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[Farai Mutero <fmutero@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jason

Excellent. Thank you very much Jason! I'm answered clearly.

Regards

Farai

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Farai,
>
> It is possible, but let me explain it a bit more clearly. There are
> essentially three  ways to do create users.
>
> 1) Allow users to self-register.
>
> 2) Send a user an invite. This allows them to specify their
> username/password and is considered to be more secure, as the password is
> never transmitted over insecure means. This method is described in detail
> in the link which you provided.
>
> 3) Create users with  pre-defined username and password. This can be done
> with XML/JSON through the metadata API. You can follow the example ofhere
> https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/users/oXD88WWSQpR to know how the payload
> should be structured.
> The property "password" should contain the clear-text password of the
> user, and should be a child of the "userCredentials" node.
> Once you create the XML/JSON payload as you like, then you can post this
> to /api/metaData.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best regards,
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Farai Mutero <fmutero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> I have been informed that it's now possible to register users via the Web
>> API using the User Account Invitation process and in the process provide a
>> default password such that the registered users don't have to reply on
>> email?
>>
>> Can someone please confirm this for me? I understand Jason Pickering
>> presented this functionality recently in Livingstone, Zambia. The User
>> Account Invitation process I'm referring to is documented here:
>> https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s30.html#d5e3951
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> --
>> Farai Mutero
>>
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Farai Mutero