Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

GetUser

Gets user attributes and and MFA settings for the currently signed-in user.

Authorize this action with a signed-in user's access token. It must include the scope aws.cognito.signin.user.admin.

Note

Amazon Cognito doesn't evaluate Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies in requests for this API operation. For this operation, you can't use IAM credentials to authorize requests, and you can't grant IAM permissions in policies. For more information about authorization models in Amazon Cognito, see Using the Amazon Cognito user pools API and user pool endpoints.

Request Syntax


{
   "AccessToken": "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.

AccessToken

A valid access token that Amazon Cognito issued to the currently signed-in user. Must include a scope claim for aws.cognito.signin.user.admin.

Type: String

Pattern: [A-Za-z0-9-_=.]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "MFAOptions": [ 
      { 
         "AttributeName": "string",
         "DeliveryMedium": "string"
      }
   ],
   "PreferredMfaSetting": "string",
   "UserAttributes": [ 
      { 
         "Name": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "UserMFASettingList": [ "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.

MFAOptions

This response parameter is no longer supported. It provides information only about SMS MFA configurations. It doesn't provide information about time-based one-time password (TOTP) software token MFA configurations. To look up information about either type of MFA configuration, use UserMFASettingList instead.

Type: Array of MFAOptionType objects

PreferredMfaSetting

The user's preferred MFA. Users can prefer SMS message, email message, or TOTP MFA.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 131072.

UserAttributes

An array of name-value pairs representing user attributes.

Custom attributes are prepended with the custom: prefix.

Type: Array of AttributeType objects

UserMFASettingList

The MFA options that are activated for the user. The possible values in this list are SMS_MFA, EMAIL_OTP, and SOFTWARE_TOKEN_MFA.

Type: Array of strings

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 131072.

Username

The name of the user that you requested.

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.

ForbiddenException

This exception is thrown when Amazon WAF doesn't allow your request based on a web ACL that's associated with your user pool.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InternalErrorException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't authorized.

HTTP Status Code: 400

PasswordResetRequiredException

This exception is thrown when a password reset is required.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

This exception is thrown when the user has made too many requests for a given operation.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UserNotConfirmedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't confirmed successfully.

HTTP Status Code: 400

UserNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

The following example request returns the details of the current user.

Sample Request


POST HTTP/1.1
Host: cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
X-Amz-Date: 20230613T200059Z
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
X-Amz-Target: AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.GetUser
User-Agent: <UserAgentString>
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature>
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
{
   "AccessToken": "eyJra456defEXAMPLE"
}

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:59 GMT
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0
Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes>
x-amzn-requestid: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-a1b2-c3d4-EXAMPLE11111
Connection: keep-alive
{
    "UserAttributes": [
        {
            "Name": "sub",
            "Value": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111"
        },
        {
            "Name": "identities",
            "Value": "[{\"userId\":\"a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE22222\",\"providerName\":\"SignInWithApple\",\"providerType\":\"SignInWithApple\",\"issuer\":null,\"primary\":false,\"dateCreated\":1701125599632}]"
        },
        {
            "Name": "email_verified",
            "Value": "true"
        },
        {
            "Name": "custom:state",
            "Value": "Maine"
        },
        {
            "Name": "name",
            "Value": "John Doe"
        },
        {
            "Name": "phone_number_verified",
            "Value": "true"
        },
        {
            "Name": "phone_number",
            "Value": "+12065551212"
        },
        {
            "Name": "preferred_username",
            "Value": "jamesdoe"
        },
        {
            "Name": "locale",
            "Value": "EMEA"
        },
        {
            "Name": "email",
            "Value": "jamesdoe@example.com"
        }
    ],
    "Username": "johndoe"
}