---
title: "Get a user"
method: GET
path: "/users/{selected_user}"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Get a user

`GET /users/{selected_user}`

Gets the public information associated with a user account.

If the user's profile is private, `location`, `website` and
`created_on` elements are omitted.

Note that the user object returned by this operation is changing significantly, due to privacy changes.
See the [announcement](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/bitbucket/bitbucket-api-changes-gdpr/#changes-to-bitbucket-user-objects) for details.

## Response `200`

The user object

- Account — An account object.
  - `type` string, required
  - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
    - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
  - `created_on` string, date-time
  - `display_name` string
  - `uuid` string

## Other responses

- `404` — If no user exists for the specified UUID, or if the specified account is a team account, not a personal account.

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