---
title: "system.user.getUserSources"
description: "Returns a sequence of objects representing all of the user source profiles configured in the Gateway."
---

# system.user.getUserSources

> Returns a sequence of objects representing all of the user source profiles configured in the Gateway.

This function is used in **Python Scripting**.

## Description
Returns a sequence of objects representing all of the user source profiles configured in the Gateway. Each object has a "name" property, a "description" property, and a "type" property.

## Client Permission Restrictions
This scripting function has no [Client Permission](ignition-modules\vision\vision-project-properties\vision-project-properties.md#vision-permissions-properties) restrictions.

## Syntax
`system.user.getUserSources()`

### Parameters
None
### Returns
**List** -  A List of all user source profiles configured in the system in ascending order by their names.
### Scope
Gateway, Vision Client, Perspective Session

## UserSource Object
Each UserSource returned represents an object with the following properties:

- name
- description
- type

## Code Examples
```python title="Example #1"
uList = system.user.getUserSources()
print len(uList)
```