Get Principal

GET

/iam/v1/principals/{id}

curl --request GET \
  --url https://example.com/iam/v1/principals/example

Returns a single principal by unique ID.

Parameters

Path Parameters

id

required

string

The unique identifier of the principal to retrieve.

Responses

200

OK

Media type application/json

Principal resource — the lean, discriminated directory projection shared by users and service accounts. Carries ONLY core identity; person-specific profile fields (name/surname/avatar) are exposed on the richer User message.

object

id

The unique identifier of the principal.

stringOutput only

display_name

Polymorphic human-readable label — a Person’s “name surname” or a service account’s service email.

stringOutput only

status

The lifecycle status of the principal.

string format: enum Output only

Allowed values: PRINCIPAL_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED PRINCIPAL_STATUS_INVITED PRINCIPAL_STATUS_ACTIVE PRINCIPAL_STATUS_DEACTIVATED

type

The discriminated kind of the principal.

string format: enum Output only

Allowed values: PRINCIPAL_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED PRINCIPAL_TYPE_USER PRINCIPAL_TYPE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT

last_seen

Best-effort last-authentication instant; absent until the principal first authenticates.

string format: date-time Output only

created

The timestamp when the principal was created.

string format: date-time Output only

updated

The timestamp when the principal was last updated.

string format: date-time Output only

Example

{
  "status": "PRINCIPAL_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED",
  "type": "PRINCIPAL_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED"
}

default

Default error response

Media type application/json

The Status type defines a logical error model that is suitable for different programming environments, including REST APIs and RPC APIs. It is used by gRPC. Each Status message contains three pieces of data: error code, error message, and error details. You can find out more about this error model and how to work with it in the API Design Guide.

object

code

The status code, which should be an enum value of [google.rpc.Code][google.rpc.Code].

integer format: int32

message

A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the [google.rpc.Status.details][google.rpc.Status.details] field, or localized by the client.

string

details

A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.

Array<object>

Contains an arbitrary serialized message along with a @type that describes the type of the serialized message.

object

@type

The type of the serialized message.

string

key

additional properties

any

Example ^generated

{
  "code": 1,
  "message": "example",
  "details": [
    {
      "@type": "example"
    }
  ]
}