User Management

POST

/

v2

/

api

/

edit_account_user

cURL

curl -sk -X POST "https://<controller>/v2/api/edit_account_user" \
  -H "Authorization: cid <CID>"

import requests

url = "https://<controller>/v2/api/edit_account_user"
headers = {"Authorization": "cid <CID>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, verify=False)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.text)

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://<controller>/v2/api/edit_account_user", nil)
  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "cid <CID>")

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  fmt.Println(resp.Status)
}

{
  "errortype": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "results": true,
  "return": true
}

{
  "errortype": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "results": true,
  "return": true
}

Body

application/json

username

string

required

User login name.

what

enum<string>

required

Which parameter to change.

Available options:

account_name,

email,

password

CID

string

The opaque session ID token. Required for 7.2 controllers only.

account_name

string

Account group name (default: admin).

action

string

The API action to perform. Required for 7.2 controllers only.

api

boolean

Whether logging in via API or not.

email

string

User email address.

host_name

string

The FQDN name or IP address.

IP address.

new_password

string

Required for change_password action.

no_fqdn_check

boolean

Suppressing FQDN name check.

old_password

string

Required for add, get_password, and change_password action.

rbac_groups

string

RBAC groups to add the users to.

token

string

Required for verify_token action.

Response

General v2 API response schema.

A generic API response container for v2 style APIs.

errortype

string

Error type if the API failed.

reason

string

Failure reason if the API failed.

results

API response data

return

boolean

Whether the API returned successfully

⌘I

cURL

curl -sk -X POST "https://<controller>/v2/api/edit_account_user" \
  -H "Authorization: cid <CID>"

import requests

url = "https://<controller>/v2/api/edit_account_user"
headers = {"Authorization": "cid <CID>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, verify=False)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.text)

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://<controller>/v2/api/edit_account_user", nil)
  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "cid <CID>")

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  fmt.Println(resp.Status)
}

{
  "errortype": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "results": true,
  "return": true
}

{
  "errortype": "<string>",
  "reason": "<string>",
  "results": true,
  "return": true
}