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atlas api mongoDbCloudUsers getUserByUsername

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Public Preview: please provide feedback at: Returns the details for one MongoDB Cloud user account with the specified username.

You can't use this endpoint to return information about an API Key. To return information about an API Key, use the Return One Organization API Key endpoint. To use this resource, the requesting Service Account or API Key can have any role.

This command is autogenerated and corresponds 1:1 with the Atlas API endpoint https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/v2/#tag/MongoDB-Cloud-Users/operation/getUserByUsername.

For more information and examples, see the referenced API documentation linked above.

Command Syntax
atlas api mongoDbCloudUsers getUserByUsername [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

--envelope

envelope

false

Flag that indicates whether Application wraps the response in an envelope JSON object. Some API clients cannot access the HTTP response headers or status code. To remediate this, set envelope=true in the query. Endpoints that return a list of results use the results object as an envelope. Application adds the status parameter to the response body.

-h, --help

false

help for getUserByUsername

--output

string

false

preferred api format, can be ["json", go-template] This value defaults to "json".

--output-file

string

false

file to write the api output to. This flag is required when the output of an endpoint is binary (ex: gzip) and the command is not piped (ex: atlas command > out.zip)

--pretty

false

Flag that indicates whether the response body should be in the prettyprint format.

--userName

string

true

Email address that belongs to the MongoDB Cloud user account. You cannot modify this address after creating the user.

--version

string

false

api version to use when calling the api call [options: "2023-01-01"], defaults to the latest version or the profiles api_version config value if set This value defaults to "2023-01-01".

Name
Type
Required
Description

-P, --profile

string

false

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