```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
// Requires Node.js SDK v8.2.0 or later
import { AdminClient } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_CLIENT_ID and PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET from the environment
const admin = new AdminClient();

const user = await admin.users.describe('YOUR_USER_ID');
console.log(user);
```

```go Go theme={null}
// Requires Go SDK v6.0.0 or later
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v6/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    adminClient, err := pinecone.NewAdminClientWithContext(ctx, pinecone.NewAdminClientParams{
        ClientId:     os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_ID"),
        ClientSecret: os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create AdminClient: %v", err)
    }

    user, err := adminClient.User.Describe(ctx, "YOUR_USER_ID")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to describe user: %v", err)
    }
    fmt.Printf("User: %v (%v)\n", user.Email, user.Id)
}
```

```hcl Terraform theme={null}
# Requires Terraform provider v4.0.0 or later
# Look up a user by id or by email
data "pinecone_user" "example" {
  id = "YOUR_USER_ID"
}

output "user_name" {
  value = data.pinecone_user.example.name
}
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_USER_ID="e2e92523-85dc-4142-b8c2-e681be8b78df"

curl -X GET "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/users/$PINECONE_USER_ID" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
	-H "accept: application/json" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04"
```

```json curl theme={null}
{
  "id": "e2e92523-85dc-4142-b8c2-e681be8b78df",
  "email": "alice@example.com",
  "name": "Alice Example",
  "created_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-12T09:11:00Z"
}
```

**GET** `/admin/users/{user_id}`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/users/{user_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

```json title="200"
{
  "email": "alice@example.com",
  "id": "e2e92523-85dc-4142-b8c2-e681be8b78df",
  "name": "Alice Example"
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Path Parameters

- `user_id` (path, string, required) — User ID

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## Response

- `200` — The user's details. Role bindings are not included; use `GET /admin/role-bindings` to list the user's roles.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not found
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List users in the organization](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-users-list-users-in-the-organization.md)
- [Get user details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-users-get-user-details.md)
- [Remove a user from the organization](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-users-remove-a-user-from-the-organization.md)
- [List users in the organization](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-list-users.md)
- [Remove a user from the organization](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-delete-user.md)

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