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API_GetUserProfile has invalid documentation for UserWallActive #102
Description
When I do a GET request on https://retroachievements.org/API/API_GetUserProfile.php
Then I get a response like
{
"User": "recidieu",
"ULID": "01HQBSN8QERF35YJE25RD4N2JD",
"UserPic": "/UserPic/recidieu.png",
"MemberSince": "2024-02-23 20:14:12",
"RichPresenceMsg": "Strategizing on Level 25 | ♥️ 1/5 💀 39 | 1860 Points",
"LastGameID": 33403,
"ContribCount": 0,
"ContribYield": 0,
"TotalPoints": 252,
"TotalSoftcorePoints": 0,
"TotalTruePoints": 639,
"Permissions": 1,
"Untracked": 0,
"ID": 715357,
"UserWallActive": 1,
"Motto": ""
}However, on the API page documentation
the example show that the field have a boolean type: "UserWallActive": true
Activity
sskorupski commentedon Feb 23, 2026
I've opened the issue in the api-docs repository but if
UserWallActiveuse1and0, then I would suggest to close this issue and open an issue on the api repository to change the field serialization for returningtrueandfalsewescopeland commentedon Feb 23, 2026
The issue is valid - we'll hang on to
trueandfalseas the return values of the endpoint. If you feel inclined, please feel free to open a PR to correct the docs!sskorupski commentedon Feb 23, 2026
API_GetUserProfile.php seems to cast the field as
int:'UserWallActive' => (int) $user->is_user_wall_active,andis_user_wall_activeis defined as a boolean in User model@wescopeland, rollback the boolean to int for backward compatibilty (see PR #4392)
So, I will keep this issue here and open a PR according to the actual bahavior.
RetroAchievements#102: FIX document examples for results containing `…
sskorupski commentedon Feb 23, 2026
PR available #103