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Get User

Get information about the user with a specific ID.

If the caller is an admin or the caller is the user being specified, then full user information will be returned. Otherwise, a minimal 'public' variant of the user information will be returned. This contains The user name and avatar url, but no sensitive information.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Google Looker documentation.

Parameters​

ParameterDescription
FieldsRequested fields.
User IDThe ID of the user. You can search for a user by their ID, email, first name, or last name.

Example Output​

{
    "allow_direct_roles": false,
    "allow_normal_group_membership": false,
    "allow_roles_from_normal_groups": false,
    "avatar_url": "URL for the avatar image (may be generic)",
    "avatar_url_without_sizing": "URL for the avatar image (may be generic), does not specify size",
    "can": {},
    "credentials_api3": [
        {
            "can": {},
            "client_id": "API key client_id",
            "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
            "id": "Unique Id",
            "is_disabled": false,
            "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
            "url": "Link to get this item"
        }
    ],
    "credentials_email": {
        "account_setup_url": "Url with one-time use secret token that the user can use to setup account",
        "can": {},
        "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
        "email": "EMail address used for user login",
        "forced_password_reset_at_next_login": false,
        "is_disabled": false,
        "logged_in_at": "Timestamp for most recent login using credential",
        "password_reset_url": "Url with one-time use secret token that the user can use to reset password",
        "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
        "url": "Link to get this item",
        "user_id": "Unique Id of the user",
        "user_url": "Link to get this user"
    },
    "credentials_embed": [
        {
            "can": {},
            "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
            "external_group_id": "Embedder's id for a group to which this user was added during the most recent login",
            "external_user_id": "Embedder's unique id for the user",
            "id": "Unique Id",
            "is_disabled": false,
            "logged_in_at": "Timestamp for most recent login using credential",
            "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
            "url": "Link to get this item"
        }
    ],
    "credentials_google": {
        "can": {},
        "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
        "domain": "Google domain",
        "email": "EMail address",
        "google_user_id": "Google's Unique ID for this user",
        "is_disabled": false,
        "logged_in_at": "Timestamp for most recent login using credential",
        "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
        "url": "Link to get this item"
    },
    "credentials_ldap": {
        "can": {},
        "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
        "email": "EMail address",
        "is_disabled": false,
        "ldap_dn": "LDAP Distinguished name for this user (as-of the last login)",
        "ldap_id": "LDAP Unique ID for this user",
        "logged_in_at": "Timestamp for most recent login using credential",
        "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
        "url": "Link to get this item"
    },
    "credentials_looker_openid": {
        "can": {},
        "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
        "email": "EMail address used for user login",
        "is_disabled": false,
        "logged_in_at": "Timestamp for most recent login using credential",
        "logged_in_ip": "IP address of client for most recent login using credential",
        "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
        "url": "Link to get this item",
        "user_url": "Link to get this user"
    },
    "credentials_oidc": {
        "can": {},
        "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
        "email": "EMail address",
        "is_disabled": false,
        "logged_in_at": "Timestamp for most recent login using credential",
        "oidc_user_id": "OIDC OP's Unique ID for this user",
        "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
        "url": "Link to get this item"
    },
    "credentials_saml": {
        "can": {},
        "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
        "email": "EMail address",
        "is_disabled": false,
        "logged_in_at": "Timestamp for most recent login using credential",
        "saml_user_id": "Saml IdP's Unique ID for this user",
        "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
        "url": "Link to get this item"
    },
    "credentials_totp": {
        "can": {},
        "created_at": "Timestamp for the creation of this credential",
        "is_disabled": false,
        "type": "Short name for the type of this kind of credential",
        "url": "Link to get this item",
        "verified": false
    },
    "display_name": "Full name for display (available only if both first_name and last_name are set)",
    "email": "EMail address",
    "embed_group_folder_id": "(Embed only) ID of user's group folder based on the external_group_id optionally specified during embed user login",
    "embed_group_space_id": "(DEPRECATED) (Embed only) ID of user's group space based on the external_group_id optionally specified during embed user login",
    "first_name": "First name",
    "group_ids": [
        "string"
    ],
    "home_folder_id": "ID string for user's home folder",
    "id": "Unique Id",
    "is_disabled": false,
    "is_iam_admin": false,
    "last_name": "Last name",
    "locale": "User's preferred locale. User locale takes precedence over Looker's system-wide default locale. Locale determines language of display strings and date and numeric formatting in API responses. Locale string must be a 2 letter language code or a combination of language code and region code: 'en' or 'en-US', for example.",
    "looker_versions": [
        "string"
    ],
    "models_dir_validated": false,
    "personal_folder_id": "ID of user's personal folder",
    "presumed_looker_employee": false,
    "role_ids": [
        "string"
    ],
    "roles_externally_managed": false,
    "sessions": [
        {
            "browser": "User's browser type",
            "can": {},
            "city": "City component of user location (derived from IP address)",
            "country": "Country component of user location (derived from IP address)",
            "created_at": "Time when this session was initiated",
            "credentials_type": "Type of credentials used for logging in this session",
            "expires_at": "Time when this session will expire",
            "extended_at": "Time when this session was last extended by the user",
            "extended_count": 0,
            "id": "Unique Id",
            "ip_address": "IP address of user when this session was initiated",
            "operating_system": "User's Operating System",
            "state": "State component of user location (derived from IP address)",
            "sudo_user_id": "Actual user in the case when this session represents one user sudo'ing as another",
            "url": "Link to get this item"
        }
    ],
    "ui_state": {},
    "url": "Link to get this item",
    "verified_looker_employee": false
}

Workflow Library Example​

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