Retrieve a user - Slash

GET

/

v2

/

users

/

{userId}

Retrieve a user

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.slash.com/v2/users/{userId} \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'x-legal-entity: <x-legal-entity>'

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {'x-legal-entity': '<x-legal-entity>', 'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}
};

fetch('https://api.slash.com/v2/users/{userId}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.slash.com/v2/users/{userId}"

headers = {
    "x-legal-entity": "<x-legal-entity>",
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.slash.com/v2/users/{userId}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-legal-entity", "<x-legal-entity>")
	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

{
  "id": "u_2rj4l7hmrrrcv",
  "email": "jordan@acme.com",
  "joinedAt": "2026-03-04T17:22:10.000Z",
  "firstName": "Jordan",
  "lastName": "Lee"
}

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

User API key authentication. Create a key under Settings → API keys in the Slash dashboard (https://app.slash.com/global-settings/api-keys) and send the x-legal-entity header naming the legal entity to act on with every request. Keys scoped to a legal entity are rejected with 403 user_api_key_required.

Headers

x-legal-entity

string

required

The legal entity to act on. Required on every request; a user API key can act on any legal entity its user has access to.

Pattern: ^le_[a-zA-Z0-9]+$

Path Parameters

userId

string

required

User id with the u_ prefix.

Response

The user.

A member of the legal entity.

id

string

required

User id with the u_ prefix.

Example:

"u_2rj4l7hmrrrcv"

email

string<email>

required

Example:

"jordan@acme.com"

joinedAt

string<date-time>

required

When the user joined the legal entity, as shown under Joined on the dashboard's Users page.

Example:

"2026-03-04T17:22:10.000Z"

firstName

string

Example:

"Jordan"

lastName

string

Example:

"Lee"

⌘I

Retrieve a user

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.slash.com/v2/users/{userId} \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'x-legal-entity: <x-legal-entity>'

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {'x-legal-entity': '<x-legal-entity>', 'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}
};

fetch('https://api.slash.com/v2/users/{userId}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.slash.com/v2/users/{userId}"

headers = {
    "x-legal-entity": "<x-legal-entity>",
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.slash.com/v2/users/{userId}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-legal-entity", "<x-legal-entity>")
	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

{
  "id": "u_2rj4l7hmrrrcv",
  "email": "jordan@acme.com",
  "joinedAt": "2026-03-04T17:22:10.000Z",
  "firstName": "Jordan",
  "lastName": "Lee"
}