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Zitadel Users API

Manage human and machine users

Zitadel Users API is one of 11 APIs that Zitadel publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 13 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Users. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 13 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 11 operations across 10 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{instance}.zitadel.cloud, https://{custom-domain}.

11 operations 10 paths 17 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET8 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Servers
https://{instance}.zitadel.cloud
https://{custom-domain}
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Zitadel Users API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 11

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 8 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Users 11

Manage human and machine users

POST
/management/v1/users/_search
Zitadel List Users
listUsers body → 200401403
POST
/management/v1/users/human/_create
Zitadel Create Human User
createHumanUser body → 200400401
POST
/management/v1/users/machine/_create
Zitadel Create Machine User
createMachineUser body → 200401
GET
/management/v1/users/{userId}
Zitadel Get User by ID
getUserById 1 param → 200404
DELETE
/management/v1/users/{userId}
Zitadel Remove User
removeUser 1 param → 200404
POST
/management/v1/users/{userId}/deactivate
Zitadel Deactivate User
deactivateUser 1 param → 200404
POST
/management/v1/users/{userId}/reactivate
Zitadel Reactivate User
reactivateUser 1 param → 200404
POST
/management/v1/users/{userId}/lock
Zitadel Lock User
lockUser 1 param → 200
POST
/management/v1/users/{userId}/unlock
Zitadel Unlock User
unlockUser 1 param → 200
PUT
/management/v1/users/{userId}/email
Zitadel Update User Email
updateUserEmail 1 param body → 200
POST
/management/v1/users/{userId}/memberships/_search
Zitadel List User Memberships
listUserMemberships 1 param → 200

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are HumanProfile (7 properties), User (7 properties), CreateHumanUserRequest (6 properties), HumanUser (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListUsersRequest
object
2 properties
HumanUser
object
5 properties
ListDetails
object
3 properties
CreateHumanUserRequest
object
6 properties 1 required
Error
object
3 properties
ListUsersResponse
object
2 properties
HumanEmail
object
2 properties
MachineUser
object
3 properties
CreateUserResponse
object
2 properties
CreateMachineUserRequest
object
4 properties 2 required
ObjectDetails
object
4 properties
User
object
7 properties
ListQuery
object
3 properties
Membership
object
4 properties
HumanProfile
object
7 properties
HumanPhone
object
2 properties
UserResponse
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

zitadel-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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