Get a User by UPN
{ getUserByPrincipalName }
Get a user using the user's Principal Name (UPN)
Method
- Enterprise Admin
Input Parameters
Name
PrincipalName
Type
string
Description
The user's UPN
Output Response
Successful Result Code
200
Response Type
Description of Response Type
The user object contains all relevant meta-data for the user.
Notes
Use this function to find users in the system using the UPN, rather than the user's name or other details. Currently only supported in OpenID/SAML authentications.
Examples
This example demonstrates how to create a new tenant, user and roles in Pyramid, when using SAML based 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 3.0 REST methods
var pyramidURL = "http://mysite.com/api3/";
// step 1: authenticate admin account and get token
// NOTE: callApi method is a generic REST method shown below.
let token = callApi("authentication/authenticateUser",{
"userName":"adminUser",
"password":"abc123!"
},false);
log("got token "+token);
// step 2: creating a SAML user
let userId="83e631f5-98ca-4424-a696-33e109690ffb"
let createSamlUsers = callApi("access/createUsers",[
{
"id":userId,//you can set the user id to a specific valid GUID/UUID. Otherwise a GUID will be auto generated
"userName": "jhon.doe",
"principalName":"user@samlDomain.com",//this is the SAML user ID provided by the saml provider
"firstName": "john",
"lastName":"doe",
"adminType":0,//AdminType.None
"clientLicenseType":100,//ClientLicenseType.Viewer
"email":"user@mySite.com",
}
],token // admin token generated above
);
// step 3: optional step to update user's first name
let updateUser=callApi("access/updateUsers",[{
"id":userId,
"firstName":"Paul"
}],token // admin token generated above
);
//step 4: find user by SAML principle name
let getByPrincipalName=callApi("access/getUserByPrincipalName","user@samlDomain.com" //this is the SAML user ID provided by the saml provider
,toekn);
//step 5: get user status by id
let userStatus=callApi("access/getUserStatusById",userId,token);
log("user status "+userStatus);
// ##### optional generic logging method for debugging ##############
function log(msg){
document.write(msg);
console.log(msg);
}
// ##### generic REST API calling method ##############
function callApi(path,data,token="",parseResult=true){
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open("POST", pyramidURL+path, false);
xhttp.setRequestHeader("paToken",token)
xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(data));
if(parseResult){
return JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
}else{
return xhttp.responseText;
}
}
Code Snippets
Use the Authentication API methods to generate an access 'key' or 'token' for use in code as shown below.
curl -X POST \
-H "paToken: [[apiKey]]" \
-H "Accept: application/json,application/json;charset=utf-8,text/plain,text/plain;charset=utf-8" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
"http://Your.Server.URL/API3/access/getUserByPrincipalName" \
-d ''
import com.pyramidanalytics.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.auth.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.model.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.api.AccessServiceApi;
import java.util.*;
import java.time.*;
public class AccessServiceApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
defaultClient.setBasePath("http://Your.Server.URL/");
// Configure API key authorization: paToken
ApiKeyAuth paToken = (ApiKeyAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("paToken");
paToken.setApiKey("YOUR API KEY");
// Uncomment the following line to set a prefix for the API key, e.g. "Token" (defaults to null)
//paToken.setApiKeyPrefix("Token");
// Create an instance of the API class
AccessServiceApi apiInstance = new AccessServiceApi();
// Initialize the principalName parameter object for the call
String principalName = principalName_example; // Create the input object for the operation, type: String
try {
PyramidUserObject result = apiInstance.getUserByPrincipalName(principalName);
System.out.println(result);
} catch (ApiException e) {
System.err.println("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi#getUserByPrincipalName");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
import * as PyramidAnalyticsWebApi from "com.pyramidanalytics";
// Create an instance of the API class
const api = new PyramidAnalyticsWebApi.AccessServiceApi("http://Your.Server.URL")
// Configure API key authorization: paToken
api.setApiToken("YOUR API KEY");
const principalName = principalName_example; // {String}
api.getUserByPrincipalName(principalName).then(function(data) {
console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
}, function(error) {
console.error(error);
});
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Api;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Client;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Model;
public class getUserByPrincipalNameExample
{
public static void Main()
{
Configuration conf = new Configuration();
conf.BasePath = "http://Your.Server.URL/";
// Configure API key authorization: paToken
conf.ApiKey.Add("paToken", "YOUR_API_KEY");
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// conf.ApiKeyPrefix.Add("paToken", "Bearer");
GlobalConfiguration.Instance = conf;
// Create an instance of the API class
var apiInstance = new AccessServiceApi();
// Initialize the principalName parameter object for the call
var principalName = principalName_example; // Create the input object for the operation, type: String |
try {
// Get a user using the user's Principal Name (UPN)
PyramidUserObject result = apiInstance.getUserByPrincipalName(principalName);
Debug.WriteLine(result);
} catch (Exception e) {
Debug.Print("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi.getUserByPrincipalName: " + e.Message );
}
}
}
import com.pyramidanalytics
from com.pyramidanalytics import ApiException
from com.pyramidanalytics import AccessServiceApi
from pprint import pprint
# Configure API key authorization: paToken
api_config = com.pyramidanalytics.Configuration(host = 'http://Your.Server.URL/', api_key={ paToken:'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' })
with com.pyramidanalytics.ApiClient(api_config) as api_client:
# Create an instance of the API class
api_instance = AccessServiceApi(api_client)
# Initialize the principalName parameter object for the call
principalName = principalName_example # String |
try:
# Get a user using the user's Principal Name (UPN)
api_response = api_instance.get_user_by_principal_name(principalName)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi->getUserByPrincipalName: %s\n" % e)
<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setHost('http://Your.Server.URL');
// Configure API key authorization: paToken
OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('paToken', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKeyPrefix('paToken', 'Bearer');
// Create an instance of the API class
$api_instance = new OpenAPITools\Client\Api\AccessServiceApi();
$principalName = principalName_example; // String |
try {
$result = $api_instance->getUserByPrincipalName($principalName);
print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception when calling AccessServiceApi->getUserByPrincipalName: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>