## GetUser

`client.Users.GetUser(ctx, body) (*UserGetUserResponse, error)`

**post** `/gitpod.v1.UserService/GetUser`

Gets basic information about a specific user by their ID.

Use this method to:

- Retrieve user profile information
- Get user details for display purposes
- Fetch user metadata for administrative tasks

### Examples

- Get user by ID:

  Retrieves basic user information by user ID.

  ```yaml
  userId: "f53d2330-3795-4c5d-a1f3-453121af9c60"
  ```

### Parameters

- `body UserGetUserParams`

  - `UserID param.Field[string]`

### Returns

- `type UserGetUserResponse struct{…}`

  - `User User`

    - `ID string`

      id is a UUID of the user

    - `AvatarURL string`

      avatar_url is a link to the user avatar

    - `CreatedAt Time`

      created_at is the creation time

    - `Email string`

      email is the user's email address

    - `Name string`

      name is the full name of the user

    - `OrganizationID string`

      organization_id is the id of the organization this account is owned by.

      +optional if not set, this account is owned by the installation.

    - `Status UserStatus`

      status is the status the user is in

      - `const UserStatusUnspecified UserStatus = "USER_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED"`

      - `const UserStatusActive UserStatus = "USER_STATUS_ACTIVE"`

      - `const UserStatusSuspended UserStatus = "USER_STATUS_SUSPENDED"`

      - `const UserStatusLeft UserStatus = "USER_STATUS_LEFT"`

### Example

```go
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod-sdk-go"
  "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod-sdk-go/option"
)

func main() {
  client := gitpod.NewClient(
    option.WithBearerToken("My Bearer Token"),
  )
  response, err := client.Users.GetUser(context.TODO(), gitpod.UserGetUserParams{
    UserID: gitpod.F("f53d2330-3795-4c5d-a1f3-453121af9c60"),
  })
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response.User)
}
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "user": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "avatarUrl": "avatarUrl",
    "createdAt": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
    "email": "email",
    "name": "name",
    "organizationId": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "status": "USER_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED"
  }
}
```