# DeviantArt User Profile API Documentation

<p><strong>DeviantArt User Profile API</strong> returns the public profile of a DeviantArt user as JSON: username, display name, bio, avatar, deviation count, watchers, page views and join date.</p>

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/deviantart-api/deviantart_user](https://scrappa.co/docs/deviantart-api/deviantart_user)
- **API group:** DeviantArt API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/deviantart/user`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `username` | string | Yes | Artist username. Example: duda. |

## Example response

```json
{
    "data": {
        "id": "101024",
        "bio": "Digital artist",
        "username": "duda",
        "watchers": 4567,
        "joined_at": "2010-01-01T00:00:00Z",
        "avatar_url": "https://a.deviantart.net/avatars-big/d/u/duda.jpg",
        "page_views": 89012,
        "display_name": "duda",
        "deviation_count": 123
    },
    "meta": {
        "billable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "user"
    },
    "success": true
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 422 | Validation Error | A public parameter or range is invalid. This response is not billable. |
| 404 | User Not Found | The requested user was not found. This response is not billable. |
| 502 | Invalid Source Response | DeviantArt could not be reached or returned an unexpected response. This response is not billable. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)