# Profile

Profile identity reads and subscribe helpers.

Profile is nested at `client.auth.profile`. The API-key-safe surface is subscribe-only:

```python
identity_updates = await client.auth.profile.subscribe_identity()
async with identity_updates:
    async for identity in identity_updates:
        print(
            identity.account_id,
            identity.username,
            identity.avatar_url,
            identity.root_smart_account_address,
        )
        break
```

The stream carries `AccountIdentity`. It does not provide the initial profile snapshot; use `await client.auth.me()` for the current API-key identity and the Polyester app to manage profile fields.

`get`, `update`, and username-history operations are not included because they require a JWT/session. Do not infer the client `default_account_id` from the first stream event during startup; configure the Account ID explicitly.

Related: [Auth](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/sdk/python/reference/auth), [Realtime](https://testnet.polyester.com/docs/sdk/python/reference/realtime).