OpenSearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/security/get-users.asciidoc

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:api: get-users
:request: GetUsersRequest
:response: GetUsersResponse
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=== Get Users API

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==== Get Users Request

Retrieving a user can be performed using the `security().getUsers()`
method and by setting the username on +{request}+:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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Retrieving multiple users can be performed using the `security().getUsers()`
method and by setting multiple usernames on +{request}+:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-list-request]
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Retrieving all users can be performed using the `security().getUsers()`
method without specifying any usernames on +{request}+:

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-all-request]
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include::../execution.asciidoc[]

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==== Get Users Response

The returned +{response}+ allows getting information about the retrieved users as follows.

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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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