Get users APIedit
Retrieves information about users in the native realm and built-in users.
Prerequisitesedit
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To use this API, you must have at least the
read_securitycluster privilege.
Descriptionedit
For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.
Path parametersedit
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username - (Optional, string) An identifier for the user. You can specify multiple usernames as a comma-separated list. If you omit this parameter, the API retrieves information about all users.
Query parametersedit
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with_profile_uid -
(Optional, boolean) Determines whether to retrieve the user profile
uid, if exists, for the users. Defaults tofalse.
Response bodyedit
A successful call returns an array of users with the JSON representation of the users. Note that user passwords are not included.
Response codesedit
If the user is not defined in the native realm, the request 404s.
Examplesedit
To retrieve a native user, submit a GET request to the /_security/user/<username>
endpoint:
GET /_security/user/jacknich
{
"jacknich": {
"username": "jacknich",
"roles": [
"admin", "other_role1"
],
"full_name": "Jack Nicholson",
"email": "jacknich@example.com",
"metadata": { "intelligence" : 7 },
"enabled": true
}
}
To retrieve the user profile_uid as part of the response:
GET /_security/user/jacknich?with_profile_uid=true
{
"jacknich": {
"username": "jacknich",
"roles": [
"admin", "other_role1"
],
"full_name": "Jack Nicholson",
"email": "jacknich@example.com",
"metadata": { "intelligence" : 7 },
"enabled": true,
"profile_uid": "u_79HkWkwmnBH5gqFKwoxggWPjEBOur1zLPXQPEl1VBW0_0"
}
}
Omit the username to retrieve all users:
GET /_security/user