REST API : get user details

[Benoit Moraillon]

Hello, I'm having trouble getting user details via the REST API, particularly for email or active status. I'm using Data Center version 8.5.22. Thanks in advance.

The expand parameter doesn't work.

Thanks.

[Benjamin · Accepted solution]

Hi @Benoit Moraillon 

Here's an example of how to use the expand parameter. 

GET /rest/api/user?username=exampleuser&expand=profilePicture,groupMemberships

Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot of documentation with examples for confluence. I usually have confluence and Jira together, so the rest api on Jira can provide the email and active status by default. Another way, I get the information as well is querying the DB. 

Perhaps expand=status,e-mail will work?

[Stefan Stadler]

expand=status works in our system. The email is the username in our case so all the information would be there. However, if the email is not the user name, there appears to be no such expandable field (at least not in our environment).