# Get Users API in CSV format?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-users-api-in-csv-format/273773
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [May 24, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-users-api-in-csv-format/273773 "2021-05-24T01:25:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-users-api-in-csv-format/273773/1 "2021-05-24T01:25:14Z")

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Hi All,  
Is there a way o get users list in a nicer format than JSON? CSV maybe?  
`GET /_security/user`

Cheers!

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-users-api-in-csv-format/273773/2 "2021-05-24T03:45:04Z")

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Nope, you will need to use something like `jq` to reformat it.

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### Author: ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-users-api-in-csv-format/273773/3 "2021-05-24T03:51:05Z")

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Cheers!  
😩

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-users-api-in-csv-format/273773/4 "2021-06-21T03:51:40Z")

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