Rest Api create user and assign it to a group

[houssam97]

Hi everyone ,

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

thanks  

[abhinavmishra14 · Accepted solution]

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-...