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Definition

db.getUsers(<options>)

Returns information for all the users in the database.

db.getUsers() wraps the usersInfo: 1 command.

The db.getUsers() method can take the following options:

db.getUsers( {
   showCredentials: <Boolean>,
   showCustomData: <Boolean>,
   filter: <document>
} )
FieldTypeDescription
showCredentialsbooleanOptional. Set to true to display the user's password hash.
By default, this field is false.
showCustomDatabooleanOptional. Set to false to omit the user's customData from the output.
By default, this field is true.
New in version 5.2.
filterdocumentOptional. A document that specifies $match stage conditions to return information for users that match the filter conditions.

For more information, see usersInfo.

Required Access

To view another user's information, you must have the viewUser action on the other user's database.

Users can view their own information.

Examples

View All Users for a Database that Match the Specified Filter

The db.getUsers() method can accept a filter document to return information for users that match the filter condition.

To view all users for the current database who have SCRAM-SHA-256 credentials:

db.getUsers({ filter: { mechanisms: "SCRAM-SHA-256" } })

When viewing all users, you can specify the showCredentials option but not the showPrivileges or the showAuthenticationRestrictions options.

Omit Custom Data from Output

New in version 5.2: To omit users' custom data from the db.getUsers() output, set the showCustomData option to false.

Use the createUser command to create a user named accountAdmin01 on the products database:

db.getSiblingDB("products").runCommand( {
   createUser: "accountAdmin01",
   pwd: passwordPrompt(),
   customData: { employeeId: 12345 },
   roles: [ { role: 'readWrite', db: 'products' } ]
} )

The user contains a customData field of { employeeId: 12345 }.

To retrieve the user but omit the custom data from the output, run db.getUsers() with showCustomData set to false:

db.getSiblingDB("products").getUsers( { showCustomData: false } )

Example output:

{
   users: [
     {
       _id: 'products.accountAdmin01',
       userId: UUID("0955afc1-303c-4683-a029-8e17dd5501f4"),
       user: 'accountAdmin01',
       db: 'products',
       roles: [ { role: 'readWrite', db: 'products' } ],
       mechanisms: [ 'SCRAM-SHA-1', 'SCRAM-SHA-256' ]
     }
   ],
   ok: 1
}