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h1. Users
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h2. /users.:format
h3. GET
Returns a list of users.
+Example+:
GET /users.xml
Optional filters:
* @status@: get only users with the given status. See "app/models/principal.rb":/projects/redmine/repository/entry/trunk/app/models/principal.rb#L22-25 for a list of available statuses. Default is @1@ (active users)
* @name@: filter users on their login, firstname, lastname and mail ; if the pattern contains a space, it will also return users whose firstname match the first word or lastname match the second word.
* @group_id@: get only users who are members of the given group
h3. POST
Creates a user.
+Parameters+:
* @user@ (required): a hash of the user attributes, including:
* @login@ (required): the user login
* @password@: the user password
* @firstname@ (required)
* @lastname@ (required)
* @mail@ (required)
* @auth_source_id@: authentication mode id
+Example+:
<pre>
POST /users.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<user>
<login>jplang</login>
<firstname>Jean-Philippe</firstname>
<lastname>Lang</lastname>
<password>secret</password>
<mail>jp_lang@yahoo.fr</mail>
<auth_source_id>2</auth_source_id>
</user>
</pre>
JSON
<pre>
{
"user": {
"login": "jplang",
"firstname": "Jean-Philippe",
"lastname": "Lang",
"mail": "jp_lang@yahoo.fr",
"password": "secret"
}
}
</pre>
+Response+:
* @201 Created@: user was created
* @422 Unprocessable Entity@: user was not created due to validation failures (response body contains the error messages)
h2. /users/:id.:format
h3. GET
Returns the user details. You can use @/users/current.:format@ for retrieving the user whose credentials are used to access the API.
+Parameters+:
* @include@ (optional): a coma separated list of associations to include in the response:
* @memberships@ : adds extra information about user's memberships and roles on the projects
* @groups@ (added in 2.1) : adds extra information about user's groups
+Examples+:
GET /users/current.xml
Returns the details about the current user.
GET /users/3.xml?include=memberships,groups
Returns the details about user ID 3, and additional detail about the user's project memberships.
+Reponse+:
<pre>
<user>
<id>3</id>
<login>jplang</login>
<firstname>Jean-Philippe</firstname>
<lastname>Lang</lastname>
<mail>jp_lang@yahoo.fr</mail>
<created_on>2007-09-28T00:16:04+02:00</created_on>
<last_login_on>2011-08-01T18:05:45+02:00</last_login_on>
<custom_fields type="array" />
<memberships type="array">
<membership>
<project name="Redmine" id="1"/>
<roles type="array">
<role name="Administrator" id="3"/>
<role name="Contributor" id="4"/>
</roles>
</membership>
</memberships>
<groups type="array">
<group id="20" name="Developers"/>
</groups>
</user>
</pre>
Depending on the status of the user who makes the request, you can get some more details:
* @api_key@ : the API key of the user, visible for admins and for yourself (added in 2.3.0)
* @status@ : a numeric id representing the status of the user, visible for admins only (added in 2.4.0). See "app/models/principal.rb":/projects/redmine/repository/entry/trunk/app/models/principal.rb#L22-25 for a list of available statuses.
h3. PUT
Updates a user.
+Example+:
PUT /users/20.xml
+Parameters+:
* @user@ (required): a hash of the user attributes (same as for user creation)
h3. DELETE
Deletes a user.
+Example+:
DELETE /users/20.xml
+Response+:
* @200 OK@: user was deleted
h2. See also
* The [[Rest_Memberships|Memberships API]] for adding or removing a user from a project.
* The [[Rest_Groups|Groups API]] for adding or removing a user from a group.