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# Get a user

> Retrieve a single user, including download URLs for the signature and notary seal images. Allowed for the user themselves or a caller with the manage permission.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/users/openapi.yaml get /v1/users/{userId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Users API
  description: >-
    Manage user profiles and their signature and notary seal images. Supports
    listing users for an owner, retrieving and updating individual profiles, and
    requesting upload URLs for user images.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Slate API Support
    email: api-support@slate.inc
    url: https://slate.inc
servers:
  - url: https://api.slate.inc/users
    description: Production
  - url: https://api.uat.slate.inc/users
    description: UAT (staging)
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/users/{userId}:
    get:
      summary: Get a user
      description: >-
        Retrieve a single user, including download URLs for the signature and
        notary seal images. Allowed for the user themselves or a caller with the
        manage permission.
      operationId: getV1User
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: userId
          required: true
          description: The user's unique ID.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The user's profile.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
        '401':
          description: Missing, invalid, or insufficient credentials.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: User profile not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Unexpected internal error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    User:
      type: object
      description: >-
        A user. List responses populate the lean fields by default and add
        notary fields and image URLs when requested via the `fields` mask; the
        detail views (GET/PUT /v1/users/{userId}) always populate notary fields
        and image URLs.
      required:
        - id
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: The user's unique ID.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The user's display name.
        email:
          type: string
          description: The user's email address.
        title:
          type: string
          description: The user's job title.
        phoneNumber:
          type: string
          description: The user's phone number.
        country:
          type: string
        jurisdiction:
          type: string
        county:
          type: string
        commissionNumber:
          type: string
        notaryExpirationDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        notaryExpires:
          type: boolean
        deactivatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            When the user was deactivated. Absent or null means the user is
            active.
        getImageUrls:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Download URLs for the user's signature and notary seal images
            (detail views only).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImageUrl'
        isNotary:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the user is a notary.
        uploadImageUrls:
          type: array
          deprecated: true
          description: >-
            Upload (PUT) URLs returned when an image upload was requested
            (detail views only). Deprecated — request upload URLs via POST
            /v1/users/{userId}/images and upload before saving the profile.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImageUrl'
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message.
    ImageUrl:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - url
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The image type, either "signature" or "notary_seal".
        url:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A presigned URL. For getImageUrls it is a download (GET) URL; for
            uploadImageUrls it is an upload (PUT) URL.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Cognito-issued JWT access token. Send it as `Authorization: Bearer
        <token>`.

````