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describe_user()

This operation describes a specific user.

Request syntax

describe_user(
    user_name: str,
    timeout: Optional[float] = None
) -> Dict

PARAMETERS:

  • user_name (str) -

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the user to describe.

  • timeout (float | None)

    The timeout duration for this operation.

    Setting this to None indicates that this operation timeouts when any response arrives or any error occurs.

RETURN TYPE:

dict

RETURNS:

A dictionary containing detailed information about the specified users.

# {
#       'user_name': str, 
#       'roles': tuple
# }
  • user_name (str) -

    The name of the specified users.

  • roles (tuple) -

    The roles granted to the specified user.

EXCEPTIONS:

  • MilvusException

    This exception will be raised when any error occurs during this operation.

  • BaseException

    This exception will be raised when this operation fails.

Example

from pymilvus import MilvusClient

# 1. Create a milvus client
client = MilvusClient(
    uri="http://localhost:19530",
    token="root:Milvus"
)

# 2. Create a role
client.create_role(role_name="read_only")

# 3. Create a user
client.create_user(user_name="user_1", password="P@ssw0rd")

# 4. Grant the role to the user
client.grant_role(user_name="user_1", role_name="read_only")

# 5. Describe the user
client.describe_user(user_name="user_1")

# {'user_name': 'user_1', 'roles': ('read_only',)}

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