Collect profile IDs

Which profiles do I have access to?

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What's a profile?

A profile is the Dailymotion channel that publishes videos. Your user account can manage one or more profiles. You'll need the profile_id to upload videos, update settings, and more.

Think of it as the API's equivalent of a "logged in as...". You'll use profile_id in most API calls.

When you start using the Dailymotion API, the very first question you need to answer is: "Which profiles do I have access to?"

That's exactly what GET /me is for. Call it with your access token to retrieve the following:

• Your user ID: Your unique identifier on Dailymotion.
• Your profile IDs and names: The profile(s) you can manage.

Authentication

You need an access token with the account.read scope. If you don't have an access token yet, check out the Authentication guide.

Collect your profile IDs

Call /me to collect the IDs of the profiles you manage:

// Replace <YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN> with your actual token

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.dailymotion.com/v2/me \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>'

Response

{
  "user_id": "xyz789",
  "profiles": [
    {
      "profile_id": "x1y2z3",
      "name": "officialdailymotion"
    }
  ]
}

Here's what each field means:

What to do with these IDs

Once you've called /me, save those values, you'll need them everywhere:

• profile_id → Use this to upload videos, manage playlists, update your profile settings, etc.
• user_id → Use this to get your user account details.
• profile.name → Useful for display or filtering purposes.