User Attributes:What is the use of "type":"known" attributes in User Management in Confluence Cloud?

[Rokesh Lakshmipathy]

Hi,

         I am able to fetch single user details using the URL mentioned below.

http://example.com/rest/api/user?key=4028sdfsdfsd767sdfsd 

JSON Response:

{
"type": "known"
},
"_links": {
"base": "http://myhost:8080/confluence",
"context": "/confluence",
"self": "http://myhost:8080/confluence/rest/experimental/user?key=402880824ff933a4014ff9345d7c0002"
},
"_expandable": {
"status": "",

"operation":"",

"details":""
}
}

can someone explain what is need for type,_expandable and _links attributes in User Management in Confluence.

[Mark Bereznitsky]

Hello @Rokesh Lakshmipathy,

_expandable and _links are standard entities in a REST object response. They describe which fields can be further expanded (by indicating them in the request, for example, expand=...). 

You can visit this page for a more detailed explanation:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/#using

The type field indicates whether the user is anonymous or known to the system.