---
title: "Get user"
method: GET
path: "/v1/user/{user_id}"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Get user

`GET /v1/user/{user_id}`

Get a user object by its id

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, uuid, required — User id

## Response `200`

Returns the user object

- User
  - `id` string, uuid, required — Unique identifier for the user
  - `given_name` string, nullable — Given name of the user
  - `family_name` string, nullable — Family name of the user
  - `email` string, nullable — The user's email
  - `avatar_url` string, nullable — URL of the user's Avatar image
  - `created` string, date-time, nullable — Date of user creation

## Other responses

- `400` — The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter
- `401` — No valid API key provided
- `403` — The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request
- `429` — Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests
- `500` — Something went wrong on Braintrust's end. (These are rare.)

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