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+<?php
+/**
+ * AboutController.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III.
+ *
+ * Firefly III is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Firefly III is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Firefly III. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers;
+
+use DB;
+use FireflyIII\Transformers\UserTransformer;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use League\Fractal\Manager;
+use League\Fractal\Resource\Item;
+use League\Fractal\Serializer\JsonApiSerializer;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class AboutController
+ */
+class AboutController extends Controller
+{
+    /**
+     * AccountController constructor.
+     *
+     * @throws \FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function about()
+    {
+        $search        = ['~', '#'];
+        $replace       = ['\~', '# '];
+        $phpVersion    = str_replace($search, $replace, PHP_VERSION);
+        $phpOs         = str_replace($search, $replace, php_uname());
+        $currentDriver = DB::getDriverName();
+        $data
+                       = [
+            'version'     => config('firefly.version'),
+            'api_version' => config('firefly.api_version'),
+            'php_version' => $phpVersion,
+            'os'          => $phpOs,
+            'driver'      => $currentDriver,
+
+        ];
+
+        return response()->json(['data' => $data], 200)->header('Content-Type', 'application/vnd.api+json');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Request $request
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function user(Request $request)
+    {
+        $manager = new Manager();
+        $baseUrl = $request->getSchemeAndHttpHost() . '/api/v1';
+        $manager->setSerializer(new JsonApiSerializer($baseUrl));
+        $resource = new Item(auth()->user(), new UserTransformer($this->parameters), 'users');
+
+        return response()->json($manager->createData($resource)->toArray())->header('Content-Type', 'application/vnd.api+json');
+    }
+
+}
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