IAM Get User

Retrieves information about the specified IAM user, including the user's creation date, path, unique ID, and ARN.

If you do not specify a user name, IAM determines the user name implicitly based on the Amazon Web Services access key ID used to sign the request to this operation.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the AWS documentation.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
AWS Region(s)	Enter the desired AWS Region(s). To execute the action in multiple regions, provide a comma-separated list. For example: us-east-1,eu-west-2. If you wish to run the action in all available regions, use the asterisk symbol (*) instead.
User Name	The name of the user to get information about. This parameter is optional. If it is not included, it defaults to the user making the request. This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-.

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Description
Disable XML To JSON Auto Convert	When checked, XML responses are not automatically converted into JSON format.

Example Output

{
    "User": {
        "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Bob",
        "CreateDate": "2012-09-21T23:03:13Z",
        "Path": "/",
        "UserId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
        "UserName": "Bob"
    }
}

Automation Library Example

Aws Iam User Creation

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