Get an Atlas User by Name¶

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Example Request
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The following resource returns the unique ID associated with a Atlas user account.

The Atlas API uses HTTP Digest Authentication. Provide your Atlas username and API key as the username and password when constructing the HTTP request.

For complete documentation on configuring API access for an Atlas project, see Configure Atlas API Access.

Base URL: https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0

Note

Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {GROUP-ID} is the same as your project ID. For existing groups, your group/project ID remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the term groups.

Syntax¶

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GET /users/byName/{USER-NAME}

Request Path Parameters¶

Path Element	Required/Optional	Description
`{USER-NAME}`	Required	The Atlas user name. Must match the username provided as part of the HTTP Digest Authentication API request component.

Request Query Parameters¶

This endpoint may use any of the HTTP request query parameters available to all Atlas API resources. These are all optional.

Name	Type	Description	Default
`pretty`	boolean	Display response in a prettyprint format.	`false`
`envelope`	boolean	Specifies whether or not to wrap the response in an envelope.	`false`

Request Body Parameters¶

This endpoint does not use HTTP request body parameters.

Response¶

The HTTP document contains each of the following elements:

Name	Type	Description
`emailAddress`	string	The Atlas user’s email address.
`firstName`	string	The Atlas user’s first name.
`id`	string	Unique identifier for the Atlas user.
`lastName`	string	The Atlas user’s last name.
`links`	object array	One or more links to sub-resources and/or related resources. The relation-types between URLs are explained in the Web Linking Specification.
`mobileNumber`	string	The Atlas user’s mobile or cell phone number.
`roles`	object array	Each object in the array represents either an Atlas organization or project the Atlas user is assigned to and the Atlas role has for the associated organization or project. You can specify either `roles.orgId` or `roles.groupId` per object.
`roles.orgId`	string	The unique identifier of the organization in which the user has the specified `roles.roleName`.
`roles.groupId`	string	The unique identifier of the project in which the user has the specified `roles.roleName`.
`roles.roleName`	string	The name of the role. When associated to `roles.orgId`, the valid roles and their mappings are: `ORG_OWNER` - `Organization Owner` `ORG_GROUP_CREATOR` - `Organization Project Creator` `ORG_BILLING_ADMIN` - `Organization Billing Admin` `ORG_READ_ONLY` - `Organization Read Only` `ORG_MEMBER` - `Organization Member` When associated to `roles.groupId`, the valid roles and their mappings are: `GROUP_OWNER` - `Project Owner` `GROUP_READ_ONLY` - `Project Read Only` `GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_ADMIN` - `Project Data Access Admin` `GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_WRITE` - `Project Data Access Read/Write` `GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_ONLY` - `Project Data Access Read Only`
`teamIds`	array	Array of string IDs for each team the user is a member of.
`username`	string	The Atlas username. Must use e-mail address formatting. You cannot modify the username once set.

Example Request¶

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curl --user "john.doe@example.com:{apiKey}" --digest --include \
  --header "Accept: application/json" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --request GET "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/users/byName/john.doe@example.com"

Example Response¶

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{
    "emailAddress": "john.doe@example.com",
    "firstName": "John",
    "id": "5af1c27a0a7fa48c76d3a761",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "links": [
        {
            "href": "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/users/5af1c27a0a7fa48c76d3a761",
            "rel": "self"
        },
        {
            "href": "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/users/5af1c27a0a7fa48c76d3a761/whitelist",
            "rel": "http://mms.mongodb.com/whitelist"
        }
    ],
    "mobileNumber" : "2125550198",
    "roles": [
        {
            "orgId": "5af1c27a0a7fa48c76d3a762",
            "roleName": "ORG_OWNER"
        },
        {
            "groupId": "5af1c27a0a7fa48c76d3a763",
            "roleName": "GROUP_OWNER"
        }
    ],
    "teamIds": [
        "5af1c27a0a7fa48c76d3a764"
    ],
    "username": "john.doe@example.com"
}

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