Creating users

There are two types of users in a DreamFactory instance: Admins and Users (non-admins). Admins use the API api/v2/system/admin. Users are part of the df-user (https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/df-user) package and use the API api/v2/system/user.

This tutorial demonstrates how to create Admins and Users using the DreamFactory Admin Console and by using API endpoints directly.

Creating Admins

Log into the admin console and click on the 'Admins' tab. From there click on the 'Create' button from the left menu. Fill out the new admin form and click on the 'Create' form button. You must be an admin to create another admin account.

API Endpoint

POST https://{url}/api/v2/system/admin?session_token={jwt_for_an_admin_session}

Request body:

{
  "resource": [
    {
      "name": "display_name",           //Required field
      "first_name": "user_first_name",
      "last_name": "user_last_name",
      "email": "email_address",         //Required field
      "password": "password"
    }
  ]
}

Note: Session token can also be supplied using X-DreamFactory-Session-Token request header.

Example - Creating an Admin

• Session Token: abc.123.efg
• Request body:

{
  "resource": [
    {
      "name": "John",
      "first_name": "John",
      "last_name": "Doe",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "password": "secret"
    }
  ]
}

• Request URL:

POST https://foo.com/api/v2/system/admin?session_token=abc.123.efg

Creating Users

Log into the admin console and click on the 'Users' tab. From there click on the 'Create' button from the left menu. Fill out the new user form and click on the 'Create' form button. You can send out an email invitation to the new user by checking the 'Send Email Invitation' checkbox before creating the user. If you send out email invitation, there's no need to manually set the password since the user will create his/her own password using the invitation email. You need to be an admin or a user with role-service access to POST api/v2/system/user API to create another user.

API Endpoints

With email invitation:

POST https://{url}/api/v2/system/user?send_invite=true&session_token={jwt_for_an_user_session_with_proper_role}

Request body:

{
  "resource": [
    {
      "name": "display_name",           //Required field
      "first_name": "user_first_name",
      "last_name": "user_last_name",
      "email": "email_address"          //Required field
    }
  ]
}

Without email invitation:

POST https://{url}/api/v2/system/user?session_token={jwt_for_an_user_session_with_proper_role}

Request body:

{
  "resource": [
    {
      "name": "display_name",           //Required field
      "first_name": "user_first_name",
      "last_name": "user_last_name",
      "email": "email_address",         //Required field
      "password": "password"
    }
  ]
}

Note: Session token can also be supplied using X-DreamFactory-Session-Token request header.

Example - Creating a User

With email invitation:

• Session Token: abc.123.efg
• Send Invite: true
• Request Body:

{
  "resource": [
    {
      "name": "John",
      "first_name": "John",
      "last_name": "Doe",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}

• Request URL:

POST https://foo.com/api/v2/system/user?send_invite=true&session_token=abc.123.efg

Without email invitation:

• Session Token: abc.123.efg
• Request Body:

{
  "resource": [
    {
      "name": "John",
      "first_name": "John",
      "last_name": "Doe",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "password": "secret"
    }
  ]
}

• Request URL:

POST https://foo.com/api/v2/system/user?session_token=abc.123.efg