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Orion/Server API/User API
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Revision as of 19:26, 19 November 2014 by Ahunter.eclipse.gmail.com (Talk | contribs) (→Creating users)
The User API is a web server API for browsing and manipulating users.
Contents
Actions on users
Create a user
- Overview
- To create a new user account, send a POST request with the UserName and Password.
- HTTP Method
- POST
- Example Request
POST /users HTTP/1.1
Orion-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: application/json
{
"UserName" : "newuser",
"Password" : "newPassw0rd"
"FullName": "New User",
}
- Example Response
HTTP/1.1 201 CREATED
Content-Type: application/json
{
"EmailConfirmed": false,
"FullName": "New User",
"HasPassword": true,
"Location": "/users/newuser",
"UserName": "newuser"
}
- Detailed Explanation
- FullName and Email are optional fields that can be added to the request. The request does not need to be authenticated unless the server specifies the orion.auth.user.creation preference to allow only the admin user to create accounts.