HI,
I am trying to retrieve data for only the logged in user via rest API.
I have changed the settings on user permissions and deny retrieve hoping the owner’s policy will take place. (see the attached screenshot).
How do i set the owner policy for REST user?
The data is now not being received at all after i deny the retrieve role.
“At all” for every user or only for the RestUser?
How do i set the owner policy for REST user?
What do you mean? You can set policy for the RestUser, for the real loggedin user, or for both. RestUser is a dynamic user which exists only during request.
If you revoke the RESTuser role, then you cannot do REST calls. That simple 
How do i retrieve data for the logged in user via rest API ??
I am using appgyver.
@innocent_machage, response for the log in API includes user-token. To make a request for the logged in user, make sure to include the user-token HTTP request header.
The documentation describes in in detail:
