8 Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
10 SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
13 API endpoint base: @https://{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/arvados/v1/users@
17 Example UUID: @zzzzz-tpzed-0123456789abcde@
21 Users represent individuals with access to the Arvados cluster.
23 Each User has, in addition to the "Common resource fields":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:
25 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
26 |_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
28 |username|string|The username used for the user's git repositories and virtual machine logins. Usernames must start with a letter, and contain only alphanumerics. When a new user is created, a default username is set from their e-mail address. Only administrators may change the username.||
31 |identity_url|string|||
34 |default_owner_uuid|string|||
36 |writable_by|array|List of UUID strings identifying Groups and other Users that can modify this User object. This will include the user's owner_uuid and, for administrators and users requesting their own User object, the requesting user's UUID.||
40 See "Common resource methods":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html for more information about @create@, @delete@, @get@, @list@, and @update@.
42 Required arguments are displayed in %{background:#ccffcc}green%.
50 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
51 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
56 Get the user associated with the provided API token.
60 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
61 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
65 Delete an existing User.
69 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
70 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
71 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the User in question.|path||
75 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
76 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
77 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string||path||
81 Gets a User's metadata by UUID.
85 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
86 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
87 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the User in question.|path||
93 See "common resource list method.":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html#index
97 Get the user record for the "system user.":{{site.baseurl}}/api/permission-model.html#system
101 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
102 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
106 Update attributes of an existing User.
110 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
111 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
112 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the User in question.|path||
113 |user|object|The new attributes.|query||
115 h3(#update_uuid). update_uuid
117 Change the UUID of an existing user, updating all database references accordingly.
119 This method can only be used by an admin user. It should only be used when the affected user is idle. New references to the affected user that are established _while the update_uuid operation is in progress_ might not be migrated as expected.
123 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
124 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
125 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The current UUID of the user in question.|path|@zzzzz-tpzed-12345abcde12345@|
126 {background:#ccffcc}.|new_uuid|string|The desired new UUID. It is an error to use a UUID belonging to an existing user.|query|@zzzzz-tpzed-abcde12345abcde@|
130 Set up a user. Adds the user to the "All users" group. Enables the user to invoke @activate@. See "user management":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/activation.html for details.
134 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
135 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
136 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the User in question.|query||
140 Check that a user has is set up and has signed all the user agreements. If so, activate the user. Users can invoke this for themselves. See "user agreements":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/activation.html#user_agreements for details.
144 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
145 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
146 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the User in question.|query||
150 Remove the user from the "All users" group and deactivate the user. See "user management":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/activation.html for details.
154 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
155 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
156 {background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the User in question.|path||
160 Transfer ownership of data from the "old" user account to the "new" user account. When @redirect_to_new_user@ is @true@ this also causes logins to the "old" account to be redirected to the "new" account. The "old" user account that was redirected becomes invisible in user listings.
162 See "Merge user accounts":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/link-accounts.html , "Reassign user data ownership":{{site.baseurl}}/admin/reassign-ownership.html and "Linking alternate login accounts":{{site.baseurl}}/user/topics/link-accounts.html for examples of how this method is used.
164 Must supply either @new_user_token@ (the currently authorized user will be the "old" user), or both @new_user_uuid@ and @old_user_uuid@ (the currently authorized user must be an admin).
168 table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
169 |_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
170 |new_user_token|string|A valid token for the "new" user|query||
171 |new_user_uuid|uuid|The uuid of the "new" account|query||
172 |old_user_uuid|uuid|The uuid of the "old" account|query||
173 |new_owner_uuid|uuid|The uuid of a project to which objects owned by the "old" user will be reassigned.|query||
174 |redirect_to_new_user|boolean|If true, also redirect login and reassign authorization credentials from "old" user to the "new" user|query||