{"record":{"id":"7e3d19268183130f","repo":"openai/openai-python","slug":"expected-a-non-empty-value-for-user-id-but-recei-7e3d19","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Expected a non-empty value for `user_id` but received {user_id!r}","messagePattern":"Expected a non-empty value for `user_id` but received (.+?)","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"ValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/openai/resources/admin/organization/users/users.py","lineNumber":80,"sourceCode":"        extra_headers: Headers | None = None,\n        extra_query: Query | None = None,\n        extra_body: Body | None = None,\n        timeout: float | httpx2.Timeout | None | NotGiven = not_given,\n    ) -> OrganizationUser:\n        \"\"\"\n        Retrieves a user by their identifier.\n\n        Args:\n          extra_headers: Send extra headers\n\n          extra_query: Add additional query parameters to the request\n\n          extra_body: Add additional JSON properties to the request\n\n          timeout: Override the client-level default timeout for this request, in seconds\n        \"\"\"\n        if not user_id:\n            raise ValueError(f\"Expected a non-empty value for `user_id` but received {user_id!r}\")\n        return self._get(\n            path_template(\"/organization/users/{user_id}\", user_id=user_id),\n            options=make_request_options(\n                extra_headers=extra_headers,\n                extra_query=extra_query,\n                extra_body=extra_body,\n                timeout=timeout,\n                security={\"admin_api_key_auth\": True},\n            ),\n            cast_to=OrganizationUser,\n        )\n\n    def update(\n        self,\n        user_id: str,\n        *,\n        developer_persona: Optional[str] | Omit = omit,\n        role: Optional[str] | Omit = omit,","sourceCodeStart":62,"sourceCodeEnd":98,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/9917c6e28e66e90e1227b3d223c06a8c5441515a/src/openai/resources/admin/organization/users/users.py#L62-L98","documentation":"The Admin organization users retrieve method builds GET /organization/users/{user_id} and the generated guard rejects empty or None user_id with an immediate ValueError, before any HTTP traffic.","triggerScenarios":"client.admin.organization.users.retrieve('') or retrieve(None); user id from an unset env var or empty webhook payload field.","commonSituations":"Looking up users in provisioning scripts where the identifier column is blank or the invite payload lacked the id.","solutions":["Pass a real user id from users.list() output","Validate the variable before calling retrieve","Log repr(user_id) upstream to catch blanks early"],"exampleFix":"# before\nuser = client.admin.organization.users.retrieve(os.environ.get('USER_ID'))\n# after\nuser_id = os.environ['USER_ID']\nuser = client.admin.organization.users.retrieve(user_id)","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"if not user_id:\n    raise ValueError('user_id is required')\nuser = client.admin.organization.users.retrieve(user_id)","typeGuard":"def valid_user_id(uid: object) -> bool:\n    return isinstance(uid, str) and uid.startswith('user-')","tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    user = client.admin.organization.users.retrieve(user_id)\nexcept ValueError:\n    logger.exception('user_id was empty')\n    raise","preventionTips":["Load ids from env with os.environ[...] not .get() so missing values fail early","Cache ids from list() responses"],"tags":["openai","admin-api","path-parameter","valueerror","users"],"backgroundTag":"empty-path-parameter","analyzedSha":"9917c6e28e66e90e1227b3d223c06a8c5441515a","analyzedAt":"2026-08-28T11:46:34.183Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-28T16:17:29.566Z"}