Get a user
GET https://chat.zulip.org/api/v1/users/{user_id}
Fetch details for a single user in the organization.
You can also fetch details on all users in the organization
or by a user's Zulip API email.
Changes: New in Zulip 3.0 (feature level 1).
Usage examples
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import zulip
# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")
# Fetch details on a user given a user ID.
result = client.get_user_by_id(user_id)
# If you'd like data on custom profile fields, you can request them as follows:
result = client.get_user_by_id(user_id, include_custom_profile_fields=True)
print(result)
curl -sSX GET -G https://chat.zulip.org/api/v1/users/12 \
-u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY
You may pass the client_gravatar or include_custom_profile_fields query parameter as follows:
curl -sSX GET -G https://chat.zulip.org/api/v1/users/12 \
-u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
--data-urlencode client_gravatar=false \
--data-urlencode include_custom_profile_fields=true
Parameters
user_id integer required in path
Example: 12
client_gravatar boolean optional
Example: false
Whether the client supports computing gravatars URLs. If
enabled, avatar_url will be included in the response only
if there is a Zulip avatar, and will be null for users who
are using gravatar as their avatar. This option
significantly reduces the compressed size of user data,
since gravatar URLs are long, random strings and thus do not
compress well. The client_gravatar field is set to true if
clients can compute their own gravatars.
Changes: The default value of this parameter was false
prior to Zulip 5.0 (feature level 92).
Defaults to true.
include_custom_profile_fields boolean optional
Example: true
Whether the client wants custom profile field
data to be included in the response.
Changes: New in Zulip 2.1.0. Previous versions do not offer these
data via the API.
Defaults to false.
Response
Return values
Example response(s)
Changes: As of Zulip 7.0 (feature level 167), if any
parameters sent in the request are not supported by this
endpoint, a successful JSON response will include an
ignored_parameters_unsupported array.
A typical successful JSON response may look like:
{
"msg": "",
"result": "success",
"user": {
"avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d8cad0fd00256e7b40691d27ddfd466?d=identicon&version=1",
"bot_type": null,
"date_joined": "2019-10-20T07:50:53.729659+00:00",
"delivery_email": null,
"email": "hamlet@zulip.com",
"full_name": "King Hamlet",
"is_active": true,
"is_admin": false,
"is_billing_admin": false,
"is_bot": false,
"is_guest": false,
"is_owner": false,
"profile_data": {
"1": {
"rendered_value": "<p>+0-11-23-456-7890</p>",
"value": "+0-11-23-456-7890"
},
"2": {
"rendered_value": "<p>I am:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The prince of Denmark</li>\n<li>Nephew to the usurping Claudius</li>\n</ul>",
"value": "I am:\n* The prince of Denmark\n* Nephew to the usurping Claudius"
},
"3": {
"rendered_value": "<p>Dark chocolate</p>",
"value": "Dark chocolate"
},
"4": {
"value": "0"
},
"5": {
"value": "1900-01-01"
},
"6": {
"value": "https://blog.zulig.org"
},
"7": {
"value": "[11]"
},
"8": {
"value": "zulipbot"
}
},
"role": 400,
"timezone": "",
"user_id": 10
}
}