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[role="xpack"]
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[[security-api-get-user]]
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=== Get users API
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Retrieves information about users in the native realm.
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==== Request
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`GET /_xpack/security/user` +
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`GET /_xpack/security/user/<username>`
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==== Description
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For more information about the native realm, see
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{stack-ov}/realms.html[Realms] and <<configuring-native-realm>>.
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==== Path Parameters
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`username`::
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(string) An identifier for the user. You can specify multiple usernames as a comma-separated list. If you omit this parameter, the API retrieves
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information about all users.
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//==== Request Body
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==== Authorization
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To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster privilege.
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==== Examples
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To retrieve a native user, submit a GET request to the `/_xpack/security/user/<username>`
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endpoint:
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[source,js]
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--------------------------------------------------
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GET /_xpack/security/user/jacknich
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--------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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// TEST[setup:jacknich_user]
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A successful call returns an array of users with the JSON representation of the
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user. Note that user passwords are not included.
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[source,js]
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--------------------------------------------------
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{
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"jacknich": {
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"username": "jacknich",
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"roles": [
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"admin", "other_role1"
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],
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"full_name": "Jack Nicholson",
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"email": "jacknich@example.com",
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"metadata": { "intelligence" : 7 },
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"enabled": true
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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// TESTRESPONSE
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If the user is not defined in the `native` realm, the request 404s.
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Omit the username to retrieve all users:
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[source,js]
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--------------------------------------------------
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GET /_xpack/security/user
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--------------------------------------------------
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// CONSOLE
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// TEST[continued]
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