I am trying to delete a user by API following the docs . We use SSO, which seems to make the API require a cookie header coming from SSO authentication. I got past that, and as long as I supply the cookie, other types of actions work fine by GET. But the DELETE results in this “BAD CSRF” error. May…

Are you using an API key for this action? It is required.

Hmmm, where is this at? Did it get resolved?

No, and I really need to get it working. I’ve not tried again since May 19. If there are updates affecting this functionality, should I try again? Thank you very much for the follow-up.

I have tested deleting users through the API on a live hosted site with SSO enabled. I’m using Postman to make the API request. It is deleting users for me. The response is {"deleted": true}. The all_users API key and API username need to be included in the body of the request. One thing I have fou…

BAD CSRF Response When Trying to Delete User by API

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ATPJD (Justin Dennis) May 19, 2018, 9:04pm 3

Yes. I’ve tried both the generic one for “system” and my own, as an admin. I have been passing these as GET or POST parameters along with the cookie.

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BAD CSRF Response When Trying to Delete User by API

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