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Get users API

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Get users API

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Retrieves information about users in the native realm and built-in users.

Request

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GET /_security/user

GET /_security/user/<username>

Prerequisites

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  • To use this API, you must have at least the read_security cluster privilege.

Description

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For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.

Path parameters

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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.

Response body

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A successful call returns an array of users with the JSON representation of the users. Note that user passwords are not included.

Response codes

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If the user is not defined in the native realm, the request 404s.

Examples

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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
  }
}

Omit the username to retrieve all users:

GET /_security/user
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