Resource: Users ( /api/users )

Allows the search and retrieval of users.

Root Relation: Users

Methods

GET


Retrieves all (or a subset) of users.

This method supports the OData parameters $filter, $top, $take, $orderby and $inlinecount. See OData Topic for more details.

Supported Expansions

For more details on expansions, please see the Expand help topic.

Status Codes

These are the expected status codes returned by the service - in addition, some other status codes may be returned if either an internal error occurs or there is an authentication issue (such as an expired OAuth token).

StatusDescription
200 - OKReturned if the request was completed successfully.

Example - Get All Users

An example of fetching all users.

Request Headers

KeyValueDescription
Acceptapplication/json

Response Headers

KeyValueDescription
Content-Typeapplication/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

[
  {
    "Id": "3464e9da-f1b7-49aa-87db-7e1eebfd17a5",
    "UserName": "joeb",
    "Email": "joeb@unknown.net",
    "FirstName": "Joe",
    "LastName": "Bloggs",
    "Phone": "(09)-555-999",
    "LastLogIn": null,
    "Self": "http://localhost/api/user/3464e9da-f1b7-49aa-87db-7e1eebfd17a5",
    "Links": [
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/3464e9da-f1b7-49aa-87db-7e1eebfd17a5/password",
        "Rel": "ChangePassword"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/3464e9da-f1b7-49aa-87db-7e1eebfd17a5/permissions/global",
        "Rel": "GlobalPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Title": "Group Memberships",
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/3464e9da-f1b7-49aa-87db-7e1eebfd17a5/groups",
        "Rel": "Groups"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/3464e9da-f1b7-49aa-87db-7e1eebfd17a5/notifications",
        "Rel": "Notifications"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/3464e9da-f1b7-49aa-87db-7e1eebfd17a5/permissions/projects",
        "Rel": "ProjectPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/3464e9da-f1b7-49aa-87db-7e1eebfd17a5/mailmessages",
        "Rel": "MailMessages"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
    "UserName": "janed",
    "Email": "janed@unknown.net",
    "FirstName": "Jane",
    "LastName": "Doe",
    "Phone": "(09)-555-999",
    "LastLogIn": null,
    "Self": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
    "Links": [
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/password",
        "Rel": "ChangePassword"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/permissions/global",
        "Rel": "GlobalPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Title": "Group Memberships",
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/groups",
        "Rel": "Groups"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/notifications",
        "Rel": "Notifications"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/permissions/projects",
        "Rel": "ProjectPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/mailmessages",
        "Rel": "MailMessages"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Status Code

200 - OK

Example - Get Users filtered by first name

An example of fetching a set of users by first name, by using the ODATA $filter query parameter.

Request Headers

KeyValueDescription
Acceptapplication/json

Request Parameters

KeyValueDescription
$filterFirstName eq 'Jane'The ODATA $filter parameter, this query parameter should be url encoded i.e. $filter=FirstName%20eq%20'Jane'.

Response Headers

KeyValueDescription
Content-Typeapplication/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

[
  {
    "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
    "UserName": "janed",
    "Email": "janed@unknown.net",
    "FirstName": "Jane",
    "LastName": "Doe",
    "Phone": "(09)-555-999",
    "LastLogIn": null,
    "Self": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
    "Links": [
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/password",
        "Rel": "ChangePassword"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/permissions/global",
        "Rel": "GlobalPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Title": "Group Memberships",
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/groups",
        "Rel": "Groups"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/notifications",
        "Rel": "Notifications"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/permissions/projects",
        "Rel": "ProjectPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/mailmessages",
        "Rel": "MailMessages"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Status Code

200 - OK

POST


Create a new user

Required Permissions

  • Administration/Organisation/ManageUserAndGroupSecurity

Status Codes

These are the expected status codes returned by the service - in addition, some other status codes may be returned if either an internal error occurs or there is an authentication issue (such as an expired OAuth token).

StatusDescription
200 - OKReturned if the request was completed successfully.
403 - ForbiddenReturned if request contained invalid data or would cause a conflict with an existing user record.
404 - NotFoundReturned if user does not exists.

Example - Create new User (minimum values populated)

An example of creating a new user.

Request Headers

KeyValueDescription
Acceptapplication/json

Request Body

{
  "UserName": "janed",
  "Email": "janed@unknown.net"
}

Response Headers

KeyValueDescription
Content-Typeapplication/json; charset=utf-8
Locationhttp://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610

Response Body

[
  {
    "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
    "UserName": "janed",
    "Email": "janed@unknown.net",
    "FirstName": null,
    "LastName": null,
    "Phone": null,
    "LastLogIn": null,
    "Self": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
    "Links": [
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/password",
        "Rel": "ChangePassword"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/permissions/global",
        "Rel": "GlobalPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Title": "Group Memberships",
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/groups",
        "Rel": "Groups"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/notifications",
        "Rel": "Notifications"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/permissions/projects",
        "Rel": "ProjectPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/mailmessages",
        "Rel": "MailMessages"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Status Code

201 - Created

Example - Create new User (all values populated)

An example of creating a new user.

Request Headers

KeyValueDescription
Acceptapplication/json

Request Body

{
  "UserName": "janed",
  "Email": "janed@unknown.net",
  "FirstName": "Jane",
  "LastName": "Doe",
  "Phone": "(09)-555-999",
  "Password": "Password123"
}

Response Headers

KeyValueDescription
Content-Typeapplication/json; charset=utf-8
Locationhttp://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610

Response Body

[
  {
    "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
    "UserName": "janed",
    "Email": "janed@unknown.net",
    "FirstName": "Jane",
    "LastName": "Doe",
    "Phone": "(09)-555-999",
    "LastLogIn": null,
    "Self": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
    "Links": [
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/password",
        "Rel": "ChangePassword"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/permissions/global",
        "Rel": "GlobalPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Title": "Group Memberships",
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/groups",
        "Rel": "Groups"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/notifications",
        "Rel": "Notifications"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/permissions/projects",
        "Rel": "ProjectPermissions"
      },
      {
        "Href": "http://localhost/api/user/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/mailmessages",
        "Rel": "MailMessages"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Status Code

201 - Created

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