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Add user to group with Rest API

jvacasp — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:43:04 GMT

Hello!!I am trying to add a user in a group using Rest Services API.http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups/GroupRest/children/USER_UserRestThe group "GroupRest" and the user "UserRest" are existing in Alfresco. The system returns this error:"org.alfresco.repo.security.authority.UnknownAut

Re: Add user to group with Rest API

jpotts — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:52:13 GMT

I get the same result on 4.2.c. This does not appear to have anything to do with the web script…the same thing happens through a regular server-side JavaScript execution of the code. Have you checked Jira to see if this is a known issue? If not, it's going to need to be debugged and possibly reported as a bug.

Jeff

Re: Add user to group with Rest API

jpotts — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:59:48 GMT

I find that the call is successful if you use "UserRest" instead of "USER_UserRest", like this:

curl -X POST -uadmin:admin http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups/GroupRest/children/UserRest‍

Jeff

Re: Add user to group with Rest API

jvacasp — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:26:39 GMT

Many Thanks Jeff!!!!!!!!! it works.

Re: Add user to group with Rest API

opbarth — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:06:00 GMT

I had to add the content type to be json:

/opt/alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/repository/groups/children.post.js (line 10):
<javascript>
if (headers["Content-Type"].indexOf("application/json") != 0)
</javascript>


curl -X GET -uadmin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups/GroupRest/children/UserRest
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Re: Add user to group with Rest API

pieter_shimanow — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 08:05:12 GMT

If i do localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups/newGroup/children/newUser
Both group and user exist.. but I get this :


{
   "data":{
         "authorityType": "GROUP",
         "shortName": "newGroup",
         "fullName": "GROUP_newGroup",
         "displayName": "New Group",
         "url": "/api/groups/newGroup"
           ,"zones":
           [
              "APP.DEFAULT",
              "AUTH.ALF"
           ]
}

}
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Re: Add user to group with Rest API

ddelapasse — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:10:42 GMT

Help! I feel like I'm missing the decoder ring. I see lots of threads like these explaining the rest call perfectly like this:
curl -X POST -uadmin:admin http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/groups/GroupRest/children/UserRest

BUT…there must be some kind of payload!!! How am I supposed to know the required payload to add user ABC to group XYZ?