Get current user by endpoint `/api/users/me` in DjangoRestFramework

views.py

from rest_framework import viewsets
from rest_framework.request import Request
from rest_framework.response import Response

class UserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
    def retrieve(self, request: Request, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        If provided 'pk' is "me" then return the current user.
        """
        if kwargs.get('pk') == 'me':
            return Response(self.get_serializer(request.user).data)
        return super().retrieve(request, args, kwargs)

def get_object(self): if self.kwargs['pk'] == 'me': return self.request.user else: return super().get_object()
Will also allow you to PUT to /api/users/me