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# Operations with Specific User﻿

Last modified: 31 March 2026

This resource lets you access users and their profiles in YouTrack.

| Resource | ``` /api/users/{userID} ``` |
| Returned entity | User. For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users.html#User-supported-fields) section. |
| Supported methods | - `GET`: [Read a Specific User](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users.html#get-User-method). - `POST`: [Update a Specific User](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users.html#update-User-method). |

## User attributes﻿

Represents a user in YouTrack. Please note that the read-only properties of a user account, like credentials, or email and so on, you can only change in Hub REST API.

### Related Resources﻿

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

- Users
- Individual Users in the Bundle
- Aggregated Users in the Bundle

### Attributes﻿

This table describes attributes of the `User` entity.

- To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the `fields` request parameter.
- To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| id | String | The ID of the user. `Read-only`. |
| login | String | The login of the user. `Read-only`. |
| fullName | String | The full name of the user as seen in their profile. `Read-only`. |
| email | String | The email address of the user. `Read-only`. `Can be null`. |
| ringId | String | ID of the user in Hub. You can use this ID for operations in Hub, and for matching users between YouTrack and Hub. `Read-only`. `Can be null`. |
| guest | Boolean | Indicates whether the user is `guest`. `Read-only`. |
| online | Boolean | Indicates whether the user is currently online. `Read-only`. |
| banned | Boolean | Indicates whether the user is banned. `Read-only`. |
| isAnonymized | Boolean | Indicates whether the user's personal data has been anonymized. `Read-only`. |
| tags | Array of Tags | Tags that belong to this user. `Read-only`. |
| savedQueries | Array of SavedQueries | Saved searches that belong to this user. `Read-only`. |
| avatarUrl | String | The URL of the user avatar. `Read-only`. |
| profiles | UserProfiles | The profiles of the user. `Read-only`. |
| userType | UserType | The type of the user. `Read-only`. |

## Read a Specific User﻿

Read settings of the YouTrack profile of the specific user.

Requires permissions: Read User Basic

### Required permissions﻿

No permissions are required for reading the basic information. Accessing all data requires Read User permission.

### Request syntax﻿

```
GET /api/users/{userID}?{fields}
```

| {userID} | The database ID of the user in YouTrack. |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of User attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned. |

### Sample 1﻿

This sample shows a GET request executed by a user with admin permissions.

#### Sample request﻿

```
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/1-3?fields=id,name,login,banned,email,online
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "id": "24-42",
  "email": null,
  "banned": false,
  "login": "Daniel.Snyder",
  "online": false,
  "name": "Daniel Snyder",
  "$type": "User"
}
```

### Sample 2﻿

You can also use the login of the user instead of the database ID in a request URI. This sample shows how to read a user by their login.

#### Sample request﻿

```
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/daniel.snyder?fields=id,name,login,banned,email,online
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "id": "24-42",
  "email": null,
  "banned": false,
  "login": "Daniel.Snyder",
  "online": false,
  "name": "Daniel Snyder",
  "$type": "User"
}
```

## Update a Specific User﻿

Update a specific user in YouTrack.

### Required permissions﻿

Requires permission: Update User.

### Request syntax﻿

```
POST /api/users/{userID}?{fields}
```

| {userID} | The database ID of the user in YouTrack. |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of User attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned. |

### Sample﻿

#### Sample request﻿

```
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/24-42?fields=name,login,banned,email,online
```

#### Sample request body﻿

```
{
  "email": "daniel.snyder@example.com"
}
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "id": "24-42",
  "email": "daniel.snyder@example.com",
  "banned": false,
  "login": "Daniel.Snyder",
  "online": false,
  "name": "Daniel Snyder",
  "$type": "User"
}
```

- [Operations with Specific User](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users.html)
- [User attributes](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users.html#User-supported-fields)
- [Read a Specific User](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users.html#get-User-method)
- [Update a Specific User](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-users.html#update-User-method)

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