[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-03-25 UTC."],[],[],null,["Retrieves a user.\n\nHTTP request\n\n`GET https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/users/{userKey}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\nPath parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `userKey` | `string` Identifies the user in the API request. The value can be the user's primary email address, alias email address, or unique user ID. |\n\nQuery parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `customFieldMask` | `string` A comma-separated list of schema names. All fields from these schemas are fetched. This should only be set when `projection=custom`. |\n| `projection` | `enum (`[Projection](/workspace/admin/directory/reference/rest/v1/users/get#Projection)`)` What subset of fields to fetch for this user. |\n| `viewType` | `enum (`[ViewType](/workspace/admin/directory/reference/rest/v1/users/get#ViewType)`)` Whether to fetch the administrator-only or domain-wide public view of the user. For more information, see [Retrieve a user as a non-administrator](https://developers.google.com/workspace/admin/directory/v1/guides/manage-users#retrieve_users_non_admin). |\n\nRequest body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\nResponse body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [User](/workspace/admin/directory/reference/rest/v1/users#User).\n\nAuthorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user.readonly`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent).\n\nProjection\n\n| Enums ||\n|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `BASIC` | Do not include any custom fields for the user. |\n| `CUSTOM` | Include custom fields from schemas requested in `customFieldMask`. |\n| `FULL` | Include all fields associated with this user. |\n\nViewType\n\n| Enums ||\n|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `admin_view` | Results include both administrator-only and domain-public fields for the user. |\n| `domain_public` | Results only include fields for the user that are publicly visible to other users in the domain. |"]]