Get a user by ID

GET /users/{id}

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Get a user by ID

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://{tenant_id}.hanko.io/users/{id} \
  --cookie hanko=

200

{
  "id": "c339547d-e17d-4ba7-8a1d-b3d5a4d17c1c",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "username": "<string>",
  "webauthn_credentials": [
    {
      "id": "Meprtysj5ZZrTlg0qiLbsZ168OtQMeGVAikVy2n1hvvG..."
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "public_metadata": {
      "role": "admin"
    },
    "unsafe_metadata": {
      "birthday": "2025-05-12"
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

hanko · string · cookie · required

Path Parameters

id · string<uuid4> · required

ID of the user

Example:

"c339547d-e17d-4ba7-8a1d-b3d5a4d17c1c"

Response

200

application/json

Details about the user

id · string<uuid4>

The ID of the user

Example:

"c339547d-e17d-4ba7-8a1d-b3d5a4d17c1c"

email · string<email>

The email address of the user

created_at · string<date-time>

Time of creation of the the user

updated_at · string<date-time>

Time of last update of the user

username · string

The username of the user

webauthn_credentials · object[]

List of registered Webauthn credentials

Show child attributes

webauthn_credentials. id · string<base64url>

The ID of the Webauthn credential

Example:

"Meprtysj5ZZrTlg0qiLbsZ168OtQMeGVAikVy2n1hvvG..."

metadata · object

The public and unsafe metadata of a user

Show child attributes

metadata. public_metadata · object

Example:

{ "role": "admin" }

metadata. unsafe_metadata · object

Example:

{ "birthday": "2025-05-12" }