---
title: "Get a user"
method: GET
path: "/api/admin/users/{userId}"
tags: ["Administration"]
---

# Get a user

`GET /api/admin/users/{userId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/admin/users/{userId}`
- Auth: API key in cookie `gc-session`

Returns a user's directory row, credential state, memberships and newest credential events; never secrets or token values.

## Path parameters

- `userId` string, required

## Response `200`

Response for status 200

- object
  - `user` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `actorId` string, required
    - `handle` string, required
    - `displayName` string, nullable, required
    - `email` string, required
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `authGeneration` integer, required
    - `grantGeneration` integer, required
    - `suspendedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `emailVerified` boolean, required
    - `mfaRequired` boolean, required
    - `activeSessions` integer, required
    - `activeTokens` integer, required
    - `lastActiveAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `memberships` object[], required
    - `handle` string, required
    - `displayName` string, required
    - `personal` boolean, required
    - `role` 'org-owner' | 'org-admin' | 'org-member-read' | 'org-member-write' | 'org-member-none' | 'org-outside-collaborator', required
  - `membershipsTruncated` boolean, required
  - `credentialEvents` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `actor` object, required
      - `actorId` string, required
      - `handle` string, required
    - `recipient` object, required
      - `actorId` string, required
      - `handle` string, required
    - `action` 'issued' | 'revoked' | 'epoch-revoked' | 'account-suspended' | 'account-restored', required
    - `requestId` string, required
    - `occurredAt` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/revisions/9fa233d2986d?raw)