Create a new user (DATABASE)

{ createUserDb }

Adds a new user in the system for Database Authentication.

Method

Input Parameters

Output Response

Notes

First create the User object with all its settings. Use other methods for alternative authentication providers

Examples

Create new database user (JavaScript):

This example demonstrates how to create a new tenant, user and roles in Pyramid, when using database authentication.

The example uses API authentication driven from JavaScript. See Authentication APIs for alternatives.

// URL of the Pyramid installation and the path to the API 2.0 REST methods
var pyramidURL = "http://mysite.com/api2/";

// step 1: authenticate admin account and get token
// NOTE: callApi method is a generic REST method shown below.
let token = callApi("auth/authenticateUser",{
	"data":{
		"userName":"adminUser1",
		"password":"abc123!"
	}
},false);
log("got token "+token);

// step 2: create a new tenant to house new users
let createTenantResult = callApi("access/createTenant",{
	"tenant": {
		"name": "Test Tenant 1", //tenant caption
		"viewerSeats": 1, //number of allocated seats
		"proSeats": 1  //number of allocated seats
	},
	"auth": token // admin token generated above
});

// step 3: get auto generated tenant ID from step 2 result.
let tenantId = createTenantResult.data.modifiedList[0].id;

log("created tenant, id= "+tenantId);


// step 4: create new user in new tenant. using DB method, because using local db authentication
let createUser = callApi("access/createDbUser",{
	"user": {
	"userName": "user1",
	"password": "1234",
	"firstName": "first",
	"lastName": "last",
	"email": "email@pyramidanalytics.com",
	"adminType": 0, //admin type enumeration: normal user
	"clientLicenseType": 100, //license type enumeration: viewer
	"statusID": 1, //status "enabled"
	"tenantId": tenantId //tenant Id from previous step
	},
	"auth": token // admin token generated above
});

// step 5: get auto generated user ID from step 4 result.
let userId = createUser.data.modifiedList[0].id;
log("created user "+userId);

//step 6: optional step to update user's first name
let updateUser=callApi("access/updateDbUsers",{
	"user":[{
		"id":userId,
		"firstName":"new first name"
	}],
	"auth": token
});

//step 7: create new role in tenant
let createRole=callApi("access/createRole",{
	"data": {
		"roleName": "new role",
		"isPrivate": false, // private roles are only for individual users. this should always be FALSE.
		"isHidden": false, // hidden roles appear only in the admin - not for end users.
		"tenantId": tenantId,
		"isGroupRole": false //?????????????
	},
	"auth": token
});

// step 8: get auto generated role ID from step 7 result.
let roleId = createRole.data.modifiedList[0].id;
log("created role "+roleId);

// step 9: associate user with role
let addUserToRole = callApi("access/addUserToRole",{
	"data": {
	"userId": userId,
	"roleId": roleId
	},
	"auth": token
});

log("addUserToRole was sucsseful since errorMessage is empty "+addUserToRole.data.errorMessage.length==0);


// ##### optional generic logging method for debugging ##############
function log(msg){
	document.write(msg);
	console.log(msg);
}

// ##### generic REST API calling method ##############
function callApi(path,data,parseResult=true){
	var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
	xhttp.open("POST", pyramidURL+path, false);
	xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
	if(parseResult){
		return JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
	}else{
		return xhttp.responseText;
	}
}