Box Developer Documentation
Latest version

Get user

get
https://api.box.com/2.0
/users/:user_id

This endpoint is in the version 2024.0. No changes are required to continue using it. For more details, see Box API versioning.

Retrieves information about a user in the enterprise.

The application and the authenticated user need to have the permission to look up users in the entire enterprise.

This endpoint also returns a limited set of information for external users who are collaborated on content owned by the enterprise for authenticated users with the right scopes. In this case, disallowed fields will return null instead.

Request

bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json

Path Parameters

stringin pathrequired
12345

The ID of the user.

Query Parameters

string arrayin queryoptional
id,type,name

A comma-separated list of attributes to include in the response. This can be used to request fields that are not normally returned in a standard response.

Be aware that specifying this parameter will have the effect that none of the standard fields are returned in the response unless explicitly specified, instead only fields for the mini representation are returned, additional to the fields requested.

Response

application/jsonUser (Full)

Returns a single user object.

Not all available fields are returned by default. Use the fields query parameter to explicitly request any specific fields using the fields parameter.

application/jsonClient error

An unexpected client error.

get
Get user
You can now try out some of our APIs live, right here in the documentation.
Log in

Request Example

Learn more about Box SDK versionig strategy.


cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/users/12345" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
Node/TypeScript v10
await client.users.getUserById(user.id);
Python v10
client.users.get_user_by_id(user.id)
.NET v10
await client.Users.GetUserByIdAsync(userId: user.Id);
Swift v10
try await client.users.getUserById(userId: user.id)
Java v10
client.getUsers().getUserById(user.getId())
Java v4
String userID = "33333";
BoxUser user = new BoxUser(api, userID);
BoxUser.Info userInfo = user.getInfo();
Python v3
user_id = '33333'
user = client.user(user_id).get()
.NET v5
BoxUser user = await client.UsersManager.GetUserInformationAsync(userId: "33333");
Node v3
client.users.get('33333')
    .then(user => {
        /* user -> {
            type: 'user',
            id: '33333',
            name: 'Example User',
            login: 'user@example.com',
            created_at: '2012-03-26T15:43:07-07:00',
            modified_at: '2012-12-12T11:34:29-08:00',
            language: 'en',
            space_amount: 5368709120,
            space_used: 2377016,
            max_upload_size: 262144000,
            status: 'active',
            job_title: 'Employee',
            phone: '5555555555',
            address: '555 Office Drive',
            avatar_url: 'https://app.box.com/api/avatar/deprecated' }
        */
    });

Response Example

{
  "id": "11446498",
  "type": "user",
  "address": "900 Jefferson Ave, Redwood City, CA 94063",
  "avatar_url": "https://www.box.com/api/avatar/large/181216415",
  "can_see_managed_users": true,
  "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "enterprise": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "enterprise",
    "name": "Acme Inc."
  },
  "external_app_user_id": "my-user-1234",
  "hostname": "https://example.app.box.com/",
  "is_exempt_from_device_limits": true,
  "is_exempt_from_login_verification": true,
  "is_external_collab_restricted": true,
  "is_platform_access_only": true,
  "is_sync_enabled": true,
  "job_title": "CEO",
  "language": "en",
  "login": "ceo@example.com",
  "max_upload_size": 2147483648,
  "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "my_tags": [
    "important"
  ],
  "name": "Aaron Levie",
  "notification_email": {
    "email": "notifications@example.com",
    "is_confirmed": true
  },
  "phone": "6509241374",
  "role": "admin",
  "space_amount": 11345156112,
  "space_used": 1237009912,
  "status": "active",
  "timezone": "Africa/Bujumbura",
  "tracking_codes": [
    {
      "name": "department",
      "type": "tracking_code",
      "value": "Sales"
    }
  ]
}