zulip/templates/zerver/api/get-user.md

Get a user

{generate_api_description(/users/{user_id}:get)}

Usage examples

{start_tabs} {tab|python}

{generate_code_example(python)|/users/{user_id}:get|example}

{tab|curl}

{generate_code_example(curl, include=[""])|/users/{user_id}:get|example}

You may pass the client_gravatar or include_custom_profile_fields query parameter as follows:

{generate_code_example(curl)|/users/{user_id}:get|example}

{end_tabs}

Arguments

Note: The following arguments are all URL query parameters.

{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/users/{user_id}:get}

Response

Return values

• user: A dictionary that contains the requested user's details.
  • email: The email address of the user or bot.
  • is_bot: A boolean specifying whether the user is a bot or not.
  • avatar_url: URL to the user's gravatar. None if the client_gravatar query parameter was set to True.
  • full_name: Full name of the user or bot.
  • is_admin: A boolean specifying whether the user is an admin or not.
  • bot_type: None if the user isn't a bot. 1 for a Generic bot. 2 for an Incoming webhook bot. 3 for an Outgoing webhook bot. 4 for an Embedded bot.
  • user_id: The ID of the user.
  • bot_owner_id: If the user is a bot (i.e. is_bot is True), bot_owner_id is user ID of the user who owns the bot (usually the creator).
  • is_active: A boolean specifying whether the user is active or not.
  • is_guest: A boolean specifying whether the user is a guest user or not.
  • timezone: The time zone of the user.

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|/users/{user_id}:get|fixture(200)}