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# Get User
Returns a user. This includes information about the user, such as the
display name, account ID, profile picture, and more. The information returned may be
restricted by the user's profile visibility settings.
Note: to add, edit, or delete users in your organization, see the
[user management REST API](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/admin/user-management/about/).
[Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/_AozKw) required:
Permission to access the Confluence site ('Can use' global permission).
External Documentation
To learn more, visit the [Confluence documentation](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v1/api-group-users/#api-wiki-rest-api-user-get).
## Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Account ID | The account ID of the user, which uniquely identifies the user across all Atlassian products.
For example, `384093:32b4d9w0-f6a5-3535-11a3-9c8c88d10192`. |
| Expand | A multi-value parameter indicating which properties of the user to
expand.
- `operations` returns the operations that the user is allowed to do.
- `details.personal` returns the 'Personal' details in the user's profile, like the 'Email' and 'Phone'.
Note that these fields have been deprecated due to privacy changes. See the
[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)
for details.
- `details.business` returns the 'Company' details in the user's profile, like the 'Position' and 'Department'.
Note that these fields have been deprecated due to privacy changes. See the
[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)
for details.
- personalSpace returns the user's personal space, if it exists. |
## Example Output
```json theme={"dark"}
{
"_expandable": {
"details": "string",
"operations": "string",
"personalSpace": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"accountId": "The account ID of the user, which uniquely identifies the user across all Atlassian products.\nFor example, `384093:32b4d9w0-f6a5-3535-11a3-9c8c88d10192`.",
"accountType": "The account type of the user, may return empty string if unavailable.",
"details": {
"business": {
"department": "This property has been deprecated due to privacy changes. There is no replacement. See the\n[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)\nfor details.",
"location": "This property has been deprecated due to privacy changes. There is no replacement. See the\n[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)\nfor details.",
"position": "This property has been deprecated due to privacy changes. There is no replacement. See the\n[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)\nfor details."
},
"personal": {
"email": "This property has been deprecated due to privacy changes. Use the `User.email` property instead. See the\n[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)\nfor details.",
"im": "This property has been deprecated due to privacy changes. There is no replacement. See the\n[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)\nfor details.",
"phone": "This property has been deprecated due to privacy changes. There is no replacement. See the\n[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)\nfor details.",
"website": "This property has been deprecated due to privacy changes. There is no replacement. See the\n[migration guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/)\nfor details."
}
},
"displayName": "The display name of the user. Depending on the user's privacy setting, this may be the same as publicName.",
"email": "The email address of the user. Depending on the user's privacy setting, this may return an empty string.",
"operations": [
{
"operation": "The operation itself.",
"targetType": "The space or content type that the operation applies to."
}
],
"personalSpace": {
"_expandable": {
"description": "string",
"history": "string",
"homepage": "string",
"icon": "string",
"lookAndFeel": "string",
"metadata": "string",
"operations": "string",
"permissions": "string",
"settings": "string",
"theme": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"description": {
"plain": {
"embeddedContent": [
{}
],
"representation": "string",
"value": "string"
},
"view": {
"embeddedContent": [
{}
],
"representation": "string",
"value": "string"
}
},
"history": {
"createdDate": "date-time"
},
"homepage": {
"_expandable": {
"ancestors": "string",
"body": "string",
"childTypes": "string",
"children": "string",
"container": "string",
"descendants": "string",
"history": "string",
"metadata": "string",
"operations": "string",
"restrictions": "string",
"space": "string",
"version": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"ancestors": [
null
],
"body": {
"_expandable": {
"anonymous_export_view": "string",
"editor": "string",
"editor2": "string",
"export_view": "string",
"storage": "string",
"styled_view": "string",
"view": "string"
},
"anonymous_export_view": {
"_expandable": {
"content": "string"
},
"embeddedContent": [
{
"entity": {},
"entityId": 0
}
],
"representation": "string",
"value": "string",
"webresource": {
"contexts": [
"string"
],
"keys": [
"string"
],
"superbatch": {
"metatags": "string",
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
},
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
}
},
"editor2": {
"_expandable": {
"content": "string"
},
"embeddedContent": [
{
"entity": {},
"entityId": 0
}
],
"representation": "string",
"value": "string",
"webresource": {
"contexts": [
"string"
],
"keys": [
"string"
],
"superbatch": {
"metatags": "string",
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
},
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
}
},
"export_view": {
"_expandable": {
"content": "string"
},
"embeddedContent": [
{
"entity": {},
"entityId": 0
}
],
"representation": "string",
"value": "string",
"webresource": {
"contexts": [
"string"
],
"keys": [
"string"
],
"superbatch": {
"metatags": "string",
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
},
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
}
},
"storage": {
"_expandable": {
"content": "string"
},
"embeddedContent": [
{
"entity": {},
"entityId": 0
}
],
"representation": "string",
"value": "string",
"webresource": {
"contexts": [
"string"
],
"keys": [
"string"
],
"superbatch": {
"metatags": "string",
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
},
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
}
},
"styled_view": {
"_expandable": {
"content": "string"
},
"embeddedContent": [
{
"entity": {},
"entityId": 0
}
],
"representation": "string",
"value": "string",
"webresource": {
"contexts": [
"string"
],
"keys": [
"string"
],
"superbatch": {
"metatags": "string",
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
},
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
}
},
"view": {
"_expandable": {
"content": "string"
},
"embeddedContent": [
{
"entity": {},
"entityId": 0
}
],
"representation": "string",
"value": "string",
"webresource": {
"contexts": [
"string"
],
"keys": [
"string"
],
"superbatch": {
"metatags": "string",
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
},
"tags": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"data": "string",
"js": "string"
},
"uris": {
"all": "string",
"css": "string",
"js": "string"
}
}
}
},
"childTypes": {
"_expandable": {
"all": "string",
"attachment": "string",
"comment": "string",
"page": "string"
},
"attachment": {
"_links": {},
"value": false
},
"comment": {
"_links": {},
"value": false
},
"page": {
"_links": {},
"value": false
}
},
"children": {
"_expandable": {
"attachment": "string",
"comment": "string",
"page": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"attachment": {
"_links": {},
"limit": 0,
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
},
"comment": {
"_links": {},
"limit": 0,
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
},
"page": {
"_links": {},
"limit": 0,
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
}
},
"container": {},
"descendants": {
"_expandable": {
"attachment": "string",
"comment": "string",
"page": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"attachment": {
"_links": {},
"limit": 0,
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
},
"comment": {
"_links": {},
"limit": 0,
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
},
"page": {
"_links": {},
"limit": 0,
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
}
},
"history": {
"_expandable": {
"contributors": "string",
"lastUpdated": "string",
"nextVersion": "string",
"previousVersion": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"contributors": {
"publishers": {
"_links": {},
"userKeys": [
"string"
],
"users": [
null
]
}
},
"createdDate": "date-time",
"lastUpdated": {
"_expandable": {
"collaborators": "string",
"content": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"collaborators": {
"_links": {},
"userKeys": [
"string"
],
"users": [
null
]
},
"friendlyWhen": "string",
"message": "string",
"minorEdit": false,
"number": 0,
"when": "date-time"
},
"latest": false,
"nextVersion": {
"_expandable": {
"collaborators": "string",
"content": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"collaborators": {
"_links": {},
"userKeys": [
"string"
],
"users": [
null
]
},
"friendlyWhen": "string",
"message": "string",
"minorEdit": false,
"number": 0,
"when": "date-time"
},
"previousVersion": {
"_expandable": {
"collaborators": "string",
"content": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"collaborators": {
"_links": {},
"userKeys": [
"string"
],
"users": [
null
]
},
"friendlyWhen": "string",
"message": "string",
"minorEdit": false,
"number": 0,
"when": "date-time"
}
},
"id": "string",
"operations": [
{
"operation": "The operation itself.",
"targetType": "The space or content type that the operation applies to."
}
],
"restrictions": {
"_links": {},
"read": {
"_expandable": {
"content": "string",
"restrictions": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"operation": "string",
"restrictions": {
"_expandable": {
"group": "string",
"user": "string"
},
"group": {
"limit": 0,
"results": [
{
"_links": {},
"id": "string",
"name": "string",
"type": "group"
}
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
},
"user": {
"limit": 0,
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
}
}
},
"update": {
"_expandable": {
"content": "string",
"restrictions": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"operation": "string",
"restrictions": {
"_expandable": {
"group": "string",
"user": "string"
},
"group": {
"limit": 0,
"results": [
{
"_links": {},
"id": "string",
"name": "string",
"type": "group"
}
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
},
"user": {
"limit": 0,
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
}
}
}
},
"status": "string",
"title": "string",
"type": "string",
"version": {
"_expandable": {
"collaborators": "string",
"content": "string"
},
"_links": {},
"collaborators": {
"_links": {},
"userKeys": [
"string"
],
"users": [
null
]
},
"friendlyWhen": "string",
"message": "string",
"minorEdit": false,
"number": 0,
"when": "date-time"
}
},
"icon": {
"height": 0,
"isDefault": false,
"path": "string",
"width": 0
},
"id": 0,
"key": "string",
"lookAndFeel": {
"bordersAndDividers": {
"color": "string"
},
"content": {
"body": {
"background": "string",
"backgroundColor": "string",
"backgroundImage": "string",
"backgroundSize": "string",
"borderRadius": "string",
"padding": "string"
},
"container": {
"background": "string",
"backgroundColor": "string",
"backgroundImage": "string",
"backgroundSize": "string",
"borderRadius": "string",
"padding": "string"
},
"header": {
"background": "string",
"backgroundColor": "string",
"backgroundImage": "string",
"backgroundSize": "string",
"borderRadius": "string",
"padding": "string"
},
"screen": {
"background": "string",
"backgroundColor": "string",
"backgroundImage": "string",
"backgroundSize": "string",
"gutterBottom": "string",
"gutterLeft": "string",
"gutterRight": "string",
"gutterTop": "string"
}
},
"header": {
"backgroundColor": "string",
"button": {
"backgroundColor": "string",
"color": "string"
},
"primaryNavigation": {
"color": "string",
"hoverOrFocus": {
"backgroundColor": "string",
"color": "string"
}
},
"search": {
"backgroundColor": "string",
"color": "string"
},
"secondaryNavigation": {
"color": "string",
"hoverOrFocus": {
"backgroundColor": "string",
"color": "string"
}
}
},
"headings": {
"color": "string"
},
"links": {
"color": "string"
},
"menus": {
"color": "string",
"hoverOrFocus": {
"backgroundColor": "string"
}
}
},
"metadata": {
"labels": {
"_links": {},
"limit": 0,
"results": [
{
"id": "string",
"label": "string",
"name": "string",
"prefix": "string"
}
],
"size": 0,
"start": 0
}
},
"name": "string",
"operations": [
{
"operation": "The operation itself.",
"targetType": "The space or content type that the operation applies to."
}
],
"permissions": [
{
"anonymousAccess": false,
"operation": {
"operation": "The operation itself.",
"targetType": "The space or content type that the operation applies to."
},
"subjects": {
"_expandable": {
"group": "string",
"user": "string"
},
"group": {
"results": [
{
"_links": {},
"id": "string",
"name": "string",
"type": "group"
}
],
"size": 0
},
"user": {
"results": [
null
],
"size": 0
}
},
"unlicensedAccess": false
}
],
"settings": {
"_links": {},
"routeOverrideEnabled": false
},
"status": "string",
"theme": {
"_links": {},
"description": "string",
"icon": {
"height": 0,
"isDefault": false,
"path": "string",
"width": 0
},
"name": "string",
"themeKey": "string"
},
"type": "string"
},
"profilePicture": {
"height": 0,
"isDefault": false,
"path": "string",
"width": 0
},
"publicName": "The public name or nickname of the user. Will always contain a value.",
"type": "string",
"userKey": "This property is no longer available and will be removed from the documentation soon.\nUse `accountId` instead.\nSee the [deprecation notice](/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/) for details.",
"username": "This property is no longer available and will be removed from the documentation soon.\nUse `accountId` instead.\nSee the [deprecation notice](/cloud/confluence/deprecation-notice-user-privacy-api-migration-guide/) for details."
}
```
## Workflow Library Example
[Get User with Confluence and Send Results Via Email](https://library.blinkops.com/workflows/get-user-with-confluence-and-send-results-via-email)
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