USERFETCH
USERFETCH is a term used in technical documentation to denote a software interface and protocol for retrieving user attribute data from an identity directory or authentication service. In typical deployments, a USERFETCH service exposes endpoints that allow authorized clients to request user records or subsets of attributes, subject to access controls, policy rules, and privacy constraints.
A USERFETCH implementation may be built as a RESTful API, a RPC service, or a library integrated
The data model for USERFETCH centers on a user entity with identifiers, contact information, group memberships,
Security and privacy considerations emphasize least privilege access, encryption in transit and at rest, audit trails,
Interoperability commonly references established identity standards such as SCIM, LDAP schemas, OpenID Connect, and OAuth 2.0,