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# Get User

GET https://api.getzep.com/api/v2/users/{userId}

Returns a user.

Reference: https://docs-beta.getzep.com/sdk-reference/user/get

## Request

### Path parameters

- `userId` (string, required) — The user_id of the user to get.

## Response

### 200

The user that was retrieved.

- `created_at` (string, optional)
- `deleted_at` (string, optional)
- `disable_default_ontology` (boolean, optional)
- `email` (string, optional)
- `first_name` (string, optional)
- `graph_uuid` (string, optional) — GraphUUID is the graphs.uuid of the user's graph (spec-3 section 13.5). Omitted when the graph row does not exist. Read-only; never accepted as input.
- `id` (integer, optional)
- `last_name` (string, optional)
- `metadata` (map from string to any, optional) — Deprecated
- `project_uuid` (string, optional)
- `session_count` (integer, optional) — Deprecated
- `time_zone` (string, optional, nullable)
- `updated_at` (string, optional) — Deprecated
- `user_id` (string, optional)
- `uuid` (string, optional)

## Errors

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `message` (string, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `message` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "created_at": "string",
  "deleted_at": "string",
  "disable_default_ontology": true,
  "email": "string",
  "first_name": "string",
  "graph_uuid": "string",
  "id": 1,
  "last_name": "string",
  "metadata": {},
  "project_uuid": "string",
  "session_count": 1,
  "time_zone": "string",
  "updated_at": "string",
  "user_id": "string",
  "uuid": "string"
}
```