Adding a User

Use this API to add a user to the eG manager.

Note:

A few key values of the Body parameter are optional. These optional key values are mentioned separately in the below table.

URL: http://<eG manager IP:port>/api/eg/orchestration/adduser

Method: POST

Content-Type: application/json

Inputs to be Specified

Parameters	Key values	Example
Headers	managerurl: Base URL of the eG Manager i.e., http://<IP address of the eG console:Port> user: eG username or domain/eG username pwd: Base64 encoded password	Example with Default key values: { "userid":"john", "userrole":"monitor", "password":"******", "expirydate":"05/20/2021" } Example with both Default and Optional key values: { "userid":"john", "userrole":"monitor", "password":"******", "entitytype""Suborganization", "org_or_ou":"Org C", "expirydate":"05/20/2021", "alarmsbymail":"critical,major", "to":"saranya1@eginnovations.com", "cc":"saran1@eginnovations.com, 9840391695", "bcc":"shara@eginnovations.com" }
Body	Default: { "userrole":"User role", "userid":"User ID", "password":"Password", "expirydate":"MM/DD/YYYY" }
	Optional: { "entitytype":"Organization/ Suborganization/ user", "org_or_ou":"Name of the Organization/Organizational Unit", "alarmsbymail":"comma -separated list of Critical/Major /Minor alarms (or) All", "to":"comma-separated list of Mail IDs/Mobile numbers", "cc":"comma-separated list of Mail IDs/Mobile numbers", "bcc":"comma-separated list of Mail IDs/Mobile numbers" }

Note:

If the org_or_ou parameter is not specified, then, the user will be automatically added to the default organization.

Success Response

Type	Code	Content
JSON	200	{ "Succeed": "User has been created successfully." }

 

Failure Response

Type	Code	Content
JSON	401 UNAUTHORIZED	{ "Error": "Please provide a user role." }
	500 Server Error	{ "Error": "Please enter a valid date." }

Figure 1 : Example to add a new user using Postman REST Client

Adding a User using cURL

To add a user through the REST API using cURL, specify the command in the following format:

curl --location --request POST "http://<eG Manager IP:Port>/api/eg/orchestration/adduser" -H "managerurl:http://<eG Manager IP:Port>" -H "user:<eG username or domain/eG username>" -H "pwd:Base64 encoded password" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-raw "{'userrole': 'User role', 'entitytype' : 'Organization/Suborganization/user', 'org_or_ou':'Name of the Organization/Organizational Unit', 'userid': 'User ID', 'password': 'Password', 'expirydate': 'MM/DD/YYYY', 'alarmsbymail":"comma-separated list of Critical/Major/Minor alarms (or) All', 'to': 'comma-separated list
of Mail IDs/Mobile numbers', 'cc': 'comma-separated list of Mail IDs/Mobile numbers', 'bcc': 'comma-separated list of Mail IDs/Mobile numbers'}"

Note that the command specified above contains both the Default and Optional key values.

Figure 2 shows an example of adding a user using cURL.

Figure 2 : Adding a user using cURL