gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/api/users.md
Sebastian Ziebell 1b97a2eee8 API: fixes return codes, documentation updated with status codes, tests added
The users API updated with return codes, e.g. if required parameters are missing
a `400 Bad Request` error is returned instead of `404`. Fixes return codes of functions,
e.g. deletion of a ssh key is an idempotent function now.
The API documentation is updated to reflect the current status of the API. Descriptions
are more detailed and complete, infos to return values are added to all functions.
2013-02-20 12:23:56 +01:00

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List users

Get a list of users.

GET /users
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "blocked": false,
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
    "bio": null,
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "dark_scheme": false,
    "extern_uid": "john.smith",
    "provider": "provider_name",
    "theme_id": 1
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "username": "jack_smith",
    "email": "jack@example.com",
    "name": "Jack Smith",
    "blocked": false,
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:01:01Z",
    "bio": null,
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "dark_scheme": true,
    "extern_uid": "jack.smith",
    "provider": "provider_name",
    "theme_id": 1
  }
]

Return values:

  • 200 Ok on success and a list with all users
  • 401 Unauthorized if user is not allowed to access the list

Single user

Get a single user.

GET /users/:id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a user
{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "blocked": false,
  "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
  "bio": null,
  "skype": "",
  "linkedin": "",
  "twitter": "",
  "dark_scheme": false,
  "extern_uid": "john.smith",
  "provider": "provider_name",
  "theme_id": 1
}

Return values:

  • 200 Ok on success and the user entry
  • 401 Unauthorized if it is not allowed to access the user
  • 404 Not Found if the user with ID is not found

User creation

Creates a new user. Note only administrators can create new users.

POST /users

Parameters:

  • email (required) - Email
  • password (required) - Password
  • username (required) - Username
  • name (required) - Name
  • skype (optional) - Skype ID
  • linkedin (optional) - Linkedin
  • twitter (optional) - Twitter account
  • projects_limit (optional) - Number of projects user can create
  • extern_uid (optional) - External UID
  • provider (optional) - External provider name
  • bio (optional) - User's bio

Return values:

  • 201 Created on success and returns the new user
  • 400 Bad Request if one of the required attributes is missing from the request
  • 401 Unauthorized if the user is not authorized
  • 403 Forbidden if the user is not allowed to create a new user (must be admin)
  • 404 Not Found if something else fails
  • 409 Conflict if a user with the same email address or username already exists

User modification

Modifies an existing user. Only administrators can change attributes of a user.

PUT /users/:id

Parameters:

  • email - Email
  • username - Username
  • name - Name
  • password - Password
  • skype - Skype ID
  • linkedin - Linkedin
  • twitter - Twitter account
  • projects_limit - Limit projects wich user can create
  • extern_uid - External UID
  • provider - External provider name
  • bio - User's bio

Return values:

  • 200 Ok on success and returns the new user
  • 401 Unauthorized if the user is not authorized
  • 403 Forbidden if the user is not allowed to create a new user (must be admin)
  • 404 Not Found if something else fails

Note, at the moment this method does only return a 404 error, even in cases where a 409 (Conflict) would be more appropriate, e.g. when renaming the email address to some exsisting one.

User deletion

Deletes a user. Available only for administrators. This is an idempotent function, calling this function for a non-existent user id still returns a status code 200 Ok. The JSON response differs if the user was actually deleted or not. In the former the user is returned and in the latter not.

DELETE /users/:id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of the user

Return values:

  • 200 Ok on success and returns the deleted user
  • 401 Unauthorized if the user is not authorized
  • 403 Forbidden if the user is not allowed to create a new user (must be admin)
  • 404 Not Found if user with ID not found or something else fails

Current user

Gets currently authenticated user.

GET /user
{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "blocked": false,
  "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
  "bio": null,
  "skype": "",
  "linkedin": "",
  "twitter": "",
  "dark_scheme": false,
  "theme_id": 1
}

Return values:

  • 200 Ok on success and returns the current user
  • 401 Unauthorized if the user is not authorized
  • 404 Not Found if something else fails

List SSH keys

Get a list of currently authenticated user's SSH keys.

GET /user/keys
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "title" : "Public key"
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4
      596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4
      soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "title" : "Another Public key"
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4
      596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4
      soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0="
  }
]

Parameters:

  • none

Return values:

  • 200 Ok on success and a list of ssh keys
  • 401 Unauthorized if the user is not authenticated
  • 404 Not Found if something else fails

Single SSH key

Get a single key.

GET /user/keys/:id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of an SSH key
{
  "id": 1,
  "title" : "Public key"
  "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4
      596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4
      soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0="
}

Return values:

  • 200 Ok on success and the ssh key with ID
  • 401 Unauthorized if it is not allowed to access the user
  • 404 Not Found if the ssh key with ID not found

Add SSH key

Creates a new key owned by the currently authenticated user.

POST /user/keys

Parameters:

  • title (required) - new SSH Key's title
  • key (required) - new SSH key

Return values:

  • 201 Created on success and the added key
  • 400 Bad Request if one of the required attributes is not given
  • 401 Unauthorized if user is not authorized to add ssh key
  • 404 Not Found if something else fails

Delete SSH key

Deletes key owned by currently authenticated user. This is an idempotent function and calling it on a key that is already deleted or not available results in 200 Ok.

DELETE /user/keys/:id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - SSH key ID

Return values:

  • 200 Ok on success
  • 401 Unauthorized if user is not allowed to delete they key
  • 404 Not Found if something else fails