefaultApi.GetAliases`: %v\n", resp)
}require 'onesignal'
# setup authorization
OneSignal.configure do |config|
# Configure Bearer authorization: rest_api_key
config.rest_api_key = 'YOUR_REST_API_KEY'
end
api_instance = OneSignal::DefaultApi.new
app_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' # String |
alias_label = 'external_id' # String |
alias_id = 'YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID' # String |
begin
result = api_instance.get_aliases(app_id, alias_label, alias_id)
p result
rescue OneSignal::ApiError => e
puts "Error when calling DefaultApi->get_aliases: #{e}"
puts "Status Code: #{e.code}"
# `e.error_messages` flattens any error-envelope shape to an Array<String>;
# the raw body remains on `e.response_body`.
puts "Error Messages: #{e.error_messages}"
puts "Response Body: #{e.response_body}"
end// Import classes:
import com.onesignal.client.ApiClient;
import com.onesignal.client.ApiException;
import com.onesignal.client.Configuration;
import com.onesignal.client.auth.*;
import com.onesignal.client.model.*;
import com.onesignal.client.api.DefaultApi;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
defaultClient.setBasePath("https://api.onesignal.com");
// Configure HTTP bearer authorization: rest_api_key
HttpBearerAuth rest_api_key = (HttpBearerAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("rest_api_key");
rest_api_key.setBearerToken("YOUR_REST_API_KEY");
DefaultApi apiInstance = new DefaultApi(defaultClient);
String appId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"; // String |
String aliasLabel = "external_id"; // String |
String aliasId = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"; // String |
try {
UserIdentityBody result = apiInstance.getAliases(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
System.out.println(result);
} catch (ApiException e) {
System.err.println("Exception when calling DefaultApi#getAliases");
System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
// getErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a List<String>;
// the raw body remains on getResponseBody().
System.err.println("Error messages: " + e.getErrorMessages());
System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using OneSignalApi.Api;
using OneSignalApi.Client;
using OneSignalApi.Model;
namespace Example
{
public class GetAliasesExample
{
public static void Main()
{
Configuration config = new Configuration();
config.BasePath = "https://api.onesignal.com";
// Configure Bearer token for authorization: rest_api_key
config.AccessToken = "YOUR_REST_API_KEY";
var apiInstance = new DefaultApi(config);
var appId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"; // string |
var aliasLabel = "external_id"; // string |
var aliasId = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"; // string |
try
{
UserIdentityBody result = apiInstance.GetAliases(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (ApiException e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling DefaultApi.GetAliases: " + e.Message );
Debug.Print("Status Code: "+ e.ErrorCode);
// e.ErrorMessages flattens any error-envelope shape to an IReadOnlyList<string>;
// the raw body remains on e.ErrorContent.
Debug.Print("Error Messages: " + string.Join(", ", e.ErrorMessages));
Debug.Print("Response Body: " + e.ErrorContent);
Debug.Print(e.StackTrace);
}
}
}
}use onesignal_rust_api::apis::configuration::Configuration;
use onesignal_rust_api::apis::default_api;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
let mut configuration = Configuration::new();
configuration.rest_api_key_token = Some("YOUR_REST_API_KEY".to_string());
// Realistic values are pulled from the spec's `example:` fields where present.
let app_id: &str = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
let alias_label: &str = "external_id";
let alias_id: &str = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID";
match default_api::get_aliases(&configuration, app_id, alias_label, alias_id).await {
Ok(resp) => println!("{:?}", resp),
Err(e @ onesignal_rust_api::apis::Error::ResponseError(_)) => {
// `e.error_messages()` flattens any error-envelope shape to a Vec<String>;
// the raw response remains on the ResponseError variant.
eprintln!("get_aliases failed: {:?}", e.error_messages());
}
Err(e) => eprintln!("get_aliases failed: {:?}", e),
}
}{
"identity": {
"onesignal_id": "OneSignal-ID-in-UUID-v4-format",
"external_id": "the-users-external-id"
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "internal error code",
"title": "example error title"
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "internal error code",
"title": "example error title"
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "Rate Limit Exceeded",
"title": "API rate limit exceeded"
}
]
}{
"errors": [
"Service temporarily unavailable"
]
}View user identity
Retrieve all aliases associated with a user using a known alias, such as an external_id, onesignal_id, or a custom alias. This API helps you map back to a user’s full identity from any one piece of identifying information.
GET
/
apps
/
{app_id}
/
users
/
by
/
{alias_label}
/
{alias_id}
/
identity
cURL
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.onesignal.com/apps/{app_id}/users/by/{alias_label}/{alias_id}/identity \
--header 'Authorization: <authorization>'import Onesignal from '@onesignal/node-onesignal';
const configuration = Onesignal.createConfiguration({
restApiKey: 'YOUR_REST_API_KEY',
});
const apiInstance = new Onesignal.DefaultApi(configuration);
// string
const appId: string = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
// string
const aliasLabel: string = "external_id";
// string
const aliasId: string = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID";
try {
const response = await apiInstance.getAliases(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
console.log(response);
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof Onesignal.ApiException) {
// `e.errorMessages` flattens any error-envelope shape to a `string[]`;
// the raw parsed body remains on `e.body`.
console.error("getAliases failed: HTTP " + e.code, e.errorMessages);
} else {
throw e;
}
}import onesignal
from onesignal.api import default_api
from onesignal.models import *
from pprint import pprint
# See configuration.py for a list of all supported configuration parameters.
# Some of the OneSignal endpoints require ORGANIZATION_API_KEY token for authorization, while others require REST_API_KEY.
# We recommend adding both of them in the configuration page so that you will not need to figure it out yourself.
configuration = onesignal.Configuration(
rest_api_key = "YOUR_REST_API_KEY", # App REST API key required for most endpoints
organization_api_key = "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_API_KEY" # Organization key is only required for creating new apps and other top-level endpoints
)
# Enter a context with an instance of the API client
with onesignal.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
# Create an instance of the API class
api_instance = default_api.DefaultApi(api_client)
app_id = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
alias_label = "external_id"
alias_id = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"
try:
api_response = api_instance.get_aliases(app_id, alias_label, alias_id)
pprint(api_response)
except onesignal.ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling DefaultApi->get_aliases: %s\n" % e)
print("Status Code: %s" % e.status)
print("Response Body: %s" % e.body)<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
// Configure Bearer authorization: rest_api_key
$config = onesignal\client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()
->setRestApiKeyToken('YOUR_REST_API_KEY')
->setOrganizationApiKeyToken('YOUR_ORGANIZATION_API_KEY');
$apiInstance = new onesignal\client\Api\DefaultApi(
// If you want use custom http client, pass your client which implements `GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface`.
// This is optional, `GuzzleHttp\Client` will be used as default.
new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
$config
);
$app_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'; // string
$alias_label = 'external_id'; // string
$alias_id = 'YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID'; // string
try {
$result = $apiInstance->getAliases($app_id, $alias_label, $alias_id);
print_r($result);
} catch (\onesignal\client\ApiException $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling DefaultApi->getAliases: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
echo 'Status Code: ', $e->getCode(), PHP_EOL;
// getErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a string[];
// the raw body remains on getResponseBody().
echo 'Error Messages: ', implode(', ', $e->getErrorMessages()), PHP_EOL;
echo 'Response Body: ', $e->getResponseBody(), PHP_EOL;
} catch (\Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling DefaultApi->getAliases: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"os"
"github.com/OneSignal/onesignal-go-api/v5"
)
func main() {
appId := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" // string |
aliasLabel := "external_id" // string |
aliasId := "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID" // string |
configuration := onesignal.NewConfiguration()
apiClient := onesignal.NewAPIClient(configuration)
restAuth := context.WithValue(context.Background(), onesignal.RestApiKey, "YOUR_REST_API_KEY") // App REST API key required for most endpoints
resp, r, err := apiClient.DefaultApi.GetAliases(restAuth, appId, aliasLabel, aliasId).Execute()
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `DefaultApi.GetAliases``: %v\n", err)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
if apiErr, ok := err.(*onesignal.GenericOpenAPIError); ok {
// ErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a []string;
// the raw body remains on Body().
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error Messages: %v\n", apiErr.ErrorMessages())
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Response Body: %s\n", apiErr.Body())
}
}
// response from `GetAliases`: UserIdentityBody
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `DefaultApi.GetAliases`: %v\n", resp)
}require 'onesignal'
# setup authorization
OneSignal.configure do |config|
# Configure Bearer authorization: rest_api_key
config.rest_api_key = 'YOUR_REST_API_KEY'
end
api_instance = OneSignal::DefaultApi.new
app_id = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' # String |
alias_label = 'external_id' # String |
alias_id = 'YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID' # String |
begin
result = api_instance.get_aliases(app_id, alias_label, alias_id)
p result
rescue OneSignal::ApiError => e
puts "Error when calling DefaultApi->get_aliases: #{e}"
puts "Status Code: #{e.code}"
# `e.error_messages` flattens any error-envelope shape to an Array<String>;
# the raw body remains on `e.response_body`.
puts "Error Messages: #{e.error_messages}"
puts "Response Body: #{e.response_body}"
end// Import classes:
import com.onesignal.client.ApiClient;
import com.onesignal.client.ApiException;
import com.onesignal.client.Configuration;
import com.onesignal.client.auth.*;
import com.onesignal.client.model.*;
import com.onesignal.client.api.DefaultApi;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
defaultClient.setBasePath("https://api.onesignal.com");
// Configure HTTP bearer authorization: rest_api_key
HttpBearerAuth rest_api_key = (HttpBearerAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("rest_api_key");
rest_api_key.setBearerToken("YOUR_REST_API_KEY");
DefaultApi apiInstance = new DefaultApi(defaultClient);
String appId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"; // String |
String aliasLabel = "external_id"; // String |
String aliasId = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"; // String |
try {
UserIdentityBody result = apiInstance.getAliases(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
System.out.println(result);
} catch (ApiException e) {
System.err.println("Exception when calling DefaultApi#getAliases");
System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
// getErrorMessages() flattens any error-envelope shape to a List<String>;
// the raw body remains on getResponseBody().
System.err.println("Error messages: " + e.getErrorMessages());
System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using OneSignalApi.Api;
using OneSignalApi.Client;
using OneSignalApi.Model;
namespace Example
{
public class GetAliasesExample
{
public static void Main()
{
Configuration config = new Configuration();
config.BasePath = "https://api.onesignal.com";
// Configure Bearer token for authorization: rest_api_key
config.AccessToken = "YOUR_REST_API_KEY";
var apiInstance = new DefaultApi(config);
var appId = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"; // string |
var aliasLabel = "external_id"; // string |
var aliasId = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID"; // string |
try
{
UserIdentityBody result = apiInstance.GetAliases(appId, aliasLabel, aliasId);
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (ApiException e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling DefaultApi.GetAliases: " + e.Message );
Debug.Print("Status Code: "+ e.ErrorCode);
// e.ErrorMessages flattens any error-envelope shape to an IReadOnlyList<string>;
// the raw body remains on e.ErrorContent.
Debug.Print("Error Messages: " + string.Join(", ", e.ErrorMessages));
Debug.Print("Response Body: " + e.ErrorContent);
Debug.Print(e.StackTrace);
}
}
}
}use onesignal_rust_api::apis::configuration::Configuration;
use onesignal_rust_api::apis::default_api;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
let mut configuration = Configuration::new();
configuration.rest_api_key_token = Some("YOUR_REST_API_KEY".to_string());
// Realistic values are pulled from the spec's `example:` fields where present.
let app_id: &str = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
let alias_label: &str = "external_id";
let alias_id: &str = "YOUR_USER_EXTERNAL_ID";
match default_api::get_aliases(&configuration, app_id, alias_label, alias_id).await {
Ok(resp) => println!("{:?}", resp),
Err(e @ onesignal_rust_api::apis::Error::ResponseError(_)) => {
// `e.error_messages()` flattens any error-envelope shape to a Vec<String>;
// the raw response remains on the ResponseError variant.
eprintln!("get_aliases failed: {:?}", e.error_messages());
}
Err(e) => eprintln!("get_aliases failed: {:?}", e),
}
}{
"identity": {
"onesignal_id": "OneSignal-ID-in-UUID-v4-format",
"external_id": "the-users-external-id"
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "internal error code",
"title": "example error title"
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "internal error code",
"title": "example error title"
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "Rate Limit Exceeded",
"title": "API rate limit exceeded"
}
]
}{
"errors": [
"Service temporarily unavailable"
]
}Overview
Use this API when you want to retrieve the complete identity object for a user, which includes all aliases tied to that user. It is ideal for cases where you know one alias and want to discover others—especially helpful for user mapping, debugging, or linking systems. This endpoint is similar to the View user API but only returns theidentity object—not subscriptions or properties.
If you only know a subscription_id, use View user identity (by subscription) instead.
How to use this API
To identify the user, use:alias_label– the type of alias you’re using to find the user (e.g.external_id,onesignal_id, or a custom alias)alias_id– the actual value of that alias
external_id (recommended):
alias_label:external_idalias_id: your user ID (e.g., user-123)
onesignal_id:
alias_label:onesignal_idalias_id: the OneSignal-assigned unique ID
- Define your own alias label (e.g.
shopify_customer_id) and its value
We strongly recommend setting and using the
external_id as your primary user identifier for portability and simplicity across your systems.Headers
Your App API key with prefix Key. See Keys & IDs.
Path Parameters
Your OneSignal App ID in UUID v4 format. See Keys & IDs.
The alias name or key to locate the user. Most commonly set as external_id but can be the onesignal_id or a custom alias.
The specific identifier for the given alias to identify the user.
Response
200
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