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Get User

Retrieve one user by their graph descriptor. Returns their display name, principal name, mail address and origin. Use this to confirm an identity before assigning work to them. Example: descriptor aad.OGViYWJmMDQtMGIwOC03YTQz. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Read only
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Azure DevOps account once, then configure and run Get User from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "azure_devops-get-user",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    azure_devops: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    organization: "Organization",
    userDescriptor: "User Descriptor",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Get User inputs
Property Type Description
organization Organization string
Name of the organization
Required Dynamic
userDescriptor User Descriptor string
Graph descriptor of the user, e.g. aad.YzE0ZDkxOG.... Run the List Users action first to obtain valid values.
Required

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
azure_devops-get-user
Version
0.0.2
App
Azure DevOps
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes