# How to check user is active or inactive in rest response

**URL:** <https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-check-user-is-active-or-inactive-in-rest-response/720>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-check-user-is-active-or-inactive-in-rest-response/720 "2017-11-09T13:48:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![ananddhage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5fc32e/32.png) [@ananddhage](https://devforum.okta.com/u/ananddhage)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-check-user-is-active-or-inactive-in-rest-response/720/1 "2017-11-09T13:48:04Z")

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How to check status of user means user is active or inactive.

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**Author:** ![vijet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/user_avatar/devforum.okta.com/vijet/32/245_2.png) [@vijet](https://devforum.okta.com/u/vijet)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-check-user-is-active-or-inactive-in-rest-response/720/2 "2017-11-09T17:33:28Z")

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You can use the “Get User” API to fetch the user via login/id.  
The response will have a field called “Status” which indicates if the user is active or not.

Reference - [https://developer.okta.com/docs/api/resources/users.html#get-user](https://developer.okta.com/docs/api/resources/users.html#get-user)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/oktadev/original/1X/589c4c5f80de422d01f47cee7185a7fb8227835c.png) [@system](https://devforum.okta.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-check-user-is-active-or-inactive-in-rest-response/720/3 "2024-01-12T20:01:31Z")

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Closed on January 12, 2024, 8:01pm UTC

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