Retrieve a user's profile information, including their custom status.

Facts

Method access

HTTP
JavaScript
Python
Java
HTTP
GEThttps://slack.com/api/users.profile.get
Bolt for Java
app.client().usersProfileGet
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Bolt for Python
app.client.users_profile_get
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Bolt for JavaScript
app.client.users.profile.get
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Content types

application/x-www-form-urlencoded
  • Rate limits

    Tier 4
  • Arguments

    Required arguments

    Authentication token bearing required scopes. Tokens should be passed as an HTTP Authorization header or alternatively, as a POST parameter.

    Example
    xxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx
    Optional arguments

    Include labels for each ID in custom profile fields. Using this parameter will heavily rate-limit your requests and is not recommended.

    Default
    false
    Example
    true

    User to retrieve profile info for

    Example
    W1234567890

    Usage info

    Use this method to retrieve a user's profile information.

    If you're frequently calling users.profile.get on behalf of a team or user, we recommend caching labels retrieved from team.profile.get. Using the include_labels parameter will severely rate-limit requests to this method.

    The following fields are the default fields of a user's workspace profile. A user may have additional custom fields, though! Use team.profile.get to view all the user's custom profile fields.

    Field Type Description
    avatar_hash String
    display_name String The display name the user has chosen to identify themselves by in their workspace profile. Do not use this field as a unique identifier for a user, as it may change at any time. Instead, use id and team_id in concert.
    display_name_normalized String The display_name field, but with any non-Latin characters filtered out.
    email String A valid email address. It cannot have spaces, and it must have an @ and a domain. It cannot be in use by another member of the same team. Changing a user's email address will send an email to both the old and new addresses, and also post a slackbot message to the user informing them of the change. This field can only be changed by admins for users on paid teams. When using an OAuth Access Token (that starts with xoxp-) to retrieve one's own profile details, the email field will not be returned in the response if the token does not have the users:read.email scope.
    fields Object All the custom profile fields for the user.
    first_name String The user's first name. The name slackbot cannot be used. Updating first_name will update the first name within real_name.
    image_* String These various fields will contain https URLs that point to square ratio, web-viewable images (GIFs, JPEGs, or PNGs) that represent different sizes of a user's profile picture.
    last_name String The user's last name. The name slackbot cannot be used. Updating last_name will update the second name within real_name.
    phone String The user's phone number, in any format.
    pronouns String The pronouns the user prefers to be addressed by.
    real_name String The user's first and last name. Updating this field will update first_name and last_name. If only one name is provided, the value of last_name will be cleared.
    real_name_normalized String The real_name field, but with any non-Latin characters filtered out.
    skype String A shadow from a bygone era. It will always be an empty string and cannot be set otherwise.
    start_date String The date the person joined the organization. Only available if Slack Atlas is enabled.
    status_emoji String The displayed emoji that is enabled for the Slack team, such as :train:.
    status_expiration Integer the Unix timestamp of when the status will expire. Providing 0 or omitting this field results in a custom status that will not expire.
    status_text String The displayed text of up to 100 characters. We strongly encourage brevity. See custom status for more info.
    team String The ID of the workspace the user is in.
    title String The user's title.

    Bot users may contain an always_active profile field, indicating whether the bot user is active in a way that overrides traditional presence rules.

    Email addresses

    Accessing email addresses
    The users:read.email OAuth scope is now required to access the email field in user objects returned by the users.list and users.info web API methods. users:read is no longer a sufficient scope for this data field. Learn more.

    If the Email Display setting is unchecked in your Slack Admin settings, users.profile.get does not return an email value.

    Example responses

    Common successful response

    Typical success response

    {
        "ok": true,
        "profile": {
            "title": "Head of Coffee Production",
            "phone": "",
            "skype": "",
            "real_name": "John Smith",
            "real_name_normalized": "John Smith",
            "display_name": "john",
            "display_name_normalized": "john",
            "fields": {
                "Xf0111111": {
                    "value": "Barista",
                    "alt": ""
                },
                "Xf0222222": {
                    "value": "2022-04-11",
                    "alt": ""
                },
                "Xf0333333": {
                    "value": "https://example.com",
                    "alt": ""
                }
            },
            "status_text": "Watching cold brew steep",
            "status_emoji": ":coffee:",
            "status_emoji_display_info": [],
            "status_expiration": 0,
            "avatar_hash": "123xyz",
            "start_date": "2022-03-21",
            "email": "johnsmith@example.com",
            "pronouns": "they/them/theirs",
            "huddle_state": "default_unset",
            "huddle_state_expiration_ts": 0,
            "first_name": "john",
            "last_name": "smith",
            "image_24": "https://.../...-24.png",
            "image_32": "https://.../...-32.png",
            "image_48": "https://.../...-48.png",
            "image_72": "https://.../...-72.png",
            "image_192": "https://.../....-192png",
            "image_512": "https://.../...-512.png"
        }
    }

    Common error response

    Typical error response

    {
        "ok": false,
        "error": "user_not_found"
    }

    Errors

    This table lists the expected errors that this method could return. However, other errors can be returned in the case where the service is down or other unexpected factors affect processing. Callers should always check the value of the ok params in the response.

    ErrorDescription
    user_not_found

    Value passed for user was invalid.

    token_revoked

    Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace or the app has been removed when using a user token.

    ratelimited

    The request has been ratelimited. Refer to the Retry-After header for when to retry the request.

    access_denied

    Access to a resource specified in the request is denied.

    account_inactive

    Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace when using a bot token.

    deprecated_endpoint

    The endpoint has been deprecated.

    ekm_access_denied

    Administrators have suspended the ability to post a message.

    enterprise_is_restricted

    The method cannot be called from an Enterprise.

    invalid_auth

    Some aspect of authentication cannot be validated. Either the provided token is invalid or the request originates from an IP address disallowed from making the request.

    is_bot

    This method cannot be called by a legacy bot.

    method_deprecated

    The method has been deprecated.

    missing_scope

    The token used is not granted the specific scope permissions required to complete this request.

    not_allowed_token_type

    The token type used in this request is not allowed.

    not_authed

    No authentication token provided.

    no_permission

    The workspace token used in this request does not have the permissions necessary to complete the request. Make sure your app is a member of the conversation it's attempting to post a message to.

    org_login_required

    The workspace is undergoing an enterprise migration and will not be available until migration is complete.

    token_expired

    Authentication token has expired

    two_factor_setup_required

    Two factor setup is required.

    accesslimited

    Access to this method is limited on the current network

    fatal_error

    The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering a catastrophic error. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.

    internal_error

    The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering an error, likely due to a transient issue on our end. It's possible some aspect of the operation succeeded before the error was raised.

    invalid_arg_name

    The method was passed an argument whose name falls outside the bounds of accepted or expected values. This includes very long names and names with non-alphanumeric characters other than _. If you get this error, it is typically an indication that you have made a very malformed API call.

    invalid_arguments

    The method was either called with invalid arguments or some detail about the arguments passed is invalid, which is more likely when using complex arguments like blocks or attachments.

    invalid_array_arg

    The method was passed an array as an argument. Please only input valid strings.

    invalid_charset

    The method was called via a POST request, but the charset specified in the Content-Type header was invalid. Valid charset names are: utf-8 iso-8859-1.

    invalid_form_data

    The method was called via a POST request with Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data, but the form data was either missing or syntactically invalid.

    invalid_post_type

    The method was called via a POST request, but the specified Content-Type was invalid. Valid types are: application/json application/x-www-form-urlencoded multipart/form-data text/plain.

    missing_post_type

    The method was called via a POST request and included a data payload, but the request did not include a Content-Type header.

    request_timeout

    The method was called via a POST request, but the POST data was either missing or truncated.

    service_unavailable

    The service is temporarily unavailable

    team_added_to_org

    The workspace associated with your request is currently undergoing migration to an Enterprise Organization. Web API and other platform operations will be intermittently unavailable until the transition is complete.

    Warnings

    This table lists the expected warnings that this method will return. However, other warnings can be returned in the case where the service is experiencing unexpected trouble.

    WarningDescription
    missing_charset

    The method was called via a POST request, and recommended practice for the specified Content-Type is to include a charset parameter. However, no charset was present. Specifically, non-form-data content types (e.g. text/plain) are the ones for which charset is recommended.

    superfluous_charset

    The method was called via a POST request, and the specified Content-Type is not defined to understand the charset parameter. However, charset was in fact present. Specifically, form-data content types (e.g. multipart/form-data) are the ones for which charset is superfluous.

    Arguments

    Need a token? Create and install a Slack app to begin.
    This will make a real API request. Beware of using it with live workspaces.

    API response


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