Get user by ID or username
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`User` + `Get`
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Get a specific user by ID provided the user is within this requesting user's organisation or the organisation's immediate child organisations.
`id` may be one of:
* The numeric ID of the user, e.g. "123". This is the top-level `id` object returned by each item in `GET /api/v1/user`
* Username (email), e.g. "exampleuser@org.de". This is the top-level `username` object returned by each item in `GET /api/v1/user`
Authentication
AuthorizationBearer
An auth_token should be provided to authenticate a session.
To obtain an auth_token, see the /api/v1/authenticate POST request.
Path parameters
user_id
User ID
Response
Success
id
username
name
created
status
organisation
roles
mfa
Errors
403
Forbidden Error
404
Not Found Error