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# Retrieve Apache Kafka User with Credentials

Returns the user by ID containing its access certificates in the metadata.

```json
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Resource states:\n`AVAILABLE`: There are no pending modification requests for this item.\n`BUSY`: There is at least one modification request pending and all following requests will be queued.\n`DEPLOYING`: The resource is being created.\n`FAILED`: The creation of the resource failed.\n`UPDATING`: The resource is being updated.\n`FAILED_UPDATING`: An update to the resource was not successful.\n`DESTROYING`: A delete command was issued, and the resource is being deleted.\n"},"User":{"type":"object","description":"The user of the cluster. Access is managed by certificates. The certificates are\nretrieved by the access endpoint.\n","required":["name"],"properties":{"name":{"type":"string","description":"The name of the Kafka cluster user.\nMust be 63 characters or less and must begin and end with an alphanumeric character (`[a-z0-9A-Z]`)\nwith dashes (`-`), underscores (`_`), dots (`.`), and alphanumerics between.\n","pattern":"^[A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*[A-Za-z0-9]$","minLength":2,"maxLength":63}}},"Error":{"description":"The Error object is used to represent an error response from the API.\n","type":"object","properties":{"httpStatus":{"type":"integer","description":"The HTTP status code of the operation."},"messages":{"type":"array","description":"A list of error messages.\n","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"errorCode":{"type":"string","description":"Application internal error code\n"},"message":{"type":"string","description":"A human readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the\nproblem.\n"}}}}}}},"responses":{"BadRequest":{"description":"### Bad Request\nThe request send to the API was malformed.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"Unauthorized":{"description":"### Unauthorized\nThe request is missing authorization information or the authorization information provided are expired.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"NotAllowed":{"description":"### Not Allowed\nThe user issuing the request does not have the needed permissions.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"NotFound":{"description":"### Not Found\nThe resource that was requested could not be found.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"TooManyRequests":{"description":"### Too Many Requests\nThe user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"InternalError":{"description":"### Internal Server Error\nAn internal error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience!\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"ServiceUnavailable":{"description":"### Service Unavailable\nThe server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server.\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}},"UnexpectedError":{"description":"### Unexpected Internal Server Error\nAn unexpected internal error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience!\n","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Error"}}}}}},"paths":{"/clusters/{clusterId}/users/{userId}/access":{"get":{"operationId":"clustersUsersAccessGet","summary":"Retrieve Apache Kafka User with Credentials","tags":["Users"],"description":"Returns the user by ID containing its access certificates in the metadata.","parameters":[{"name":"clusterId","in":"path","schema":{"type":"string","format":"uuid"},"required":true,"description":"The ID (UUID) of the cluster."},{"name":"userId","in":"path","schema":{"type":"string","format":"uuid"},"required":true,"description":"The ID (UUID) of the user."}],"responses":{"200":{"description":"Get user access information was successful.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/UserReadAccess"}}}},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/BadRequest"},"401":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/Unauthorized"},"403":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/NotAllowed"},"404":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/NotFound"},"429":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/TooManyRequests"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/InternalError"},"503":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/ServiceUnavailable"},"default":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/UnexpectedError"}}}}}}
```


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