---
title: "Check User Exists"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/auth/user-exists"
tags: ["auth"]
---

# Check User Exists

`GET /api/v1/auth/user-exists`

Checks if a user with the given email exists in the database.

Rate Limited: 10 requests per minute per IP address.

Security considerations:
- Rate limiting prevents automated user enumeration attacks
- Consistent response timing mitigates timing-based attacks
- All requests are logged for security monitoring

Does not require authentication - public endpoint for login flow validation.

## Query parameters

- `email` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- UserExistsResponse — Response model for checking if a user exists.
  - `exists` boolean, required
  - `has_password` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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