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# Get total users over time

POST https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/

Returns the total user count as a time series. Set the time range through query parameters; this endpoint ignores the request body.

Reference: https://respan.ai/docs/apis/metrics/get-total-users-over-time

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use your Respan API key for Respan API authentication. Enter only the Respan API key value; clients send Authorization: Bearer \<RESPAN\_API\_KEY>. For /api/responses, provider credentials such as Perplexity, OpenAI, or Azure OpenAI go in Settings -> Providers or respan\_params.credential\_override in the request body, not in this authentication field.
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use a dashboard JWT only for dashboard-authenticated endpoints. Respan API-key endpoints use the respanApiKey auth field instead.

## Response

### 200

Successful response.

- `data` (list of ApiDashboardTotalUsersPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems, required)
- `summary` (DashboardTotalUsersSummary, required)

## Errors

### 403 Forbidden Error

The API key is missing, invalid or expired.

- `detail` (string, required)

## Types

### ApiDashboardTotalUsersPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems

- `date_group` (datetime, required)
- `total_users` (integer, required)

### DashboardTotalUsersSummary

- `total_users` (integer, optional) — Unique user count for the time range.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "date_group": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
      "total_users": 1
    }
  ],
  "summary": {
    "total_users": 1
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <respanApiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <respanApiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <respanApiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <respanApiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <respanApiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.respan.ai/api/dashboard/total-users/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```