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## Resource: Introduction

## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/account-level/studio-workspace/certifications/user-certification-v1/introduction.md

## Article Content:

# About the User Certifications API

The User Certifications API lets you read a Wix Academy certification held by an individual user,
such as the Velo, Web Designer, or Wix Studio Developer certification.
Users earn these certifications by passing Wix Academy exams or courses.

A user certification is the building block behind an account certification. Each
[account certification](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/account-level/studio-workspace/certifications/account-certification-v1/introduction.md)
references the user certifications, by ID, that qualify the account. Use this API to resolve one of
those IDs to find out which user holds the certification.

With the User Certifications API, you can retrieve a specific user certification by ID.

## Before you begin

It's important to note the following points before starting to code:

- Certifications are issued only through Wix Academy. This API is read-only: you can retrieve a certification, but you can't create, update, or delete one.
- You retrieve a user certification by its ID. You typically obtain that ID from an account certification's `userCertificationIds`, returned by [Query Account Certifications](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/account-level/studio-workspace/certifications/account-certification-v1/query-account-certifications.md).
- A user holds each certification type at most once.
- A certification is permanent once earned and remains valid until it's removed administratively. If a user certification exists, you can treat it as currently valid.

## Use cases

- [Identify which team members hold a certification](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/account-level/studio-workspace/certifications/user-certification-v1/sample-flows.md#identify-which-team-members-hold-a-certification)

## Terminology

- **User certification**: A Wix Academy certification earned by an individual user.
- **Certification type**: The specific certification a user holds, such as Velo or Web Designer.

## See also

- [Account Certifications API](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/account-level/studio-workspace/certifications/account-certification-v1/introduction.md): Read certifications at the account level. An account holds a certification when one or more of its team members hold the corresponding user certification.

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