---
title: "Get user property"
method: GET
path: "/wiki/rest/api/user/{userId}/property/{key}"
tags: ["User properties"]
---

# Get user property

`GET /wiki/rest/api/user/{userId}/property/{key}`

Returns the property corresponding to `key` for a user. For more information
about user properties, see [Confluence entity properties](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/confluence-entity-properties/).
`Note`, these properties stored against a user are on a Confluence site level and not space/content level.

**[Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/_AozKw) required**:
Permission to access the Confluence site ('Can use' global permission).

## Path parameters

- `userId` string, required
- `key` string, required

## Response `200`

Returned if the requested properties are returned.

- UserProperty
  - `key` string, required
  - `value` object, required — The value of the content property.
  - `id` string, required — a unique identifier for the user property
  - `lastModifiedDate` string, date-time, required — datetime when the property was last modified such as `2022-02-01T12:00:00.111Z`
  - `createdDate` string, date-time, required — datetime when the property was created such as `2022-01-01T12:00:00.111Z`
  - `_links` GenericLinks

## Other responses

- `400` — Returned if; - The key is too long. - Request has malformed syntax or userId is not a valid user id.
- `401` — Returned if the authentication credentials are incorrect or missing from the request.
- `403` — Returned if the user does not have the correct permissions.
- `404` — Returned if; - There is no user with the given user ID - There is no user property with the given key

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