Return the details for the specified Atlas user.
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You can specify either the unique 24-digit ID that identifies the Atlas user or the username for the Atlas user.
User accounts and API keys with any role can run this command.
Syntax
atlas users describe [options]
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-h, --help | false | help for describe | |
--id | string | false | Unique 24-digit identifier of the user. Mutually exclusive with --username. |
-o, --output | string | false | Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. To see the full output, use the -o json option. |
--username | string | false | Name that identifies the user. You must specify a valid email address. Mutually exclusive with --id. |
Inherited Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-P, --profile | string | false | Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings. |
Output
If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.
ID FIRST NAME LAST NAME USERNAME EMAIL <Id> <FirstName> <LastName> <Username> <EmailAddress>
Examples
# Return the JSON-formatted details for the Atlas user with the ID 5dd56c847a3e5a1f363d424d: atlas users describe --id 5dd56c847a3e5a1f363d424d --output json
# Return the JSON-formatted details for the Atlas user with the username myUser: atlas users describe --username myUser --output json