> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lighton.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List instance users

> ⚠️ **ALPHA ENDPOINT** - This endpoint is in alpha and subject to breaking changes. Use with caution in production environments.

Get the list of every user on the instance.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi-v3-instance.yaml get /api/v3/instance/users
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: LightOn API
  version: 3.15.0 (v3-instance)
  description: >-
    LightOn gives you an API to search, parse, and ingest documents at scale.
    Build knowledge-retrieval pipelines without managing vector databases or OCR
    models.
servers:
  - url: https://paradigm.lighton.ai
security: []
tags:
  - name: Models
    description: Operations about AI models
  - name: Workspaces
    description: Operations about workspaces
  - name: Users
    description: Operations about users
  - name: User Groups
    description: Operations about user groups
  - name: Companies
    description: Operations about companies
paths:
  /api/v3/instance/users:
    get:
      tags:
        - Users
      summary: List instance users
      description: >-
        ⚠️ **ALPHA ENDPOINT** - This endpoint is in alpha and subject to
        breaking changes. Use with caution in production environments.


        Get the list of every user on the instance.
      operationId: api_v3_instance_users_list
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: company_id
          schema:
            type: integer
        - in: query
          name: group_id
          schema:
            type: integer
        - in: query
          name: is_active
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - name: page
          required: false
          in: query
          description: A page number within the paginated result set.
          schema:
            type: integer
        - name: page_size
          required: false
          in: query
          description: Number of results to return per page.
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedInstanceUserV3ResponseList'
          description: Paginated list of users on the instance.
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                Unauthorized:
                  value:
                    id: null
                    code: 401
                    error: unauthorized
                    detail: >-
                      Authentication credentials were not provided or are
                      invalid.
                    doc_url: https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#unauthorized
          description: Authentication credentials were not provided or are invalid
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                Forbidden:
                  value:
                    id: null
                    code: 403
                    error: insufficient_permissions
                    detail: You do not have permission to perform this action.
                    doc_url: >-
                      https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#insufficient_permissions
          description: Insufficient permissions
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3ErrorResponse'
              examples:
                NotFound:
                  value:
                    id: null
                    code: 404
                    error: not_found
                    detail: The requested resource was not found.
                    doc_url: https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#not_found
                  summary: Not Found
          description: The requested resource was not found
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3ValidationErrorResponse'
              examples:
                ValidationError:
                  value:
                    id: null
                    code: 422
                    error: validation_error
                    detail: One or more fields failed validation.
                    doc_url: https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#validation_error
                    fields:
                      <field_name>:
                        - error: required
                          detail: This field is required.
                  summary: Validation Error
          description: Request body is valid JSON but one or more fields failed validation
        '503':
          description: >-
            API is under maintenance. Check `GET /api/v3/system/status` for
            active periods and retry.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceMaintenance503'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    PaginatedInstanceUserV3ResponseList:
      type: object
      required:
        - count
        - results
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          example: 123
        next:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          format: uri
          example: http://api.example.org/accounts/?page=4
        previous:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          format: uri
          example: http://api.example.org/accounts/?page=2
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstanceUserV3Response'
    APIV3ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Job/resource id when one already exists (useful for async error
            diagnosis); null otherwise.
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error code used by the UI as a translation key
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message for developers
        doc_url:
          type: string
          description: Link to the error-code documentation page
      required:
        - code
        - detail
        - doc_url
        - error
        - id
    APIV3ValidationErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            Job/resource id when one already exists (useful for async error
            diagnosis); null otherwise.
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error code used by the UI as a translation key
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message for developers
        doc_url:
          type: string
          description: Link to the error-code documentation page
        fields:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3FieldError'
          description: Field-level validation errors keyed by field name
      required:
        - code
        - detail
        - doc_url
        - error
        - id
    ServiceMaintenance503:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Returned by the maintenance middleware when the requested endpoint is
        blocked.
      required:
        - detail
        - error
        - mode
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
          example: System is under maintenance.
        error:
          type: string
          example: service_maintenance
        mode:
          type: string
          enum:
            - full_shutdown
            - warning_banner
          description: >-
            `full_shutdown` blocks all traffic; `warning_banner` also blocks and
            shows a dismissible toast.
        reason:
          type: string
          description: Operator-supplied maintenance reason, if any.
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        endpoint_category_names:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Non-empty only for category-scoped periods. Empty means all
            endpoints are affected.
    InstanceUserV3Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        username:
          type: string
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
        company:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Company'
      required:
        - company
        - email
        - first_name
        - id
        - last_name
        - username
    APIV3FieldError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error code / translation key
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of the field error
      required:
        - detail
        - error
    Company:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
      required:
        - id
        - name
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`, where
        `<token>` is your auth token.

````