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---
id: auth-api-getuser
title: "getUser()"
slug: auth-api-getuser
custom_edit_url: https://github.com/supabase/supabase/edit/master/web/spec/supabase.yml
---
import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
import TabsPanel from '@theme/TabsPanel';
Gets the user details.
<Tabs
defaultActiveId="js"
groupId="reference/supabase-js"
values={[{ label: 'JavaScript', value: 'js' }]}>
<TabsPanel id="js" label="js">
```js
const { user, error } = await supabase.auth.api.getUser(
'ACCESS_TOKEN_JWT',
)
```
</TabsPanel>
</Tabs>
## Parameters
<ul className="method-list-group">
<li className="method-list-item">
<h4 className="method-list-item-label">
<span className="method-list-item-label-name">
jwt
</span>
<span className="method-list-item-label-badge required">
required
</span>
<span className="method-list-item-validation">
<code>string</code>
</span>
</h4>
<div class="method-list-item-description">
A valid, logged-in JWT.
</div>
</li>
</ul>
## Notes
- Fetches the user object from the database instead of local storage.
- Note that user() fetches the user object from local storage which might not be the most updated.
- Requires the user's access_token.
## Examples
### Fetch the user object using the access_token jwt.
<Tabs
defaultActiveId="js"
groupId="reference/supabase-js"
values={[{ label: 'JavaScript', value: 'js' }]}>
<TabsPanel id="js" label="js">
```js
const { user, error } = await supabase.auth.api.getUser(
'ACCESS_TOKEN_JWT',
)
```
</TabsPanel>
</Tabs>