--- title: Fetch user by ID slug: content-recommendations/api/fetch-user-by-id docTags: createdAt: 2026-09-02T16:24:40.465Z --- { "id": "t9wfsRwj81sKsO6eDe9bS", "type": "api-oas-v2", "data": { "method": "GET", "url": "https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id}", "servers": [ { "url": "https://{hostname}/1.0/users/{id}", "description": "Primary API server", "variables": { "hostname": { "default": "api.usea01.idio.episerver.net", "enum": [ "api.apac01.idio.episerver.net", "api.caea01.idio.episerver.net", "api.emea01.idio.episerver.net", "api.usea01.idio.episerver.net" ] } } } ], "name": "Fetch user by ID", "description": "Retrieve detailed information about a specific user.", "contentType": "application/json", "request": { "pathParameters": [ { "kind": "required", "name": "id", "type": "string", "example": "email:john.doe@example.com", "description": "

User identifier (numeric ID or 'identifier

' format).

" } ], "headerParameters": [ { "name": "accept", "type": "string", "kind": "optional", "description": "Generated from available response content types", "enum": [ "application/json" ], "default": "application/json" } ], "queryParameters": [], "bodyDataParameters": [], "formDataParameters": [], "oAuthParameters": [ { "id": "key", "name": "key", "kind": "optional", "type": "apiKey", "description": "

API key required for authentication. Must be provided as a query parameter, for example, ?key=YOUR_API_KEY.

", "in": "query" } ], "cookieParameters": [] }, "responses": [ { "statusCode": "200", "description": "A single user.", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "example": "{\"first_name\":\"Jordan\",\"last_name\":\"Lee\",\"name\":\"Jordan Lee\",\"email\":\"jordan.lee@example.com\",\"service_credentials\":[],\"additional_info\":{\"plan\":\"enterprise\"},\"identifiers\":{\"crm_id\":\"CRM-00987\"}}", "description": "", "customType": "User", "schema": [ { "name": "first_name", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "First name of the user.", "example": "Jordan" }, { "name": "last_name", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "Last name of the user.", "example": "Lee" }, { "name": "email", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "User's email address.", "example": "jordan.lee@example.com", "format": "email" }, { "name": "service_credentials", "kind": "optional", "type": "array", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ServiceCredentials", "customType": "ServiceCredentials", "schema": [ { "name": "service", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "

The third-party service this credential belongs to.

", "enum": [ "facebook", "twitter", "linkedin" ] } ] }, { "name": "additional_info", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Map", "customType": "Map", "schema": [] }, { "name": "identifiers", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Map", "customType": "Map", "schema": [] }, { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Full name of the user.", "example": "Jordan Lee" } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/User", "complexItems": [ { "name": "object", "schema": [ { "name": "first_name", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "First name of the user.", "example": "Jordan" }, { "name": "last_name", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "Last name of the user.", "example": "Lee" }, { "name": "email", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "User's email address.", "example": "jordan.lee@example.com", "format": "email" }, { "name": "service_credentials", "kind": "optional", "type": "array", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ServiceCredentials", "customType": "ServiceCredentials", "schema": [ { "name": "service", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "

The third-party service this credential belongs to.

", "enum": [ "facebook", "twitter", "linkedin" ] } ] }, { "name": "additional_info", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Map", "customType": "Map", "schema": [] }, { "name": "identifiers", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Map", "customType": "Map", "schema": [] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/UserCore", "customType": "UserCore" }, { "name": "object", "schema": [ { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "Full name of the user.", "example": "Jordan Lee" } ] } ], "complexType": "allOf", "isExpanded": true } ] }, { "statusCode": "404", "description": "User does not exist", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true } ], "hasXCodeSamples": false, "examples": { "languages": [ { "id": "BcZMPbBHFSaZk0J23LQkQ", "language": "curl", "label": "cURL", "code": "curl --request GET \\\n --url https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id} \\\n --header 'accept: application/json'" }, { "id": "-PSdDsJRnLEOCuAHn8VGf", "language": "javascript", "label": "javascript", "code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'GET',\n headers: myHeaders,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id}\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));" }, { "id": "in0rvKxgKpNFnjYmzNI_g", "language": "ruby", "label": "Ruby", "code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id}\")\n\nhttps = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)\nhttps.use_ssl = true\n\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\n\nresponse = https.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n" }, { "id": "JX3qRFwcXVI8Fvc6sIF5n", "language": "python", "label": "Python", "code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id}\"\n\npayload = {}\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"GET\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "BcZMPbBHFSaZk0J23LQkQ" }, "results": { "languages": [ { "id": "response-0-200", "language": "200", "code": "// A single user.\n{\n \"first_name\": \"Jordan\",\n \"last_name\": \"Lee\",\n \"email\": \"jordan.lee@example.com\",\n \"service_credentials\": [\n {\n \"service\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"additional_info\": {},\n \"identifiers\": {},\n \"name\": \"Jordan Lee\"\n}" }, { "id": "response-1-404", "language": "404", "code": "// User does not exist\n" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "response-0-200" } }, "children": [ { "text": "" } ] }