List Users

Purpose: get a list of users. The list of users may be presented to the end user as a simple list of user names, where each name includes a hyperlink to access a list of cases owned by the user.

Base URL: https://www.commcarehq.org/a/[domain]/api/v0.2/user/

Input parameters:

Name	Description	Example
format	data format (optional) Supported: xml (default), json	format=xml
group	Group UUID (optional)	group=ac9d34ff59cf6388e4f5804b12276d8a

Output values:

Name	Description	Example
id	User UUID	3c5a623af057e23a32ae4000cf291339
username	User name of user, including domain	jdoe@example.commcarehq.org
first_name	First name of user	John
last_name	Last name of user	Doe
default_phone_number	Primary phone number of user	+50253311399
email	Email address of user	john.doe@example.org
phone_numbers	List of all phone numbers of the user	(see examples)
groups	List of all group ids belonging to the user	(see examples)
user_data	Any additional custom data associated with the user	(see examples)

Sample usage:

https://www.commcarehq.org/a/demo/api/v0.2/user/?format=xml&limit=5

Sample output:

JSON:

{
    meta: {
        limit: 2,
        next: null,
        offset: 0,
        previous: null,
        total_count: 29
    },
    objects: [{
        type: "user",
        id: "3c5a623af057e23a32ae4000cf291339",
        username: "jdoe@example.commcarehq.org",
        first_name: "John",
        last_name: "Doe",
        default_phone_number: "+50253311399",
        email: "jdoe@example.org",
        phone_numbers: [
        "+50253311399",
        "+50253314588"
        ],
        groups: [
        "9a0accdba29e01a61ea099394737c4fb",
        "b4ccdba29e01a61ea099394737c4fbf7"
        ],
        user_data: {
            "chw_id": "13/43/DFA"
        }
    }, {
        type: "user",
        id: "3c5a623af057e23a32ae4000cf2943248",
        username: "jsmith@example.commcarehq.org",
        first_name: "Jane",
        last_name: "Smith",
        default_phone_number: "+50253311388",
        email: "jsmith@example.org",
        phone_numbers: [
        "+50253311388"
        ],
        groups: [],
        user_data: {
            "village": "Patna",
            "husband_name": "Bob Smith"
        }
    }]
}

XML:

<response>
	<objects type="list">
		<object id="3c5a623af057e23a32ae4000cf291339">
			<username>jdoe@example.commcarehq.org</username>
			<first_name>John</first_name>
			<last_name>Doe</last_name>
			<default_phone_number>+50253311399</default_phone_number>
			<email>jdoe@example.org</email>
			<phone_numbers type="list">
				<value>+50253311399</value>
				<value>+50253314588</value>
			</phone_numbers>
			<groups type="list">
				<value>9a0accdba29e01a61ea099394737c4fb</value>
				<value>b4ccdba29e01a61ea099394737c4fbf7</value>
			</groups>
			<user_data type="hash">
				<chw_id>13/43/DFA</chw_id>
			</user_data>
		</object>
		<object id="3c5a623af057e23a32ae4000cf2943248">
			<username>jsmith@example.commcarehq.org</username>
			<first_name>Jane</first_name>
			<last_name>Smith</last_name>
			<default_phone_number>+50253311388</default_phone_number>
			<email>jsmith@example.org</email>
			<phone_numbers type="list">
				<value>+50253311388</value>
			</phone_numbers>
			<groups type="list"/>
			<user_data type="hash">
				<village>Patna</village>
				<husband_name>Bob Smith</husband_name>
			</user_data>
		</object>
	</objects>
	<meta type="hash">
		<next type="null"/>
		<total_count type="integer">29</total_count>
		<previous type="null"/>
		<limit type="integer">2</limit>
		<offset type="integer">0</offset>
	</meta>
</response>