getUser

Get details about a given user, including which authorization roles and folder access it has.

Parameters

Parameter	Req.	OpenS.	Default	Comment
`username`	Yes			The name of the user to retrieve. You can only retrieve your own user unless you have admin privileges.

Example

http://your-server/rest/getUser.view?username=tata&u=demo&p=demo&v=1.13.0&c=AwesomeClientName&f=json

Result

A subsonic-response element with a nested user element on success.

{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "type": "AwesomeServerName",
    "serverVersion": "0.1.3 (tag)",
    "openSubsonic": true,
    "user": {
      "folder": [
          1,
          3
      ],
      "username": "sindre",
      "email": "sindre@activeobjects.no",
      "scrobblingEnabled": "true",
      "adminRole": "false",
      "settingsRole": "true",
      "downloadRole": "true",
      "uploadRole": "false",
      "playlistRole": "true",
      "coverArtRole": "true",
      "commentRole": "true",
      "podcastRole": "true",
      "streamRole": "true",
      "jukeboxRole": "true",
      "shareRole": "false"
    }
  }
}

{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "user": {
      "folder": [
          1,
          3
      ],
      "username": "sindre",
      "email": "sindre@activeobjects.no",
      "scrobblingEnabled": "true",
      "adminRole": "false",
      "settingsRole": "true",
      "downloadRole": "true",
      "uploadRole": "false",
      "playlistRole": "true",
      "coverArtRole": "true",
      "commentRole": "true",
      "podcastRole": "true",
      "streamRole": "true",
      "jukeboxRole": "true",
      "shareRole": "false"
    }
  }
}

Field	Type	Req.	OpenS.	Details
`user`	`user`	Yes		The user

Last modified May 20, 2025: Update to latest Docsy version (#147) (0a50bcd)