无法通过 API 更新电子邮件 - invalid_access 错误

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1

Hi Guys,

Im getting an error when trying to use the API to update email.
I have looked at the logs and can see the following:

Started PUT “/discussion/users/davetest/preferences/email.json” for xx.xx.xx.xx at 2018-05-11 12:22:11 +0000

Processing by UsersEmailController#update as JSON

Parameters: {“api_key”=>;"[FILTERED]", “api_username”=>;“daveAdmin”, “email”=>;“[new.email@example.com](mailto:new.email@example.com)”, “username”=>;“davetest”}

Can’t verify CSRF token authenticity.

This is a PUT request, but looking at the scopes below, doesnt seem like PUT is supported for the WRITE scope? surely im misunderstanding, so could someone please assist?

I have re-generated the all-user api-key, also created specific user api-keys to use, but same result.

SCOPES = {
read: [:get],
write: [:get, :post, :patch],
message_bus: [[:post, ‘message_bus’]],
push: nil,
notifications: [[:post, ‘message_bus’], [:get, ‘notifications#index’], [:put, ‘notifications#mark_read’]],
session_info: [[:get, ‘session#current’], [:get, ‘users#topic_tracking_state’]]
}
2

Can you verify the content-type that you are making the API request as? It needs to be

"Content-Type: multipart/form-data;"

If it is not that content type you may see the CSRF token error.

3

Hi, thanks for the reply.
I actually had tried it both with ‘application/json’ and ‘application/x-www-form-urlencoded’ and neither worked. I have now tried it with what you suggested (via postman) and getting:

“You are not permitted to view the requested resource. The API username or key is invalid.”

I have regenerated the global api key that is used for “all users” and using it with my own username, which is an admin too…

shahid

4

Here is an example of my postman request maybe you can spot any differences with what you are doing? I’m also using the “all users” key with an admin username.

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5

yes, its the same, im using the Postman API collection supplied by discourse. So using it as suggested. I will try again tonight and see if i get any different results. Will update when ive tried. Thanks for assisting, much appreciated. Do let me know if you have any other idea.

6

I’m experiencing this issue too and I’m wondering if it has anything to do with using an oauth provider for signing in and so this specific page is being blocked?

7

It most likely isn’t the oauth provider because the api keys will bypass it.

Could you share the code for your API request?

8

in python:

import json
import requests
import time

my_token = ''

url_base = '<>'
update_email = url_base + "users/<my_username>/preferences/email.json"

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data",
    'user-agent': 'my-app/0.0.1',
    'Api-Key': my_token,
    'Api-Username': '<my_username>'
}

data = {
  "email": "<new_email>"
}

response = requests.put(update_email, data=data, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Edit: very similar code for setting groups on users etc worked, so the key / username combo (which is a user with admin privileges) works.

Edit 2: I’m guessing from other browsing in the forum that this has to be done directly in the database, (or rather, via the console) which is impossible for us.

9

Any more thoughts on this? My feeling is that someone with admin access rights should be able to set the e-mail of a person.

10

How so? I don’t think this is possible with the existing web UI, which defines the API. Therefore it can’t be done.

11

You mean that the UX/API should make it possible to set a user’s email address to whatever you want. (Not that you believe that it is currently possible.)

You can initiate a change (via UX and I presume API) by editing their profile and entering the new address, but it won’t be changed until they click the link in their email. Is that good enough? If not, you’ll need to do it from the console or a plugin.

12

Exactly.

Whenever I enter something in the UX for editing the e-mail (which I can only access through the direct URL i.e. https://<discourse>/u/<username>/preferences/email, there is no link through the user’s profile) it pops up that I can’t do this after clicking on “Change”:

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And this is on my own account as an admin. I don’t get an e-mail.

13

现在也遇到了这个问题…

@pfaffman：你提到可以在个人资料中更改电子邮件地址，但这需要设置 email editable，对吧？

我了解到，除非允许用户自行更改电子邮件地址，否则管理员或管理 API 调用无法发起电子邮件地址的更改，是这样吗？我完全可以接受发送确认邮件，并且需要用户授权才能完成更改。

我的使用场景是：用户将通过某个其他应用程序的 API 进行管理。因此，我不希望他们仅在 Discourse 中自行更改电子邮件地址。

14

您能否实现单点登录，并将您的其他应用作为登录源？

有一个特定的 SSO 设置 sso overrides email 可以实现您想要达到的效果。如果您已设置好 SSO，就可以使用 sync_sso 端点并传入新的电子邮件地址。

15

谢谢你 @blake，这很有挑战性，但也很有趣 :wink:

我得把密码从 Discourse 导入到身份中心……天哪。

我用一个三步流程帮助了我的原始场景：启用可编辑邮箱、发起邮箱地址变更、禁用可编辑邮箱。这看起来有点过于复杂，但确实有效。

我会再考虑一下单点登录（SSO）的场景。