---
title: "Get account information"
method: GET
path: "/accounts/{user_id}"
tags: ["Accounts"]
---

# Get account information

`GET /accounts/{user_id}`

Get information about an account. For members user_id can only be self. For admin it can be either self, or a user_id of any corporate member. (Permitted scopes: **fax:all:read**, **fax:member:read**, **fax:user:read**)

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Object containing account information

- Account — User account model
  - `account_data` AccountData
    - `company_logo` string — File name of your company logo
    - `company_name` string — Your company name in case you are a corporate admin
    - `deactivation_reason` string
    - `default_file_type` 'tiff' | 'pdf' — File type
    - `role` string — Role of the account in the company
    - `save_history` boolean — Save fax CDRs in inbox status
  - `account_type` 'corporate_admin' | 'individual' | 'corporate_member', required — Account type which could be corporate_admin, individual, etc
  - `creation_date` string, required — Creation date in UTC. Format: *YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss*
  - `email` string, required — Account email address
  - `last_password_modification_date` string — The date on which you have changed your password
  - `lastname` string — Your last name
  - `member_of` string[] — List of user ids that you are member of.
  - `name` string — Your first name
  - `notifications` AccountNotifications — Account notification settings
    - `black_list` AccountNotificationsBlacklist
      - `uids` string[], required
    - `settings` AccountNotificationsSettings, required — Account notification settings
      - `email` AccountNotificationsEmailSettings, required — Email notification settings
        - `addresses` string[] — List of email addresses to send notifications to
        - `attachments` object — Email attachments settings
          - `confirmation_page` boolean
          - `receive_fax` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive new faxes as notification attachments
          - `send_fax` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive your sent fax as an attachment to the notification
        - `low_credit` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications when your balance is low
        - `new_feature` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications about our new features
        - `receive_fax` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications about receiving faxes
        - `send_fax` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications when your fax is being send
        - `voicemail` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive new voicemail notifications
      - `language` 'en' — Notifications language
      - `push_notifications` AccountNotificationsPushSettings, required — Push notification settings
        - `low_credit` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications when your balance is low
        - `new_feature` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications about our new features
        - `receive_fax` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications about receiving faxes
        - `send_fax` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications when your fax is being send
        - `voicemail` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive new voicemail notifications
      - `slack` AccountNotificationsSlackSettings — Slack notification settings
        - `receive_fax` 'with_attachment' | 'no_attachment' | 'off', required
        - `send_fax` 'with_attachment' | 'no_attachment' | 'off', required
        - `target_channel` string, required — Channel to send notifications
      - `sms` AccountNotificationsSmsSettings, required — SMS notification settings
        - `low_credit` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications when your balance is low
        - `new_feature` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications about our new features
        - `numbers` string[] — List of phone numbers to send SMS notifications to
        - `receive_fax` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications about receiving faxes
        - `send_fax` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive notifications when your fax is being send
        - `voicemail` boolean, required — Set to true if you want to receive new voicemail notifications
  - `phone` string — Your account phone number
  - `profile_image` string — Profile image path
  - `settings` AccountSettings — Account settings
    - `caller_id_name` string — Account caller id name
    - `options` object
    - `send_fax` object
      - `retry` RetryOptions — Fax retry settings
        - `count` integer — Number of tries to send the fax
        - `delay` integer — Delay in seconds between two retries
      - `should_enhance` boolean — Enable text enhancement for faxes by default
      - `default_resolution` 'fine' | 'superfine' — Default fax resolution
      - `partially_sent_retry` boolean — Enable automatic retry for partially sent faxes
    - `should_enhance` boolean — Deprecated. Use settings.send_fax.should_enhance instead
  - `status` 'active' | 'unverified_phone' | 'suspended' | 'disabled' | 'inactive' | 'deleted' | 'corporate_deleted' | 'waiting_for_signup', required — Your account status which could be active, inactive etc
  - `uid` string, required — User ID of current user

## Other responses

- `400` — Error object in case there's a problem with given data
- `401` — Error object in case there's a problem with the authorization
- `500` — Error object in case there's a server error

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[API](https://skmtc.net/fax/apis/fax-plus-rest-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/fax/apis/fax-plus-rest-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/fax/fax-plus-rest-api/versions/c1afc85d2c15/schema)