Rest Api create user and assign it to a group

houssam97 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:23:49 GMT

Hi everyone ,

Is it possible to create an user and assign it to a group in alfresco 5.2?

thanks

Re: Rest Api create user and assign it to a group

abhinavmishra14 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:36:20 GMT

You can use below rest api for creating user and allocate an already available group to the user (Note that these APIs will work only for admin roles):

POST /alfresco/service/api/people

userName: mandatory - the user name for the new user
firstName: mandatory - the given Name
lastName: mandatory - the family name
email: mandatory - the email address
password: optional - the new user's password. If not specified then a value of "password" is used which should be changed as soon as possible.
disableAccount: optional - If present and set to "true" the user is created but their account will be disabled.
quota: optional - Sets the quota size for the new user, in bytes.
groups: optional - Array of group names to assign the new user to.
title: optional - the title for the new user.
organisation: optional - the organisation the new user belongs to.
jobtitle: optional - the job title of the new user.

The web script description document specifies the following options:

Value	Description
`json`	The default response format
`admin`	The authentication access
`required`	The transaction level
`argument`	The format style

Additionally, you can add user to a group using below given rest api:

POST /alfresco/service/api/groups/{shortName}/children/{fullAuthorityName}

Note that, you should have admin access to the repository in order to execute these rest apis.

Alternatively, you can use these V1 rest apis:

https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/6.2/develop/rest-api-guide/people-groups/#createperson

https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/6.2/develop/rest-api-guide/people-groups/#creategroup

https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/6.2/develop/rest-api-guide/people-groups/#updateperson

https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/6.2/develop/rest-api-guide/people-groups/#updategroup

If you have something very specific requirement, you can develop your own webscript to add/updated user/group.

Check this post: https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-forum/create-new-users-without-admin-rights/m-p/294747/highlight/true#M17123

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