Accessing ArcGIS Portal user account using ArcGIS API for Python

Question

Using ArcGIS API for Python on Portal, I need to see

from arcgis.gis import GIS
gis = GIS(url="https://xxx.xxx.com/portal", username="xxx", password="xxx")
print(gis.version)
user = gis.User('[email protected]')
print(user.fullName)

But I am getting this error on print(user.fullName)

AttributeError: 'GIS' object has no attribute 'User'

while the arcgis.gis module has a class for User at Here

Answer 1

User is a class in the arcgis.gis module, not a property of the arcgis.gis.GIS class.

The examples show a couple of ways of getting a User object:

from arcgis.gis import GIS, User

url="https://xxx.xxx.com/portal"
username="xxx@xxx"
password="xxx"

gis = GIS(url=url, username=username, password=password)

# Ask the GIS object for a User
user = gis.users.get(username)
print(user.fullName)

# Get the User directly
user = User(gis, username)
print(user.fullName)