API - Manage User

Purpose

To create and modify a user and update a user's password using the Sectona API interface.

Accessing the API

XML

Endpoint: /API/APP/APP007/ManageUser

HTTP METHOD

XML

POST

Parameters

Parameters	Data Type	Required	Description
APIActionType	String	YES	Create Modify UpdatePassword
AuthenticationType	String	YES	SectonaAuthentication WindowsActiveDirectory
DirectoryStore	String	OPTIONAL	It is mandatory if the authentication type is windows active directory
Username	String	YES	Username to create user
Password	String	OPTIONAL	Password to create for user as an option for directory store only
FirstName	String	YES	First name of user (min two characters required)
LastName	String	YES	Last name of user (min two characters required)
Mobile	String	OPTIONAL	Mobile number of user
Company	String	OPTIONAL	Company name of user
EmailID	Email	OPTIONAL	Email ID of user
Manager	String	OPTIONAL	Manager name of user
Department	String	OPTIONAL	Department of user
DevoidSecurity	true/false	OPTIONAL	Specify to allow devoid security to the user. The default is false.
UserRole	String	YES	User roles from Sectona to assign user
UserAccessPolicy	String	OPTIONAL	The default policy will be assigned to any policy not specified.
Expiry	Date in String	OPTIONAL	Specifies the expiry of the user. If unspecified, then considered as the user will never expire.
Instance	String	OPTIONAL	Specifies to create an instance
Tags	String	OPTIONAL	Specifies tags to identify the user
IsActive	true/false	YES	Specify user enabled in Sectona. Default is enabled.
UnlockUser	true/false	YES	It is useful for unlocking the user

Sample Request (JSON)

XML

{
	 "APIActionType":"Create/Modify/UpdatePassword",
     "AuthenticationType":"String",
     "DirectoryStore":"String",
     "Username":"String",
     "NewUsername":"String",
     "Password":"String",
     "FirstName":"String",
     "LastName":"String",
     "MobileNo":"Mobile number",
     "Company":"String",
     "EmailID":"Email",
     "Manager":"String",
     "Department":"String",
     "DevoidSecurity":"True/False",
     "UserRole":"String",
     "UserAccessPolicy":"String",
     "Expiry":"Date in String",
     "Instance":"String",
     "Tags":"String",
     "IsActive":"True/False",
     "UnlockUser":"True/False",

}

Sample Response (JSON)

XML

{
	"Version":"3.7.0.0",
	"IsSuccess”: true,
	"LogCode":"0",
	"Message":"user XXXX(XXX XXX) created/modified successfully / Password changed for user XXXX(XXX XXX)",
	"StatusCode":"OK",
	"Timestamp":"22 Apr 2019 13:10:54 GMT 05:30:00"
}

Standard Error Response Codes

Error Code	Error Description
11649	Current user does not have permission to create user
11651	The authorization header is empty or not basic
11673	Invalid credentials
11674	Invalid credentials
11675	Unable to validate request
11683	Invalid instance name
011803	Unable to insert API log details
032401	The system was unable to create user
011669	Unable to create user
011676	Unable to get user properties
011677	Unable to perform action
011805	Unable to get user group
011849	The system was unable to load tags information
011852	Error in processing
011661	Invalid tags

The authentication Type, Username, and directory store cannot be changed in modify API Action type.