Operations with Specific User
This resource lets you work with user settings in YouTrack.
Resource | /api/users/{userID} |
Returned entity | User. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section. |
Supported methods |
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User attributes
Represents a user in YouTrack. Please note that the read-only properties of a user account, like credentials, or email and so on, you can only change in Hub REST API.
Related Resources
Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.
Attributes
This table describes attributes of the User
entity.
To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the
fields
request parameter.To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.
Field | Type | Description |
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id | String | The ID of the user. |
login | String | The login of the user. |
fullName | String | The full name of the user as seen in their profile. |
String | The email address of the user. | |
ringId | String | ID of the user in Hub. You can use this ID for operations in Hub, and for matching users between YouTrack and Hub. |
guest | Boolean | Indicates whether the user is |
online | Boolean | Indicates whether the user is currently online. |
banned | Boolean | Indicates whether the user is banned. |
tags | Array of Tags | Tags that belong to this user. |
savedQueries | Array of SavedQueries | Saved searches that belong to this user. |
avatarUrl | String | The URL of the user avatar. |
profiles | UserProfiles | The profiles of the user. |
Read a Specific User
Read settings of the YouTrack profile of the specific user.
Requires permissions: Read User Basic
Required permissions
No permissions are required for reading basic information, for accessing all data requires Read User permission.
Request syntax
{userID} | Database ID of the user in YouTrack. |
Request parameters
Parameter | Type | Description |
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fields | String | A list of User attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the |
Sample 1
This sample shows GET request from a user with restricted permissions.
Sample request
Sample response body
Sample 2
This sample shows the same request but executed by a user with admin permissions.
Sample request
Sample response body
Sample 3
You can also use the login of the user instead of the database ID in a request URI. This sample shows how to read a user by their login.