Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

DescribeUser

Retrieves the user metadata and attributes from UserId in an identity store.

Request Syntax


{
   "IdentityStoreId": "string",
   "UserId": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

IdentityStoreId

The globally unique identifier for the identity store, such as d-1234567890. In this example, d- is a fixed prefix, and 1234567890 is a randomly generated string that contains number and lower case letters. This value is generated at the time that a new identity store is created.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 12.

Pattern: ^d-[0-9a-f]{10}$

Required: Yes

UserId

The identifier for a user in the identity store.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 47.

Pattern: ^([0-9a-f]{10}-|)[A-Fa-f0-9]{8}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{12}$

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "UserId": "string",
   "UserName": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

UserId

The identifier for a user in the identity store.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 47.

Pattern: ^([0-9a-f]{10}-|)[A-Fa-f0-9]{8}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{4}-[A-Fa-f0-9]{12}$

UserName

Contains the user’s user name value. The length limit is 128 characters. This value can consist of letters, accented characters, symbols, numbers, and punctuation. The characters <>;:% are excluded. This value is specified at the time the user is created and stored as an attribute of the user object in the identity store.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\p{L}\p{M}\p{S}\p{N}\p{P}]+

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalServerException

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure with an internal server.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

Indicates that a requested resource is not found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ThrottlingException

Indicates that the principal has crossed the throttling limits of the API operations.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ValidationException

The request failed because it contains a syntax error.

HTTP Status Code: 400