# users.info The `users.info` method gets information about a user. ## Usage You can call this method using the `WebClient` object. ```typescript import { WebClient } from '@microfox/slack'; const token = process.env.SLACK_TOKEN; const web = new WebClient(token); (async () => { const userId = 'W012A3CDE'; try { const result = await web.users.info({ user: userId }); console.log(result.user); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } })(); ``` ## Arguments This method accepts the following arguments: * `user` (string): User ID to receive information about. * `include_locale` (boolean): Set to `true` to receive the locale for this user. Defaults to `false`. ## Response A successful call returns a `user` object. ### User Object Schema | Field | Type | Description | | --------------------------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `id` | String | The user's ID. | | `team_id` | String | The ID of the team the user belongs to. | | `name` | String | The user's username. | | `deleted` | Boolean | `true` if the user has been deleted. | | `color` | String | A hexadecimal color code that is used to color the user's name in Slack clients. | | `real_name` | String | The user's real name. | | `tz` | String | The user's timezone (e.g., `America/Los_Angeles`). | | `tz_label` | String | A human-readable string for the user's timezone. | | `tz_offset` | Integer | The user's timezone offset in seconds. | | `profile` | Object | A `profile` object containing more details about the user. See Profile Object Schema below. | | `is_admin` | Boolean | `true` if the user is an admin. | | `is_owner` | Boolean | `true` if the user is an owner. | | `is_primary_owner` | Boolean | `true` if the user is the primary owner. | | `is_restricted` | Boolean | `true` if the user is a restricted user (single-channel guest). | | `is_ultra_restricted` | Boolean | `true` if the user is an ultra-restricted user (multi-channel guest). | | `is_bot` | Boolean | `true` if the user is a bot. | | `updated` | Integer | A timestamp of when the user's profile was last updated. | | `is_app_user` | Boolean | `true` if the user is an app user. | | `has_2fa` | Boolean | `true` if the user has two-factor authentication enabled. | ### Profile Object Schema | Field | Type | Description | | ----------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `title` | String | The user's title. | | `phone` | String | The user's phone number. | | `skype` | String | The user's Skype username. | | `real_name` | String | The user's real name. | | `real_name_normalized` | String | The user's real name, normalized. | | `display_name` | String | The user's display name. | | `display_name_normalized`| String | The user's display name, normalized. | | `status_text` | String | The user's status text. | | `status_emoji` | String | The user's status emoji. | | `avatar_hash` | String | A hash of the user's avatar image. | | `image_original` | String | The URL of the user's original-sized profile image. | | `image_24` | String | The URL of the user's 24x24 profile image. | | `image_32` | String | The URL of the user's 32x32 profile image. | | `image_48` | String | The URL of the user's 48x48 profile image. | | `image_72` | String | The URL of the user's 72x72 profile image. | | `image_192` | String | The URL of the user's 192x192 profile image. | | `image_512` | String | The URL of the user's 512x512 profile image. | | `team` | String | The ID of the team the user belongs to. | ### Error Response ```json { "ok": false, "error": "user_not_found" } ``` ## Errors | Error | Description | | --- | --- | | `user_not_found` | Value passed for `user` was invalid. | | `user_not_visible` | The requested user is not visible to the calling user. | | `missing_scope` | The token used is not granted the specific scope permissions required to complete this request. | | `not_authed` | No authentication token provided. | | `invalid_auth` | Some aspect of authentication cannot be validated. | | `account_inactive` | Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace. | | `token_revoked` | Authentication token is for a deleted user or workspace or the app has been removed. | | `no_permission` | The workspace token used in this request does not have the permissions necessary to complete the request. | | `invalid_arg_name` | The method was passed an argument whose name falls outside the bounds of accepted or expected values. | | `invalid_array_arg` | The method was passed an array as an argument. | | `invalid_charset` | The method was called via a POST request, but the charset specified in the `Content-Type` header was invalid. | | `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. | | `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. | | `ratelimited` | The request has been ratelimited. | | `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. | | `internal_error` | The server could not complete your operation(s) without encountering an error. | | `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. |