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Get all users

Retrieve all users in a realm.

GET https://chat.zymocosm.com/api/v1/users

Usage examples

  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • curl

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import zulip

# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")

# Get all users in the realm
result = client.get_members()
print(result)

# You may pass the `client_gravatar` query parameter as follows:
result = client.get_members({'client_gravatar': True})
print(result)

# You may pass the `include_custom_profile_fields` query parameter as follows:
result = client.get_members({'include_custom_profile_fields': True})
print(result)

More examples and documentation can be found here.

const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
const config = {
    zuliprc: 'zuliprc',
};

zulip(config).then((client) => {
    // Get all users in the realm
    client.users.retrieve().then(console.log);

    // You may pass the `client_gravatar` query parameter as follows:
    client.users.retrieve({client_gravatar: true}).then(console.log);
});


curl -sSX GET -G https://chat.zymocosm.com/api/v1/users \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY

You may pass the client_gravatar query parameter as follows:

curl -sSX GET -G https://chat.zymocosm.com/api/v1/users \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    -d 'client_gravatar=true' \
    -d 'include_custom_profile_fields=true'

Arguments

Note: The following arguments are all URL query parameters.

Argument Example Required Description
client_gravatar true No

The client_gravatar field is set to true if clients can compute their own gravatars. Defaults to false.
include_custom_profile_fields true No

Set to true if the client wants custom profile field data to be included in the response. Defaults to false.

Response

Return values

  • members: A list of dictionaries where each dictionary contains information about a particular user or bot.
    • email: The email address of the user or bot..
    • is_bot: A boolean specifying whether the user is a bot or not.
    • avatar_url: URL to the user's gravatar. None if the client_gravatar query paramater was set to True.
    • full_name: Full name of the user or bot.
    • is_admin: A boolean specifying whether the user is an admin or not.
    • bot_type: None if the user isn't a bot. 1 for a Generic bot. 2 for an Incoming webhook bot. 3 for an Outgoing webhook bot. 4 for an Embedded bot.
    • user_id: The ID of the user.
    • bot_owner: If the user is a bot (i.e. is_bot is True), bot_owner is the email address of the user who created the bot.
    • is_active: A boolean specifying whether the user is active or not.
    • is_guest: A boolean specifying whether the user is a guest user or not.
    • timezone: The time zone of the user.

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "members": [
        {
            "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/818c212b9f8830dfef491b3f7da99a14?d=identicon&version=1",
            "bot_type": null,
            "date_joined": "2019-10-20T07:50:53.728864+00:00",
            "email": "AARON@zulip.com",
            "full_name": "aaron",
            "is_active": true,
            "is_admin": false,
            "is_bot": false,
            "is_guest": false,
            "profile_data": {},
            "timezone": "",
            "user_id": 7
        },
        {
            "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d8cad0fd00256e7b40691d27ddfd466?d=identicon&version=1",
            "bot_type": null,
            "date_joined": "2019-10-20T07:50:53.729659+00:00",
            "email": "hamlet@zulip.com",
            "full_name": "King Hamlet",
            "is_active": true,
            "is_admin": false,
            "is_bot": false,
            "is_guest": false,
            "profile_data": {
                "1": {
                    "rendered_value": "<p>+0-11-23-456-7890</p>",
                    "value": "+0-11-23-456-7890"
                },
                "2": {
                    "rendered_value": "<p>I am:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>The prince of Denmark</li>\n<li>Nephew to the usurping Claudius</li>\n</ul>",
                    "value": "I am:\n* The prince of Denmark\n* Nephew to the usurping Claudius"
                },
                "3": {
                    "rendered_value": "<p>Dark chocolate</p>",
                    "value": "Dark chocolate"
                },
                "4": {
                    "value": "vim"
                },
                "5": {
                    "value": "1900-1-1"
                },
                "6": {
                    "value": "https://blog.zulig.org"
                },
                "7": {
                    "value": "[11]"
                },
                "8": {
                    "value": "zulipbot"
                }
            },
            "timezone": "",
            "user_id": 10
        },
        {
            "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7328586831cdbb1627649bd857b1ee8c?d=identicon&version=1",
            "bot_owner_id": 11,
            "bot_type": 1,
            "date_joined": "2019-10-20T12:52:17.862053+00:00",
            "email": "iago-bot@zulipdev.com",
            "full_name": "Iago's Bot",
            "is_active": true,
            "is_admin": false,
            "is_bot": true,
            "is_guest": false,
            "timezone": "",
            "user_id": 23
        }
    ],
    "msg": "",
    "result": "success"
}