Get user | LaunchDarkly | Documentation

curl https://app.launchdarkly.com/api/v2/users/projectKey/environmentKey/userKey \
     -H "Authorization: <apiKey>"

{
  "lastPing": "2022-06-28T23:21:29.176609596Z",
  "environmentId": "1234a56b7c89d012345e678f",
  "ownerId": "12ab3c45de678910abc12345",
  "user": {
    "key": "user-key-123abc",
    "secondary": "2398127",
    "ip": "10.10.10.10",
    "country": "United States",
    "email": "sandy@example.com",
    "firstName": "Sandy",
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "avatar": "http://example.com/avatar.png",
    "name": "Sandy Smith",
    "anonymous": false,
    "custom": {},
    "privateAttrs": [
      "string"
    ]
  },
  "sortValue": null,
  "_links": {
    "parent": {
      "href": "/api/v2/users/my-project/my-environment",
      "type": "application/json"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/v2/users/my-project/my-environment/my-user",
      "type": "application/json"
    },
    "settings": {
      "href": "/api/v2/users/my-project/my-environment/my-user/flags",
      "type": "text/html"
    },
    "site": {
      "href": "/my-project/my-environment/users/my-user",
      "type": "text/html"
    }
  },
  "_access": {
    "denied": [
      {
        "action": "string",
        "reason": {
          "effect": "allow",
          "resources": [
            "proj/*:env/*;qa_*:/flag/*"
          ],
          "notResources": [
            "string"
          ],
          "actions": [
            "*"
          ],
          "notActions": [
            "string"
          ],
          "role_name": "string"
        }
      }
    ],
    "allowed": [
      {
        "action": "string",
        "reason": {
          "effect": "allow",
          "resources": [
            "proj/*:env/*;qa_*:/flag/*"
          ],
          "notResources": [
            "string"
          ],
          "actions": [
            "*"
          ],
          "notActions": [
            "string"
          ],
          "role_name": "string"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Use contexts instead

After you have upgraded your LaunchDarkly SDK to use contexts instead of users, you should use Get context instances instead of this endpoint.

Get a user by key. The user object contains all attributes sent in variation calls for that key.

> ### Use contexts instead > > After you have upgraded your LaunchDarkly SDK to use contexts instead of users, you should use [Get context instances](https://launchdarkly.com/docs/api/contexts/get-context-instances) instead of this endpoint. Get a user by key. The `user` object contains all attributes sent in `variation` calls for that key.

Authentication

Authorizationstring

API Key authentication via header

Path parameters

projectKeystringRequiredformat: "string"

The project key

environmentKeystringRequiredformat: "string"

The environment key

userKeystringRequiredformat: "string"

The user key

Response

User response

lastPingdatetime

Timestamp of the last time this user was seen

environmentIdstring

The environment ID

ownerIdstring

The ID of the member who is the owner for this account

userobject

Details on the user

sortValueany

If this record is returned as part of a list, the value used to sort the list. This is only included when the sort query parameter is specified. It is a time, in Unix milliseconds, if the sort is by lastSeen. It is a user key if the sort is by userKey.

_linksmap from strings to objects

The location and content type of related resources

_accessobject

Details on the allowed and denied actions for this user

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

404

Not Found Error

429

Too Many Requests Error