Interact with Users

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on Jun 10, 2010 14:03.

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 h1. Get all users in the system
  
 h2. Syntax
 Users in the system can be accessed using http GET method through below url:
 {code}http://localhost:8810/rest/users{code}
 The response is of mime type _application/xml_ and the content is XML representation of all users in the system.
  
 h2. Security
 You will need to use http BASIC authentication to login as authorized QuickBuild user if the anonymous does not have adminstrative right.
  
 h2. Demo
 Below [curl|http://curl.haxx.se/] command demonstrates how to get all users:
 {code}curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:8810/rest/users{code}
  
 h1. Access user by id
  
 h2. Syntax
 User can be accessed by id using http GET method through below url:
 {code}http://localhost:8810/rest/users/<user id>{code}
 The response is of mime type _application/xml_ and the content is XML representation of the user.
  
 h2. Security
 You will need to use http BASIC authentication to login as authorized QuickBuild user if the anonymous does not have adminstrative right.
  
 h2. Demo
 Below [curl|http://curl.haxx.se/] command demonstrates how to get user of id _1_:
 {code}curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:8810/rest/users/1{code}
  
  h1. Get user display name by id
  
 h2. Syntax
 User display name can be accessed by id using http GET method through below url:
 {code}http://localhost:8810/rest/users/<user id>/display_name{code}
 The response is of mime type _text/plain_ and the content is string representation of the user.
  
 h2. Security
 You will need to use http BASIC authentication to login as authorized QuickBuild user if the anonymous does not have adminstrative right.
  
 h2. Demo
 Below [curl|http://curl.haxx.se/] command demonstrates how to get display name of user with id _1_:
 {code}curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:8810/rest/users/1/display_name{code}
  
 h1. Update user
  
 h2. Syntax
 User can be updated by posting XML representation of the user to below url:
 {code}http://localhost:8810/rest/users{code}
 Normally you do not need to create the xml from scratch: you may retrieve XML representation of the user using http GET method, modify certain parts of the XML and post back to above url.
 The response is of mime type _text/plain_ and the content is string representation of the user id being updated.
 {info}The _password_ element in the posted xml should be in encrypted form. To encrypt password, please post password to be encrypted to below url:
 {code}http://localhost:8810/encrypt{code}
 The response is of mime type _plain/text_ and the content is encrypted form of the password.
 {info}
  
 h2. Security
 You will need to use http BASIC authentication to login as administrator if the anonymous does not have administrative right.
  
 h2. Demo
 We will use [curl|http://curl.haxx.se/] to demonstrate how to modify password of user _robin_ to be _12345_:
 # Retrieve id of user _robin_ using [id service|retrieve object identifier]:
 {code}curl http://localhost:8810/rest/ids?user_name=robin{code}
 Assume returned id is _2_.
 # Retrieve XML representation of user _robin_ into a temp file using below command:
 {code}curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:8810/rest/users/2 > tempfile.xml{code}
 # Encrypt password _12345_ using below command:
 {code}curl -X POST -d 12345 http://localhost:8810/encrypt{code}
 # Edit _tempfile.xml_ and change the _password_ property to use value returned by step 3.
 # Post back modified content using below command:
 {code}curl -X POST -u admin:admin -d@tempfile.xml http://localhost:8810/rest/users{code}
  
 h1. Create user
  
 h2. Syntax
 User can be created by posting XML representation of the user to below url:
 {code}http://localhost:8810/rest/users{code}
 Please note that the posted XML should NOT contain the _id_ element; otherwise, QuickBuild will treat the post as an update to the user with that id.
 Normally you do not need to create the XML from scratch: you may retrieve XML representation of a templating user using http GET method, remove the _id_ element, modify certain parts and post back to above url.
 The response is of mime type _text/plain_ and the content is string representation of the newly created user id.
 {info}The _password_ element in the posted xml should be encrypted form. To encrypt password, please post password to be encrypted to below url:
 {code}http://localhost:8810/encrypt{code}
 The response is of mime type _plain/text_ and the content is encrypted form of the password.
 {info}
  
 h2. Security
 You will need to use http BASIC authentication to login as administrator if the anonymous does not have administrative rights.
  
 h2. Demo
 We will use [curl|http://curl.haxx.se/] to demonstrate how to create a new user _robin_ by copying the existing user _admin_, and change the password to _12345_.
 # Get id of user _admin_ with [id service|retrieve object identifier]
 {code}curl http://localhost/rest/ids?user_name=admin{code}
 Assume returned id is _1_.
 # Retrieve XML representation of user _admin_ into a temp file using below command:
 {code}curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:8810/rest/users/1 > tempfile.xml{code}
 # Encrypt password _12345_ using below command:
 {code}curl -X POST -d 12345 http://localhost:8810/encrypt{code}
 # Edit _tempfile.xml_, remove the _id_ element, change the _name_ element to be _robin_, and change _password_ element to use value returned by step 3.
 # Post back modified content using below command:
 {code}curl -X POST -u admin:admin -d@tempfile.xml http://localhost:8810/rest/users{code}
  
 h1. Delete user
  
 h2. Syntax
 User can be deleted using http DELETE method through below url:
 {code}http://localhost:8810/rest/users/<user id>{code}
 Here _<user id}_ stands for id of the user to be deleted.
  
 h2. Security
 You will need to use http BASIC authentication to login as administrator if the anonymous does not have administrative right.
  
 h2. Demo
 Below [curl|http://curl.haxx.se/] command demonstrates how to delete the user with id _2_:
 {code}curl -X DELETE -u admin:admin http://localhost:8810/rest/users/2{code}