User

Model definition

Required attributes: - login / id (string) : login of the user - userName (text) : Full name of the user - roles (multi-userRole) : Array containing roles of the user (read, write or admin) - status (userStatus) : Ok or Locked default=Ok - preference (string) : JSON object containing user preference default={}

Optional attributes: - avatar (string) : avatar of user. It is an image encoded in base 64 - password (string) : user password if local authentication is used

Attributes generated by the backend: - key (uuid) : API key to authenticate this user (deprecated)

User Manipulation

User methods

HTTP Method	URI	Action
GET	/api/logout	Logout
POST	/api/login	User login
GET	/api/user/current	Get current user
POST	/api/user/_search	Find user
POST	/api/user	Create a user
GET	/api/user/:userId	Get a user
DELETE	/api/user/:userId	Delete a user
PATCH	/api/user/:userId	Update user details
POST	/api/user/:userId/password/set	Set password
POST	/api/user/:userId/password/change	Change password

• with-key (boolean)

Create a User

A user can be created using the following URL:

POST     /api/user

Required case attributes (cf. models) must be provided.

This call returns attributes of the created user.

This call is authenticated and requires admin role.

Examples

Creation of a user:

curl -XPOST -H 'Authorization: Bearer ***API*KEY***' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/user -d '{
  "login": "georges",
  "name": "Georges Abitbol",
  "roles": ["read", "write"],
  "password": "La classe"
}'

It returns:

{
  "createdBy": "myuser",
  "name":"Georges Abitbol",
  "roles": ["read", "write" ],
  "_id": "georges",
  "user": "myuser",
  "createdAt": 1496561862924,
  "status": "Ok",
  "id": "georges",
  "_type": "user",
  "has-key":false
}

If external authentication is used (LDAP or AD) password field must not be provided.

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Last update: March 2, 2021 11:39:03