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title: User - Shop Users API
description: The authenticated user.
api_version: unstable latest
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/User
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/objects/User.md
---

# User

object

The authenticated user.

## Fields

* \_​empty

  [Boolean](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/scalars/Boolean)

  Reserved placeholder field. The Users API does not yet expose user-scoped fields directly; use top-level queries like `metafield`/`metafields` and mutations like `metafieldsSet`/`metafieldDelete`.

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## Map

No referencing types

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## Queries

* [user](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/queries/user)

  query

  Entry point to user-scoped queries.

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## User Queries

### Queried by

* [user](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shop-users/latest/queries/user)