Add user to user group via the REST API

[Steven Blumenkrantz]

In preparation for programmatically creating a new user via the REST API (need help, see thread), I wrote the following POC script to add an existing user to the existing user group. When I run it I get, the following. Anyone know where I'm going wrong?

Enter password: <end point>/ae/api/v1/8251/objects/OPERATORS
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   282  100   158  100   124   1698   1333 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  3032
Response: {
  "code" : 45106,
  "error" : "The request is invalid and cannot be processed by the Automation Engine.",
  "details" : "No detail information available."
}

#!/bin/bash

REST_ENDPOINT="<end point>"
CLIENT="8251"
read -sp "Enter password: " PASSWORD
AE_USER_PW="sblumenkrantz/CORP:$PASSWORD"
# Construct the URL
URL="$REST_ENDPOINT/ae/api/v1/${CLIENT}/objects/OPERATORS"
echo ${URL}
# JSON payload
PAYLOAD=$(cat <<EOF
{
   "data": {
      "usrg": {
      "members" : [ {
        "username" : "TEST_USER/TEST"
      } ]
   }
}
EOF
)

response=$(curl -X PATCH "${URL}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --user "$AE_USER_PW" \
  --data "PAYLOAD}"
# Output the response
echo "Response: ${response}"

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[Oana Botez]

Hi Steven,

You can use the objects endpoint with PATCH to assign a user to a usergroup. 

PATCH https://rest-....com/ae/api/v1/0/objects/TEST%2FTEST

{

    "data": {

        "user": {

            "groups": [

                {

                    "usergroup": "USER_ACCESS"

                }

            ]

        }

    }

}

BR,

Oana

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[Steven Blumenkrantz]

When I try the following script, I get the same response:

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   166  100   158  100     8    487     24 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   513
Response: {
  "code" : 45106,
  "error" : "The request is invalid and cannot be processed by the Automation Engine.",
  "details" : "No detail information available."
}

#!/bin/bash

REST_ENDPOINT="<END POINT>"
CLIENT="8251"
read -sp "Enter password: " PASSWORD
AE_USER_PW="sblumenkrantz/CORP:$PASSWORD"

# Construct the URL
URL="$REST_ENDPOINT/ae/api/v1/${CLIENT}/objects/TEST_USER%2FTEST"
echo ${URL}
# JSON payload
PAYLOAD=$(cat <<EOF
{
    "data": {
        "user": {
            "groups": [
                {
                    "usergroup": "OPERATORS"
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}
EOF
)

response=$(curl -X PATCH "${URL}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --user "$AE_USER_PW" \
  --data "PAYLOAD}")
# Output the response
echo "Response: ${response}"

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[Steven Blumenkrantz]

With help from Oana, I was able to develop one script and one json structure that will create a new user and assign the user to a user group.

Thanks for all who helped with all of this!

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