What if we don't give the fromdate and/or todate parameters in a /me call?
Will it give result of user of all times? It's not mentioned explicitly in documentation.
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Yes, if you omit those parameters it will give you the expected result...
If a valid token is passed, then it will return the user ("There can be only one.") who obtained/approved that token.
For this route, the fromdate and todate parameters filter on the creation_date property of the user object.
So, if the authorized user signed up for his/her account outside of the range specified by any fromdate and/or todate values, then no user will be returned at all.
For example, user amit jha joined Stack overflow on June 22, 2015. If fetches from /me and... :
- Leaves
fromdateandtodateblank, he gets a valid result. - Sets
fromdateto1472688000(Sept 1st, 2016), he gets no result (no user object). - Sets
fromdateto1409529600(Sept 1st, 2014), he gets a valid result.
I can't imagine a legitimate use for this. The presence of these parameters for this route just adds clutter, and confusion, with no purpose.
And, ironically, /me/* routes that could benefit immensely from date parameters (like /me/inbox) don't have them!
