Get an IAM user using an Amazon SDK - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Get an IAM user using an Amazon SDK

The following code examples show how to get an IAM user.

Warning

To avoid security risks, don't use IAM users for authentication when developing purpose-built software or working with real data. Instead, use federation with an identity provider such as Amazon IAM Identity Center (successor to Amazon Single Sign-On).

.NET
Amazon SDK for .NET
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

/// <summary> /// Get information about an IAM user. /// </summary> /// <param name="userName">The username of the user.</param> /// <returns>An IAM user object.</returns> public async Task<User> GetUserAsync(string userName) { var response = await _IAMService.GetUserAsync(new GetUserRequest { UserName = userName }); return response.User; }
  • For API details, see GetUser in Amazon SDK for .NET API Reference.

Go
SDK for Go V2
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

// UserWrapper encapsulates user actions used in the examples. // It contains an IAM service client that is used to perform user actions. type UserWrapper struct { IamClient *iam.Client } // GetUser gets data about a user. func (wrapper UserWrapper) GetUser(userName string) (*types.User, error) { var user *types.User result, err := wrapper.IamClient.GetUser(context.TODO(), &iam.GetUserInput{ UserName: aws.String(userName), }) if err != nil { var apiError smithy.APIError if errors.As(err, &apiError) { switch apiError.(type) { case *types.NoSuchEntityException: log.Printf("User %v does not exist.\n", userName) err = nil default: log.Printf("Couldn't get user %v. Here's why: %v\n", userName, err) } } } else { user = result.User } return user, err }
  • For API details, see GetUser in Amazon SDK for Go API Reference.

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using IAM with an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.