Get User's Info

Retrieves information about a user.

HTTP Method	URL	Requires Auth
GET	/api/v1/users.info	yes

Query Parameters

Key	Example Value	Description
userId* or username*	BsNr28znDkG8aeo7W	The ID or username of the user.

The result is only limited to what the callee has access to view. It supports the field parameter for Query and Fields with the userRooms field, that returns the rooms that the user is part of. The rooms field returns the unread property and this field is variable, based on the setting Unread_Count (Admin Panel => General => Unread_Count), this setting provides the ability to choose between options to count the unread messages.

Other Users Example Call

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/users.info?userId=BsNr28znDkG8aeo7W

Example Response Regular User Callee

{
    "user": {
        "_id": "5fRTXMt7DMJbpPJfh",
        "createdAt": "2023-07-10T16:44:58.548Z",
        "services": {
            "password": true,
            "email2fa": {
                "enabled": true,
                "changedAt": "2023-07-10T16:44:58.546Z"
            },
            "resume": {
                "loginTokens": [
                    {
                        "when": "2023-10-05T18:55:02.996Z",
                        "hashedToken": "..."
                    },
                    {
                        "when": "2023-10-05T19:09:30.415Z",
                        "hashedToken": "....."
                    },
                    {
                        "when": "2023-10-10T23:40:46.098Z",
                        "hashedToken": "...."
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        "username": "test.john",
        "emails": [
            {
                "address": "[e-mail]",
                "verified": true
            }
        ],
        "type": "user",
        "status": "offline",
        "active": true,
        "roles": [
            "user",
            "admin"
        ],
        "name": "Test John",
        "requirePasswordChange": false,
        "lastLogin": "2023-10-10T23:40:46.093Z",
        "statusConnection": "offline",
        "utcOffset": 1,
        "statusText": "",
        "avatarETag": "GFoEi6wv3uAxnzDcD",
        "nickname": "tesuser2",
        "canViewAllInfo": true
    },
    "success": true
}

Example Response Admin Callee that requests user's rooms

curl -H "X-Auth-Token: 9HqLlyZOugoStsXCUfD_0YdwnNnunAJF8V47U3QHXSq" \
     -H "X-User-Id: aobEdbYhXfu5hkeqG" \
     http://localhost:3000/api/v1/users.info?userId=BsNr28znDkG8aeo7W&fields={"userRooms": 1}

{
    "user": {
        "_id": "5fRTXMt7DMJbpPJfh",
        "createdAt": "2023-07-10T16:44:58.548Z",
        "services": {
            "password": true,
            "email2fa": {
                "enabled": true,
                "changedAt": "2023-07-10T16:44:58.546Z"
            },
            "resume": {
                "loginTokens": [
                    {
                        "when": "2023-10-05T18:55:02.996Z",
                        "hashedToken": "..."
                    },
                    {
                        "when": "2023-10-05T19:09:30.415Z",
                        "hashedToken": "...."
                    },
                    {
                        "when": "2023-10-10T23:40:46.098Z",
                        "hashedToken": "...."
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        "username": "test.john",
        "emails": [
            {
                "address": "[e-mail]",
                "verified": true
            }
        ],
        "type": "user",
        "status": "offline",
        "active": true,
        "roles": [
            "user",
            "admin"
        ],
        "name": "Test John",
        "requirePasswordChange": false,
        "lastLogin": "2023-10-10T23:40:46.093Z",
        "statusConnection": "offline",
        "utcOffset": 1,
        "statusText": "",
        "avatarETag": "GFoEi6wv3uAxnzDcD",
        "nickname": "tesuser2",
        "canViewAllInfo": true,
        "rooms": [
            {
                "_id": "651667dda2f73c7460e18cce",
                "unread": 1,
                "rid": "JKa7R9zu2DinBhBN9",
                "name": "Livestream",
                "t": "c"
            },
            {
                "_id": "64ac358a79f5c6e276cfe718",
                "unread": 0,
                "rid": "GENERAL",
                "name": "general",
                "t": "c"
            },
            {
                "_id": "64aca0e5aa5ad4273bfbfdb8",
                "unread": 0,
                "rid": "6GFJ3tbmHiyHbahmC",
                "name": "test-audit",
                "t": "c"
            },
            {
                "_id": "64adb09baa5ad4273bfc0cc0",
                "unread": 0,
                "rid": "64adb09baa5ad4273bfc0cbf",
                "name": "test-room",
                "t": "c",
                "roles": [
                    "owner"
                ]
            },
            {
                "_id": "64fd791c2c26843a68c1f7e5",
                "unread": 0,
                "rid": "siyr2oWQJBjQjhLwr",
                "name": "try",
                "t": "c",
                "roles": []
            },
            {
                "_id": "g5xHGWAGLA7vZXwW8",
                "rid": "5fRTXMt7DMJbpPJfhrbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ",
                "name": "roxie",
                "t": "d",
                "unread": 2
            },
            {
                "_id": "64ef8a982c26843a68c1f7ae",
                "unread": 0,
                "rid": "WDuJLFkjwk6L7LdFC",
                "name": "new",
                "t": "p",
                "roles": [
                    "leader"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "success": true
}

Change Log

Version	Description
3.4.0	Added unread property inside rooms object
0.70.0	Added rooms property to response if the user request it and has the view-other-user-channels permission
0.49.0	Updated to support userId or username
0.48.0	Renamed to users.info
0.35.0	Added as user.info