## Get employee

`GET /v1/users/:id`

Returns the employee data by ID with all fields, including user (`UF_*`) fields.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Req. | Description |
|----------|-----|:-----:|---------|
| `id` (path) | number | yes | Employee ID |

## Examples

### curl — personal key

```bash
curl "https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/users/29" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### curl — OAuth application

```bash
curl "https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/users/29" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_APP_KEY" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer USER_SESSION_TOKEN"
```

### JavaScript — personal key

```javascript
const res = await fetch('https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/users/29', {
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  },
})

const { success, data } = await res.json()
console.log(`${data.name} ${data.lastName} — ${data.email}`)
```

### JavaScript — OAuth application

```javascript
const res = await fetch('https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/users/29', {
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_APP_KEY',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer USER_SESSION_TOKEN',
  },
})

const { success, data } = await res.json()
```

## Response fields

The employee object with all fields — see [Employee fields](/docs/entities/users/fields).

## Response example

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": 29,
    "xmlId": "28936832",
    "active": true,
    "name": "John",
    "lastName": "Brown",
    "email": "john.brown@example.com",
    "lastLogin": "2026-03-30T14:39:25.000Z",
    "dateRegister": "2020-04-23T00:00:00.000Z",
    "timeZone": "UTC",
    "isOnline": false,
    "timestampX": {},
    "lastActivityDate": {},
    "personalPhoto": "https://cdn.bitrix24.com/.../photo.png",
    "departmentId": [1],
    "userType": "employee"
  }
}
```

## Error response example

404 — employee not found:

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "ENTITY_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "user 999999999 not found"
  }
}
```

## Errors

| HTTP | Code | Description |
|------|-----|---------|
| 400 | `INVALID_ID` | `:id` is not a positive integer |
| 401 | `TOKEN_MISSING` | The API key has no configured tokens |
| 403 | `SCOPE_DENIED` | The API key lacks the `user` scope |
| 404 | `ENTITY_NOT_FOUND` | No employee with this ID found, or it is deactivated and unavailable to the current key |

Full list of common API errors — [Errors](/docs/errors).

## Known specifics

**`WORK_*` fields and some `PERSONAL_*` fields arrive in `UPPER_SNAKE_CASE`.** `WORK_COMPANY`, `WORK_DEPARTMENT`, `WORK_WWW`, `WORK_FAX`, `WORK_CITY`, `WORK_STATE`, `WORK_ZIP`, `WORK_COUNTRY` and the like; `PERSONAL_STATE`, `PERSONAL_ZIP`, `PERSONAL_COUNTRY`, `PERSONAL_MAILBOX`, `PERSONAL_NOTES` — in their original Bitrix24 names. Bitrix24 account UF fields also keep their names. Standard fields (`name`, `email`, `active`, `timeZone`, `userType`, `departmentId`, etc.) — `camelCase`.

## See also

- [Employee fields](/docs/entities/users/fields) — all fields
- [List employees](/docs/entities/users/list) — search with filters
- [Update employee](/docs/entities/users/update) — changing fields
- [Limits and optimization](/docs/optimization)