Creating and activating users from the API

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Creating and activating users from the API

yerttle is experiencing issues creating a user via the API in Discourse version 2.5.0.beta3 without requiring email confirmation. They’ve tried tweaking the active flag but still receive an error message.

blake suggests that the fix for this issue was released on April 14, 2020, and provides a curl command example to create an active user via the API with a single request. He advises yerttle to verify their request and response.

yerttle attempts the curl command but still receives a response indicating the user is not active and will be activated through email.

yerttle requests blake to review post #3 and provide feedback on what might be missing.

1

Hi there, we are using version 2.5.0.beta3 and are having some problems creating a user via the API.

We would like to create a user and be able to post a topic straight away using the API without them having to click the confirmation link in the email.

We have tweaked the Active flag in various ways when creating a user but cannot seem to remove the need for the confirmation email.

{"errors":["You are not permitted to view the requested resource."],"error_type":"invalid_access"}

2

It looks like 2.5.0.beta3 was released on April 22, 2020 and the fix I made for this issue was released on April 14, 2020 so you should be able to create an active user via the API with a single request.

Can you verify your requests and response look similar to this curl command:

curl -i -sS -X POST "http://localhost:3000/users"  \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data;"  \
-H "Api-Key: 079fb2bb12d3b436bb11bde8eb58aaa9a36560fa7d79b14b3087aa40b1ebc2c4"  \
-H "Api-Username: blake.erickson"  \
-F "name=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd"  \
-F "username=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd"  \
-F "email=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd@example.com"  \
-F "password=c9193506a8f5e402a88cf2f8cee3f258"  \
-F "active=true"  \
-F "approved=true"

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "success": true,
  "active": true,
  "message": "Your account is activated and ready to use.",
  "user_id": 10
}
3

Tried the curl command and the response shows user is not active. The message says the user will be activated through email.

C:\Windows\system32>curl -i -sS -X POST https://our-discourse-host/users -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data;" -H "Api-Key: The-API-key" -H "Api-Username: The-username" -F "name=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd" -F "username=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd" -F "email=8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd@testemail.test" -F "password=c9193506a8f5e402a88cf2f8cee3f258" -F "active=true" -F "approved=true"

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
"success":true,
"active":false,
"message":"\u003cp\u003eYouΓÇÖre almost done! We sent an activation mail to \u003cb\u003e8fe87241ca91a69f5ccd@testemail.test\u003c/b\u003e. Please follow the instructions in the mail to activate your account.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf it doesnΓÇÖt arrive, check your spam folder.\u003c/p\u003e",
"user_id":13
}
4

@blake Could you please check post #3 and let me know if I am missing anything in there?