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Re: Query regarding /api/users

 

This should now be fixed in rev 14867.

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Morten


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Mahendra Kariya <
mahendra.kariya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Morten,
>
> We are trying to disable the user using PUT on /api/users/{id}. But when
> we are doing a HTTP GET on the user, we are not able to see the updated
> value. We debugged the code, but got lost somewhere at
> DefaultIdentifiableObjectImporter.reattachField(). Could you please help us
> out?
>
>
> The JSON payload that we are sending is as follows.
>
>
> {
>     "name": "Name Name",
>     "surname": "Name",
>     "firstName": "Name",
>     "email": "name.name@xxxxxxxxx",
>     "organisationUnits": [
>         {
>             "name": "org",
>             "id": "company_0"
>         }
>     ],
>     "userCredentials": {
>         "username": "name.name@xxxxxxxxx",
>         "userAuthorityGroups": [
>             {
>                 "name": "HQ",
>                 "id": "hq"
>             }
>         ],
>         "selfRegistered": false,
>         "password": "Password1",
>       "disabled": true
>     },
>     "id": "nWSreYohGrM"
> }
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mahendra
> *Thought*Works
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> We don't provide any web-api service for directly disabling a user, but
>> you can update the user with userCredentials.disabled = true, which will
>> disallow the user to login.
>>
>> --
>> Morten
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Mahendra Kariya <
>> mahendra.kariya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks! We are running into foreign key issues when we are trying to
>>> delete a user. Could you please point us to the API with which we can
>>> disable the user?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> That code is located in AbstractCrudController
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Morten
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Mahendra Kariya <
>>>> mahendra.kariya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Morten,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for the prompt reply.
>>>>> I don't see any code (in trunk) in UserController.java that supports
>>>>> the delete functionality. Could you please tell us when should we expect to
>>>>> have this in trunk?
>>>>>
>>>>> We will submit a patch for point 2 ASAP.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Mahendra
>>>>> *Thought*Works
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <
>>>>> mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    1. Is there an any way to delete a user using the API?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You should be able to delete a user by doing a DELETE request to
>>>>>> /api/users/UID in 2.15, be aware that there might be some foreign keys etc
>>>>>> getting in the way, so another solution might be to disable the user
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    1. We want "admin" user to update the details of other users
>>>>>>>    using the API. Currently it requires the password of the user which is
>>>>>>>    getting updated. Without the user's password, "admin" can't do an update.
>>>>>>>    Is there any other way to do it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Currently, no.. but it should be trivial to include a parameter,
>>>>>> "ignorePassword" or something like that.. that would simply continue using
>>>>>> the old password, feel free to provide a patch :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Morten
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    1.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If the community feels both these cases are general enough to be
>>>>>>> included in DHIS, we would like to submit patches in case this
>>>>>>> functionality is not available.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Mahendra
>>>>>>> *Thought*Works
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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