how to find accountid

[Aaron Su]

 I apply a free JIRA , and can't find my accountid after  click on my icon and profile on the sidebar . Is there somewhere in free JIRA where I can get my accountid? Thanks 

[Andy Heinzer · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to update this older thread in the hopes of providing a clearer answer for all that might find it.  For Jira Cloud users wanting to find their own accountId, there are a couple of ways to do this for any Jira Cloud site, even ones on the free plan.  From within Jira, you can click your own user avatar -> Profile.

 

The URL that this takes you to looks something like this:

https://example.atlassian.net/jira/people/123456:59635b21-a884-4b71-3b3-8af2467db111 

In this case, your accountId is the string in the URL after the /people/ part of that URL, or in this made up example:

123456:59635b21-a884-4b71-3b3-8af2467db111

As for how to find other user's accountId while in Jira Cloud, you can use the People section in the top nav bar to find the user and click on their name.  This is another way to find other users accountId.

As for how to lookup accountId in a programmatic manner, well if you have access to their accounts in Jira, you can use the REST API endpoint of GET /rest/api/3/groupuserpicker and query their name or email address in order to return back an accountId that way as well.

I hope this helps better explain ways to find this information in various ways.

Andy

[Max Clendenning]

You can also assign a person a task, then choose "Export XML", and in the XML code for the assignee it will tell you the accountid (aka the secret number you need to do things like import tasks).

[Jesús Calafat]

That worked!

[Ramaiah Pendli]

Hi @Aaron Su 

Account ID you can find it in the URL when you open your profile.

[Aaron Su]

When open my profile, the URL is " https://id.atlassian.com/profile/profile.action", and redirect to "https://start.atlassian.com/".    Can I find my JIRA  accountID if use Free JIRA?

Thanks

[Jack Brickey]

Hi @Aaron Su , another way to find your ID is to use the Advanced issue search to create a filter that leverages your user name. If you enter "assignee = <your user name>" the resulting filter will translate your name to your account ID.

[Jack Brickey]

What do you mean by “accounted”? If you are using Cloud you can go to profile and click Manage account to get to your info. If you mean “user ID” that is your email.

[Aaron Su]

Try to get my accountID.