Users API
This API provides access to a subset of functionality made available by the Users application, which allows you to manage your users, their roles and groups.
Users API manages the system entities User and Group but include additional logic to them.
To use this API simply reference the Users module using the References Window in the Development Environment.
Summary
| Widget | Description |
|---|---|
| ChangePassword | Allows changing the user password. |
| EditMyInfo |
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| EncryptPassword | Returns the encrypted password for a specific username and password. This is the value kept in the Password attribute of the User system entity. |
| GetEffectiveUserProviderEspaceId | Returns the eSpace identifier of the effective user provider. Normally it returns the Users eSpaceId, in upgrade scenarios it returns the EnterpriseManager eSpaceId. |
| Group_CreateNew | Create a new system group. Requires the UserManager role to be invoked. |
| Group_Delete | Delete a system group. Requires the UserManager role to be invoked. |
| Group_Update | Updates a system group. Requires the UserManager role to be invoked. |
| IPAddress_GetBlockedStatus | Returns the blocking state of the IP address. |
| IPAddress_GetBlocks | Returns the blocking state of the IP address. If there are no blocks for this address, the list will be empty. If no IP address is given, information on all blocked IP addresses will be returned. |
| IPAddress_Unblock | Ends the blocking period for the specified IP address, allowing any user to login in that address. |
| UseActiveDirectoryAuthentication | Returns the Users configuration that determines if the Active Directory is used for authentication |
| UseIntegratedAuthentication | Returns the Users configuration that determines if the Integrated Authentication is used to login. |
| UseLDAPAuthentication | Returns the Users configuration that determines if the Active Directory is used for authentication |
| User_CanChangePassword | Checks if the User is allowed to change a password. It is false for Active Directory users. |
| User_Create | Create a new user. Requires UserManager role to be invoked. Fails when the username is repeated. |
| User_CreateOrUpdate | Create or updates a user. Requires UserManager role to be invoked. |
| User_DeleteIfNoRoles | Deletes the User if there are no roles assigned to it. |
| User_GetBlockedStatus | Returns information regarding the blocking state of the user and the blocking reason, in the specified IP address. If no IP address is given, checks the last IP address from where the user attempted to login. |
| User_GetIdByUsername | Returns the user identifier for a specific user given the username |
| User_GetLastFailedLoginAttempts | Returns a list of last failed login attempts (one record for each IP address). This information can be used to invoke User_Unblock or IPaddress_Unblock. |
| User_GetName | Returns the name of the logged user. |
| User_GetUnifiedLoginUrl | Returns the Url used for custom unified login patterns. Includes Windows Integrated Authentication pattern. |
| User_IsExternalUser | |
| User_Login | Action to login using username and password as credentials. |
| User_Logout | Logs out the current user. Session variables are cleared during the logout process. |
| User_Unblock | Ends the blocking period for the specified user, allowing the user to login in all IP addresses where the user was blocked. |
| User_Update | Updates a specific user. |
| Structure | Description |
|---|---|
| LoginAttemptPublic | Represents the Login attempt record structure that is exposed |
| Static Entity | Description |
|---|---|
| LoginAttemptResult | The alternative values that may appear in the LoginAttempt record Result column. |
| MenuItem | Menu item to be used in menu web block parameters. |
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| UserManager |
Widgets
ChangePassword
Allows changing the user password.
Inputs
- UserId
- Type: optional, User Identifier.
EditMyInfo
Actions
EncryptPassword
Returns the encrypted password for a specific username and password. This is the value kept in the Password attribute of the User system entity.
Inputs
- Username
- Type: mandatory, Text.
- Password
- Type: mandatory, Text.
Outputs
- EncryptedPassword
- Type: Text.
GetEffectiveUserProviderEspaceId
Returns the eSpace identifier of the effective user provider. Normally it returns the Users eSpaceId, in upgrade scenarios it returns the EnterpriseManager eSpaceId.
Outputs
- EspaceId
- Type: Espace Identifier.
Group_CreateNew
Create a new system group. Requires the UserManager role to be invoked.
Inputs
- Group
- Type: mandatory, Group.
Outputs
- GroupId
- Type: Group Identifier.
Group_Delete
Delete a system group. Requires the UserManager role to be invoked.
Inputs
- GroupId
- Type: mandatory, Group Identifier.
Group_Update
Updates a system group. Requires the UserManager role to be invoked.
Inputs
- Group
- Type: mandatory, Group.
IPAddress_GetBlockedStatus
Returns the blocking state of the IP address.
Inputs
- IPAddress
- Type: mandatory, Text.
IP address for which the blocking state should be evaluated.
Outputs
- LoginAttemptResult
- Type: LoginAttemptResult.
Blocking state for the given IP address.
IPAddress_GetBlocks
Returns the blocking state of the IP address. If there are no blocks for this address, the list will be empty. If no IP address is given, information on all blocked IP addresses will be returned.
Inputs
- IPAddress
- Type: optional, Text.
IP Address for which the current block information should be given.
Outputs
- BlockedAddresses
- Type: LoginAttemptPublic List.
Blocked login attempts associated to the given IP address, or all IP addresses, if no input is given.
IPAddress_Unblock
Ends the blocking period for the specified IP address, allowing any user to login in that address.
Inputs
- IPAddress
- Type: mandatory, Text.
The IP address to be unblocked.
UseActiveDirectoryAuthentication
Returns the Users configuration that determines if the Active Directory is used for authentication
Outputs
- IsActive
- Type: Boolean.
UseIntegratedAuthentication
Returns the Users configuration that determines if the Integrated Authentication is used to login.
Outputs
- IsActive
- Type: Boolean.
UseLDAPAuthentication
Returns the Users configuration that determines if the Active Directory is used for authentication
Outputs
- IsActive
- Type: Boolean.
User_CanChangePassword
Checks if the User is allowed to change a password. It is false for Active Directory users.
Inputs
- UserId
- Type: mandatory, User Identifier.
Outputs
- IsAllowed
- Type: Boolean.
User_Create
Create a new user. Requires UserManager role to be invoked.
Fails when the username is repeated.
Inputs
- User
- Type: mandatory, User.
Outputs
- UserId
- Type: User Identifier.
User_CreateOrUpdate
Create or updates a user. Requires UserManager role to be invoked.
Inputs
- User
- Type: mandatory, User.
Outputs
- UserId
- Type: User Identifier.
User_DeleteIfNoRoles
Deletes the User if there are no roles assigned to it.
Inputs
- UserId
- Type: mandatory, User Identifier.
User_GetBlockedStatus
Returns information regarding the blocking state of the user and the blocking reason, in the specified IP address. If no IP address is given, checks the last IP address from where the user attempted to login.
Inputs
- Username
- Type: mandatory, Text.
The username of the user whose information regarding the blocked/unblocked state will be retrieved. - IPAddress
- Type: optional, Text.
The IP address for which the information regarding the blocked/unblocked user state will be retrieved.
Outputs
- LoginAttemptResult
- Type: LoginAttemptResult.
Blocking state and reason for the given username.
User_GetIdByUsername
Returns the user identifier for a specific user given the username
Inputs
- Username
- Type: mandatory, Text.
Outputs
- UserId
- Type: User Identifier.
User_GetLastFailedLoginAttempts
Returns a list of last failed login attempts (one record for each IP address). This information can be used to invoke User_Unblock or IPaddress_Unblock.
Inputs
- Username
- Type: mandatory, Text.
The username of the user whose failed login attempts are retrieved. - Since
- Type: optional, Date Time.
Only the login attempts after this datetime are retrieved.
Outputs
- LoginAttempt
- Type: LoginAttemptPublic List.
List of last failed login attempts for the given username.
User_GetName
Returns the name of the logged user.
Outputs
- Name
- Type: Text.
User_GetUnifiedLoginUrl
Returns the Url used for custom unified login patterns. Includes Windows Integrated Authentication pattern.
Inputs
- OriginalUrl
- Type: mandatory, Text.
Outputs
- Url
- Type: Text.
User_IsExternalUser
Inputs
- UserId
- Type: mandatory, User Identifier.
Outputs
- IsExternal
- Type: Boolean.
User_Login
Action to login using username and password as credentials.
Inputs
- Username
- Type: mandatory, Text.
User's username. - Password
- Type: mandatory, Text.
User's password (should not be encrypted). - RememberLogin
- Type: mandatory, Boolean.
If true, the login will be persistent for 10 days.
User_Logout
Logs out the current user. Session variables are cleared during the logout process.
User_Unblock
Ends the blocking period for the specified user, allowing the user to login in all IP addresses where the user was blocked.
Inputs
- Username
- Type: mandatory, Text.
The username of the user that is being unblocked and that will be allowed to login again from the specified IP address. - IPAddress
- Type: optional, Text.
The IP address that is being unblocked and from where the specified user will be allowed to login again.
User_Update
Updates a specific user.
Inputs
- User
- Type: mandatory, User.
Structures
LoginAttemptPublic
Represents the Login attempt record structure that is exposed
Attributes
- Instant
- Type: Date Time.
- Success
- Type: Boolean.
- IPAddress
- Type: Text (45).
- UsernameFailureCount
- Type: Integer.
- IPAddressFailureCount
- Type: Integer.
- RequestKey
- Type: Text (36).
- UserAgent
- Type: Text (200).
- Visitor
- Type: Text (36).
- Result
- Type: Text.
Static Entities
LoginAttemptResult
The alternative values that may appear in the LoginAttempt record Result column.
Attributes
- Id
- Type: Text (50).
Records
- InvalidLDAPAuthentication
- BlockedIP
- Unblocked
- LoggedIn
- BlockedUser
- InvalidADAuthentication
- InvalidUser
- InvalidPassword
MenuItem
Menu item to be used in menu web block parameters.
Attributes
- Id
- Type: Integer.
- Order
- Type: Integer.
- Caption
- Type: Text (50).
Records
- Applications
- Users
- Groups