diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51af05a0a5..c54dfd481a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,60 +70,80 @@ From here you can now run the application (`run`).
 
 ## API
 
-### GET user infos
+### GET user infos: `/api/user/<username>`
 
-> /api/user/&lt;username&gt;
+#### JSON
 
 ```
 > curl en.lichess.org/api/user/thibault
+```
+
+```javascript
 {
+    "rating": 1503,                           // shortcut to perfs.global.rating
+    "progress": 36,                           // rating change over the last ten games
+    "online": true,                           // is the player currently using lichess?
+    "playing": "http://lichess.org/abcdefgh", // game being played, if any
+    "username": "thibault",
     "perfs": {
-        "black": {
-            "deviation": 62,
-            "nbGames": 465,
-            "rating": 1483
+        "black": {                            // performances with black pieces
+            "rating": 1483,                   // Glicko2 rating
+            "deviation": 62,                  // Glicko2 rating deviation
+            "nbGames": 465                    // number of games played as black
         },
         "blitz": {
+            "rating": 1480,
             "deviation": 63,
-            "nbGames": 481,
-            "rating": 1480
+            "nbGames": 481
         },
         "bullet": {
+            "rating": 1640,
             "deviation": 90,
-            "nbGames": 23,
-            "rating": 1640
+            "nbGames": 23
         },
         "chess960": {
+            "rating": 1575,
             "deviation": 64,
-            "nbGames": 323,
-            "rating": 1575
+            "nbGames": 323
         },
         "global": {
+            "rating": 1503,
             "deviation": 62,
-            "nbGames": 883,
-            "rating": 1503
+            "nbGames": 883
         },
         "slow": {
+            "rating": 1586,
             "deviation": 63,
-            "nbGames": 379,
-            "rating": 1586
+            "nbGames": 379
         },
         "standard": {
+            "rating": 1504,
             "deviation": 62,
-            "nbGames": 560,
-            "rating": 1504
+            "nbGames": 560
         },
         "white": {
+            "rating": 1478,
             "deviation": 63,
-            "nbGames": 418,
-            "rating": 1478
+            "nbGames": 418
         }
-    },
-    "progress": 36,
-    "username": "thibault"
+    }
 }
 ```
 
+#### JSONP
+
+```javascript
+$.ajax({
+  url:'http://en.l.org/api/user/thibault',
+  dataType:'jsonp',
+  jsonp:'callback',
+  success: function(data) {
+    // data is a javascript object, do something with it!
+    console.debug(JSON.stringify(data));
+  }
+});
+```
+
 ### Read the move stream
 
 Lichess streams all played moves on http://en.lichess.org/stream using chunked HTTP response and the following format:
diff --git a/app/controllers/Api.scala b/app/controllers/Api.scala
index 9353bf2a43..b75799c6c8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Api.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Api.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import play.api.mvc._, Results._
 
 import lila.app._
 import lila.user.{ UserRepo, User ⇒ UserModel, Perf, Perfs }
+import lila.game.GameRepo
+import lila.app.templating.Environment.netBaseUrl
 
 object Api extends LilaController {
 
@@ -19,17 +21,26 @@ object Api extends LilaController {
       case (name, perf) ⇒ name -> perfWrites.writes(perf)
     })
   }
-  private implicit val userWrites: Writes[UserModel] = Writes { u ⇒
+  private implicit val userWrites: OWrites[UserModel] = OWrites { u ⇒
     Json.obj(
       "username" -> u.username,
-      "perfs" -> u.perfs,
-      "progress" -> u.progress)
+      "perfs" -> u.perfs)
   }
 
   def user(username: String) = Action.async { req ⇒
-    UserRepo named username map {
-      case None    ⇒ NotFound
-      case Some(u) ⇒ Ok(Json toJson u) as JSON
+    UserRepo named username flatMap {
+      case None ⇒ fuccess(NotFound)
+      case Some(u) ⇒ GameRepo nowPlaying u.id map { gameOption ⇒
+        val json = userWrites.writes(u) ++ Json.obj(
+          "online" -> Env.user.isOnline(u.id),
+          "playing" -> gameOption.map(g ⇒
+            netBaseUrl + routes.Round.watcher(g.id, g.firstPlayer.color.name).url)
+        )
+        get("callback", req) match {
+          case None           ⇒ Ok(json) as JSON
+          case Some(callback) ⇒ Ok(s"$callback($json)") as JAVASCRIPT
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/templating/GameHelper.scala b/app/templating/GameHelper.scala
index f5d24c2e5c..3860edf971 100644
--- a/app/templating/GameHelper.scala
+++ b/app/templating/GameHelper.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import lila.game.{ Game, Player, Namer }
 import lila.user.Env.{ current ⇒ userEnv }
 import lila.user.{ User, Context }
 
-
 trait GameHelper { self: I18nHelper with UserHelper with AiHelper with StringHelper ⇒
   def variantName(variant: Variant)(implicit ctx: Context) = variant match {
     case Variant.Standard     ⇒ trans.standard.str()