get_user

CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.get_user(**kwargs)

Gets the user attributes and metadata for a user.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_user(
    AccessToken='string'
)

Parameters

AccessToken (string) --

[REQUIRED]

A non-expired access token for the user whose information you want to query.

Return type

dict

Returns

Response Syntax

{
    'Username': 'string',
    'UserAttributes': [
        {
            'Name': 'string',
            'Value': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'MFAOptions': [
        {
            'DeliveryMedium': 'SMS'|'EMAIL',
            'AttributeName': 'string'
        },
    ],
    'PreferredMfaSetting': 'string',
    'UserMFASettingList': [
        'string',
    ]
}

Response Structure

• (dict) --

  Represents the response from the server from the request to get information about the user.

  • Username (string) --

    The user name of the user you want to retrieve from the get user request.

  • UserAttributes (list) --

    An array of name-value pairs representing user attributes.

    For custom attributes, you must prepend the custom: prefix to the attribute name.

    • (dict) --

      Specifies whether the attribute is standard or custom.

      • Name (string) --

        The name of the attribute.

      • Value (string) --

        The value of the attribute.

  • MFAOptions (list) --

    This response parameter is no longer supported. It provides information only about SMS MFA configurations. It doesn't provide information about time-based one-time password (TOTP) software token MFA configurations. To look up information about either type of MFA configuration, use UserMFASettingList instead.

    • (dict) --

      This data type is no longer supported. Applies only to SMS multi-factor authentication (MFA) configurations. Does not apply to time-based one-time password (TOTP) software token MFA configurations.

      • DeliveryMedium (string) --

        The delivery medium to send the MFA code. You can use this parameter to set only the SMS delivery medium value.

      • AttributeName (string) --

        The attribute name of the MFA option type. The only valid value is phone_number .

  • PreferredMfaSetting (string) --

    The user's preferred MFA setting.

  • UserMFASettingList (list) --

    The MFA options that are activated for the user. The possible values in this list are SMS_MFA and SOFTWARE_TOKEN_MFA .

    • (string) --

Exceptions

• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException
• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.InvalidParameterException
• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.NotAuthorizedException
• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.TooManyRequestsException
• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.PasswordResetRequiredException
• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.UserNotFoundException
• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.UserNotConfirmedException
• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.InternalErrorException
• CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.ForbiddenException