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Get user

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Zones
Users

Get user

zones.users.retrieve(strid, UserRetrieveParams**kwargs) -> User
GET/zones/{zoneId}/users/{id}

Returns details of a specific user by user ID

ParametersExpand Collapse
zone_id: str
id: str
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class User: …

An authenticated user entity

id: str

Unique identifier of the user

created_at: datetime

Entity creation timestamp

formatdate-time
email: str

Email address of the user

formatemail
email_verified: bool

Whether the email address has been verified

identifier: str

Zone-scoped user identifier. Defaults to the user's Keycard ID. When the provider has user_identifier_claim configured, the value is set from that claim at user creation time.

organization_id: str

Organization that owns this user

status: Literal["active", "disabled"]

Status of the user. Disabled users cannot authenticate.

Accepts one of the following:
"active"
"disabled"
updated_at: datetime

Entity update timestamp

formatdate-time
zone_id: str

Zone this user belongs to

authenticated_at: Optional[str]

Date when the user was last authenticated

credentials: Optional[List[Credential]]

Authentication credentials for this user, each carrying its identity provider for federation credentials. Populated only when expand[]=credentials is set on the listing endpoint.

Accepts one of the following:
class CredentialIamUserCredentialFederation: …

Federation credential: the user authenticates through an identity provider.

created_at: datetime

Entity creation timestamp

formatdate-time
provider_id: Optional[str]

ID of the identity provider backing this credential. null when the source provider has been deleted.

type: Literal["federation"]
updated_at: datetime

Entity update timestamp

formatdate-time
issuer: Optional[str]

Issuer identifier of the identity provider.

provider: Optional[Provider]

A Provider is a system that supplies access to Resources and allows actors (Users or Applications) to authenticate.

id: str

Unique identifier of the provider

created_at: datetime

Entity creation timestamp

formatdate-time
identifier: str

User specified identifier, unique within the zone

minLength1
maxLength2048
name: str

Human-readable name

minLength1
maxLength255
organization_id: str

Organization that owns this provider

owner_type: Literal["platform", "customer"]

Who owns this provider. Platform-owned providers cannot be modified via API.

Accepts one of the following:
"platform"
"customer"
slug: str

URL-safe identifier, unique within the zone

minLength1
maxLength63
updated_at: datetime

Entity update timestamp

formatdate-time
zone_id: str

Zone this provider belongs to

client_id: Optional[str]

OAuth 2.0 client identifier

client_secret_set: Optional[bool]

Indicates whether a client secret is configured

description: Optional[str]

Human-readable description

maxLength2048
metadata: Optional[Metadata]

Provider metadata

icon_url: Optional[str]

Icon URL

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maxLength2048
protocols: Optional[Protocols]

Protocol-specific configuration

oauth2: Optional[ProtocolsOauth2]

OAuth 2.0 protocol configuration

issuer: str

OIDC issuer URL used for discovery and token validation.

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authorization_endpoint: Optional[str]
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authorization_parameters: Optional[Dict[str, str]]

Custom query parameters appended to authorization redirect URLs. Use for non-standard providers (e.g. Google prompt=consent, access_type=offline).

authorization_resource_enabled: Optional[bool]

Whether to include the resource parameter in authorization requests.

authorization_resource_parameter: Optional[str]

The resource parameter value to include in authorization requests. Defaults to "resource" when authorization_resource_enabled is true.

code_challenge_methods_supported: Optional[List[str]]
jwks_uri: Optional[str]
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registration_endpoint: Optional[str]
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scope_parameter: Optional[str]

The query parameter name for scopes in authorization requests. Defaults to "scope". Slack v2 uses "user_scope".

scope_separator: Optional[str]

The separator character for scope values. Defaults to " " (space). Slack v2 uses ",".

scopes_supported: Optional[List[str]]
token_endpoint: Optional[str]
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token_response_access_token_pointer: Optional[str]

Dot-separated path to the access token in the token response body. Defaults to "access_token". Slack v2 uses "authed_user.access_token".

openid: Optional[ProtocolsOpenid]

OpenID Connect protocol configuration

scopes: Optional[List[str]]

Additional OIDC scopes to request from this provider during authentication (e.g. "groups"). Merged with the default scopes (openid, profile, email).

single_logout_enabled: Optional[bool]

When true, logging out of the zone propagates the logout to this provider's end_session_endpoint (RP-initiated logout). Defaults to false.

user_identifier_claim: Optional[str]

Name of a top-level string claim in this provider's ID Token to use as the user identifier on user creation. When not set, the user's Keycard ID is used.

userinfo_endpoint: Optional[str]
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type: Optional[Literal["external", "keycard-vault", "keycard-sts"]]
Accepts one of the following:
"external"
"keycard-vault"
"keycard-sts"
subject: Optional[str]

Subject identifier from the identity provider.

class CredentialIamUserCredentialPassword: …

Password credential: the user authenticates with email and password. The email lives on the user.

created_at: datetime

Entity creation timestamp

formatdate-time
type: Literal["password"]
updated_at: datetime

Entity update timestamp

formatdate-time
grant_count: Optional[int]

Delegated-grant count for this user. Populated only when expand[]=grant_count is set on the listing endpoint.

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issuer: Optional[str]

Issuer identifier of the identity provider

provider_id: Optional[str]

Reference to the identity provider. This field is undefined when the source identity provider is deleted but the user is not deleted.

role_assignments: Optional[List[RoleAssignment]]

Role grants for this user within the zone. Populated only when expand[]=role-assignments is set on the listing endpoint.

role_id: str

ID of the assigned role

role_identifier: str

Role identifier: a lowercase slug (letters and digits separated by single hyphens or underscores), unique per owner type within a zone. Role identifiers surface in policy evaluation, so the slug restriction keeps them unambiguous in policy text.

minLength1
maxLength255
role_owner_type: Literal["platform", "customer"]

Owner type of the granted role. Disambiguates roles that share an identifier across owner types.

Accepts one of the following:
"platform"
"customer"
scope: Optional[RoleAssignmentScope]

The resource this grant is scoped to, or null when the grant is unscoped (applies to the owning zone itself).

id: str

The ID of the scoped resource.

type: str

The kind of resource this grant is scoped to (e.g. zone).

session_count: Optional[int]

Session count for this user. Populated only when expand[]=session_count is set on the listing endpoint.

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subject: Optional[str]

Subject identifier from the identity provider

Get user

import os
from keycardai_api import KeycardAPI

client = KeycardAPI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("KEYCARD_API_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
user = client.zones.users.retrieve(
    id="id",
    zone_id="zoneId",
)
print(user.id)
{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "email": "dev@stainless.com",
  "email_verified": true,
  "identifier": "identifier",
  "organization_id": "organization_id",
  "status": "active",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "zone_id": "zone_id",
  "authenticated_at": "authenticated_at",
  "credentials": [
    {
      "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "provider_id": "provider_id",
      "type": "federation",
      "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "issuer": "issuer",
      "provider": {
        "id": "id",
        "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "identifier": "x",
        "name": "x",
        "organization_id": "organization_id",
        "owner_type": "platform",
        "slug": "slug",
        "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "zone_id": "zone_id",
        "client_id": "client_id",
        "client_secret_set": true,
        "description": "description",
        "metadata": {
          "icon_url": "https://example.com"
        },
        "protocols": {
          "oauth2": {
            "issuer": "https://example.com",
            "authorization_endpoint": "https://example.com",
            "authorization_parameters": {
              "foo": "string"
            },
            "authorization_resource_enabled": true,
            "authorization_resource_parameter": "authorization_resource_parameter",
            "code_challenge_methods_supported": [
              "string"
            ],
            "jwks_uri": "https://example.com",
            "registration_endpoint": "https://example.com",
            "scope_parameter": "scope_parameter",
            "scope_separator": "scope_separator",
            "scopes_supported": [
              "string"
            ],
            "token_endpoint": "https://example.com",
            "token_response_access_token_pointer": "token_response_access_token_pointer"
          },
          "openid": {
            "scopes": [
              "string"
            ],
            "single_logout_enabled": true,
            "user_identifier_claim": "user_identifier_claim",
            "userinfo_endpoint": "https://example.com"
          }
        },
        "type": "external"
      },
      "subject": "subject"
    }
  ],
  "grant_count": 0,
  "issuer": "issuer",
  "provider_id": "provider_id",
  "role_assignments": [
    {
      "role_id": "role_id",
      "role_identifier": "role_identifier",
      "role_owner_type": "platform",
      "scope": {
        "id": "id",
        "type": "type"
      }
    }
  ],
  "session_count": 0,
  "subject": "subject"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "email": "dev@stainless.com",
  "email_verified": true,
  "identifier": "identifier",
  "organization_id": "organization_id",
  "status": "active",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "zone_id": "zone_id",
  "authenticated_at": "authenticated_at",
  "credentials": [
    {
      "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "provider_id": "provider_id",
      "type": "federation",
      "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
      "issuer": "issuer",
      "provider": {
        "id": "id",
        "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "identifier": "x",
        "name": "x",
        "organization_id": "organization_id",
        "owner_type": "platform",
        "slug": "slug",
        "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
        "zone_id": "zone_id",
        "client_id": "client_id",
        "client_secret_set": true,
        "description": "description",
        "metadata": {
          "icon_url": "https://example.com"
        },
        "protocols": {
          "oauth2": {
            "issuer": "https://example.com",
            "authorization_endpoint": "https://example.com",
            "authorization_parameters": {
              "foo": "string"
            },
            "authorization_resource_enabled": true,
            "authorization_resource_parameter": "authorization_resource_parameter",
            "code_challenge_methods_supported": [
              "string"
            ],
            "jwks_uri": "https://example.com",
            "registration_endpoint": "https://example.com",
            "scope_parameter": "scope_parameter",
            "scope_separator": "scope_separator",
            "scopes_supported": [
              "string"
            ],
            "token_endpoint": "https://example.com",
            "token_response_access_token_pointer": "token_response_access_token_pointer"
          },
          "openid": {
            "scopes": [
              "string"
            ],
            "single_logout_enabled": true,
            "user_identifier_claim": "user_identifier_claim",
            "userinfo_endpoint": "https://example.com"
          }
        },
        "type": "external"
      },
      "subject": "subject"
    }
  ],
  "grant_count": 0,
  "issuer": "issuer",
  "provider_id": "provider_id",
  "role_assignments": [
    {
      "role_id": "role_id",
      "role_identifier": "role_identifier",
      "role_owner_type": "platform",
      "scope": {
        "id": "id",
        "type": "type"
      }
    }
  ],
  "session_count": 0,
  "subject": "subject"
}