Operations with Specific User

This resource lets you access users and their profiles in YouTrack.

Resource	/api/users/{userID}
Returned entity	User. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a Specific User. `POST`: Update a Specific User.

User attributes

Represents a user in YouTrack. Please note that the read-only properties of a user account, like credentials, or email and so on, you can only change in Hub REST API.

Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the User entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the fields request parameter.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the user. `Read-only`.
login	String	The login of the user. `Read-only`.
fullName	String	The full name of the user as seen in their profile. `Read-only`.
email	String	The email address of the user. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
ringId	String	ID of the user in Hub. You can use this ID for operations in Hub, and for matching users between YouTrack and Hub. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
guest	Boolean	Indicates whether the user is `guest`. `Read-only`.
online	Boolean	Indicates whether the user is currently online. `Read-only`.
banned	Boolean	Indicates whether the user is banned. `Read-only`.
isAnonymized	Boolean	Indicates whether the user's personal data has been anonymized. `Read-only`.
tags	Array of Tags	Tags that belong to this user. `Read-only`.
savedQueries	Array of SavedQueries	Saved searches that belong to this user. `Read-only`.
avatarUrl	String	The URL of the user avatar. `Read-only`.
profiles	UserProfiles	The profiles of the user. `Read-only`.
userType	UserType	The type of the user. `Read-only`.

Read a Specific User

Read settings of the YouTrack profile of the specific user.

Requires permissions: Read User Basic

Required permissions

No permissions are required for reading the basic information. Accessing all data requires Read User permission.

Request syntax

GET /api/users/{userID}?{fields}

{userID}	The database ID of the user in YouTrack.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of User attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.

Sample 1

This sample shows a GET request executed by a user with admin permissions.

Sample request

                    https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/1-3?fields=id,name,login,banned,email,online
                

Sample response body

                    {
                      "id": "24-42",
                      "email": null,
                      "banned": false,
                      "login": "Daniel.Snyder",
                      "online": false,
                      "name": "Daniel Snyder",
                      "$type": "User"
                    }
                

Sample 2

You can also use the login of the user instead of the database ID in a request URI. This sample shows how to read a user by their login.

Sample request

                    https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/daniel.snyder?fields=id,name,login,banned,email,online
                

Sample response body

                    {
                      "id": "24-42",
                      "email": null,
                      "banned": false,
                      "login": "Daniel.Snyder",
                      "online": false,
                      "name": "Daniel Snyder",
                      "$type": "User"
                    }
                

Update a Specific User

Update a specific user in YouTrack.

Required permissions

Requires permission: Update User.

Request syntax

POST /api/users/{userID}?{fields}

{userID}	The database ID of the user in YouTrack.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of User attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.

Sample

Sample request

                    https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/users/24-42?fields=name,login,banned,email,online
                

Sample request body

                    {
                      "email": "daniel.snyder@example.com"
                    }
                

Sample response body

                    {
                      "id": "24-42",
                      "email": "daniel.snyder@example.com",
                      "banned": false,
                      "login": "Daniel.Snyder",
                      "online": false,
                      "name": "Daniel Snyder",
                      "$type": "User"
                    }
                

31 March 2026