Jira rest api get all users

[Hasitha Weerasinghe]

Hi all,

im new to JIRA Rest api. I want to save all the JIRA users to my database.

How do I get all the users from JIRA REST API?  

Btw I'm using Java to save to my database.

[Thomas Ehardt]

Came across this issue and I noticed that there is a way to do this:

GET /rest/api/latest/user/search?startAt=0&maxResults=1000&username=%

This will get you a full user list (by default, will show active users only); see the documentation for more features (paging, showing inactive users, etc.).

[Sascha Ernst]

This doesn't work with JIRA 7.2.0

If you replace '%' by '.' it works

GET /rest/api/2/user/search?username=.

[Daniel Jonsson]

And now you need to replace the "." with "_" as of November 2016

[Matt Ward]

This still seems to show inactive users.  Also if you want to filter by a ".", how do you do it?  I used to use "%.%" to get first.last usernames only.  Now I have to use "." and I get a lot of inactive users and local db users instead of the ones I want. 

[Fawaz Joseph]

@Evan Jensen

You have to add the parameter includeInactive=true

[Emeric JEGO]

It works perfectly !! thanks

[Laksith Ekanayake]

It works perfectly adding '_' thanks guys

[Tamas Dezso]

in June 2018 it does not work (not with percent sign, dot sign or underscore)  :(

SORRY, I take that back. it works (just have to be careful with the ampersand sign)

[Pete DiMarco]

In Jira 7.3.0, it does not appear to be possible to search for "@" or "%40".  If it were, then we could iterate over a-z and 0-9 and search for "CHAR@".  Also:

• startAt=1000 will not get you beyond the 1000 user limit.
• The REST API's search behaves differently from the search box in Administration -> User Management.
• Searches that include a comma ignore the comma.
• "+" (which should evaluate to space) is ignored.

I'm currently able to get a list of all users by alternating between Active and Inactive users, but this will fail when my company adds 90 users.  We need a better solution.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

You cannot get all users via REST API. You can only search using a search string.

Another option is to get all users in a group. If all of your users are in a group like "jira-users", you can try that: https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/#d2e31

[Hasitha Weerasinghe]

Thank you Jobin, Is there a way to get all the groups? . i was thinking of getting all groups after that get all users in group by group.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Nope, you can only search for groups using a search string (just like users). If you don't have a single group that has all users, the only other option is to write a custom plugin to expose a new REST resource I guess.

[Hasitha Weerasinghe]

if i have a group called "SE" how am i gonna get all users who are in that group. Please provide me a REST call url. Thank you!

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

${JIRA_Base_URL)/rest/api/2/group?groupname=SE&expand=users

[Full Las]

HI!
Can anybody help me to get the list of ALL users? I tried to use all of the cases, but nothing worked. I get the empty list every time. Response status is OK.

[joko hobo]

all above solutions are not working for me as i have 2000 resources, 

and beyond 1000 users it is not returning any record

i tried  applying wild search a..z

but it doesnt work for characters 'c' and 'g'

if anyone have any idea please share

[George Lewe (LSY)]

Underscore "_" does not work for me. However, all users can be assumed to have an email address, thus, "@" and "." works.

GET /rest/api/2/user/search?username=@&startAt=0&maxResults=1000&includeActive=true&includeInactive=false

or

GET /rest/api/2/user/search?username=.&startAt=0&maxResults=1000&includeActive=true&includeInactive=false

Best regards,
George

[Patrick Hobusch]

Not working for me with Jira v7.7.1. Both are returning internal server error...

Edit: Only v7.7.1 seems to be affected. v7.7.0 and v7.8.0 are working.

[moos3]

This doesn't seem to work either for me on the latest jira cloud :(

[Madhuri]

HI,

Cam someone please let me know how to use above GEt rest API statement with jira url prefix to fetch alla ctive users in jira

<myjira url>/GET/rest/api/latest/user/search?startAt=0&amp;maxResults=10&amp;username

Is this the correct way to use?

Thanks,

Madhuri

[Treethawat Thanawachiramate]

 If possible, I would suggest to get all users directly from a database since it's easier.

[Hasitha Weerasinghe]

Thank you Treethawat, nope its not possible to get from database directly

[Matt Ward]

I don't think this is true as a blanket statement.  It is very possible, as that is how you find the users attributing to the active licenses per Atlassian's recommendation.  I don't like the solution that much since you need the db password, etc, but it is a great workaround if you are in a bind.