---
type: api
title: Fetch a single user
description: Fetches a single user.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/cloud-enterprise/v3/operation/operation-get-user
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/cloud-enterprise/v3/operation/operation-get-user
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
---

# Fetch a single user

Authentication: required

## Paths

- `GET` `/users/{user_name}`

#### Path parameters

- `user_name` (string) — required
  Identifier for the user

## Description

Fetches a single user.

## Responses

#### `200`

User successfully fetched

`application/json`

- `user_name` (string)
  The user's identifier
- `security` (object)
  A user's security information
  - `roles` (string[])
    The set of roles assigned to a user
  - `permissions` (string[])
    The distinct set of permissions allowed by the user's roles. These correspond to operationId values in the OpenAPI definition.
  - `elevated_permissions` (object)
    A user's elevated permissions status
    - `enabled` (boolean)
      True if the user has elevated permissions
    - `expires_at` (string · format: date-time)
      The time at which the user's elevated permissions expire
  - `password` (string)
    The user's password. Only used when modifying a user.
  - `enabled` (boolean)
    True if the user is enabled
  - `security_realm` (object)
    The security realm the user belongs to
    - `type` (enum)
      The type of the security realm
      Values: `native`, `ldap`, `saml`, `active_directory`
    - `id` (string)
      The identifier for the security realm
- `metadata` (object)
  Metadata for a user
  - `created_by` (string)
    The Id of the user that created this user
  - `created_at` (string · format: date-time)
    The date and time when the user was created
  - `updated_by` (string)
    The Id of the user that last updated this user
  - `updated_at` (string · format: date-time)
    The date and time when the user was last updated
  - `first_login_at` (string · format: date-time)
    The date and time when the user first logged in
  - `last_login_at` (string · format: date-time)
    The date and time when the user last logged in
- `full_name` (string)
  The user's optional full name
- `email` (string)
  The user's optional email address
- `builtin` (boolean)
  True if the user is a built-in read-only user
#### `404`

User not found. (code: `user.not_found`)

`application/json`

- `errors` (object[])
  A list of errors that occurred in the failing request
  - `code` (string)
    A structured code representing the error type that occurred
  - `message` (string)
    A human readable message describing the error that occurred
  - `fields` (string[])
    If the error can be tied to a specific field or fields in the user request, this lists those fields
##### Response headers

- `x-cloud-error-codes` (enum)
  The error codes associated with the response

## Code examples

#### curl

```curl
curl -X GET "${API_URL}/users/${USER_NAME}" \
  -u "${USERNAME}:${PASSWORD}"
```

## Response examples

#### 200

`application/json`

Generated from the API spec. Values are representative. Unions use the first variant; deeply nested or large bodies may omit fields.

```json
{
  "user_name": "string",
  "security": {
    "roles": [
      "string"
    ],
    "permissions": [
      "string"
    ],
    "elevated_permissions": {
      "enabled": false,
      "expires_at": "string"
    },
    "password": "string",
    "enabled": false,
    "security_realm": {
      "type": "native",
      "id": "string"
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "created_by": "string",
    "created_at": "string",
    "updated_by": "string",
    "updated_at": "string",
    "first_login_at": "string",
    "last_login_at": "string"
  },
  "full_name": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "builtin": false
}
```

#### 404

`application/json`

Generated from the API spec. Values are representative. Unions use the first variant; deeply nested or large bodies may omit fields.

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "string",
      "message": "string",
      "fields": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```