Method: users.getLoginProfile

Retrieves the profile information used for logging in to a virtual machine on Google Compute Engine.

HTTP request

GET https://oslogin.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{name=users/*}/loginProfile

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

Required. The unique ID for the user in formatusers/{user}.

Query parameters

Parameters
projectId

string

The project ID of the Google Cloud Platform project.

systemId

string

A system ID for filtering the results of the request.

operatingSystemType

enum (OperatingSystemType)

The type of operating system associated with the account.

view

enum (LoginProfileView)

The view configures whether to retrieve security keys information.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance ofLoginProfile.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

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Last updated 2025-07-28 UTC.