Creating users through RESTFUL Users API - Users.json got wiped

[ka0sdev]

Hi there,

I’m trying to create new users using the RESTful Users API using below code:

@kevincolten

const fetch = require(‘node-fetch’);
const FormData = require(‘form-data’);

const data = {
api_key: ‘generated key’,
api_username: ‘username’,
name: ‘Test User’,
email: ‘test@gmail.com’,
password: ‘hello12345’,
username: ‘testuser-0’
};

const formData = new FormData();
for (let key in data) {
formData.append(key, data[key]);
}

fetch(‘<discourse-url>/users.json’, {
method: ‘POST’,
body: formData
}).then(res => {
res.json().then(json => {
console.log(json);
}).catch(err => {
console.log(err);
});
}).catch(err => {
console.log(err);
});

This was working flawless yesterday, and now all of a sudden when going to my
<discourse-url>/users.json

All I see is:
{"errors":["The requested URL or resource could not be found."],"error_type":"not_found"}

For some reason the users.json got wiped, no idea why.

Is it possible to restore it? Or generate a new users.json somehow?

[david (David Taylor)]

I don’t think <discourse-url>/users.json has ever worked. Are you thinking of <discourse-url>/admin/users.json?

If <discourse-url>/admin/users.json is returning a “not found” error, it probably means that your API key is incorrect.

[ka0sdev]

As the matter of fact /users.json was working yesterday and created the new accounts through Node.js so somehow it has existed. For the admin/users.json I get following return:

{ status: 404, error: ‘Not Found’ }

I’ve even regenerated a new API key and still the same result.

I’m a bit lost here to be honest, no idea why this behavior started, I mean I could take a backup and rebuild Discourse just to see if that will fix it, but it seems like a drastic measure.

Any suggestions?

[david (David Taylor)]

Oh I see, you are trying to create users, not list them. In that case ignore my previous post

If you visit <discourse-url>/users.json in your browser, it will return that “not found” error. That is to be expected. Sending a POST request to that URL, along with all the necessary parameters, should work fine. The docs for the endpoint are here: Discourse API Docs

Can you share the exact code you are using?

[ka0sdev]

Well that explains it then

I am using the exact same code as I quoted in the OP, which yesterday gave following response:

{ success: true,
  active: true,
  message:
   'Thanks for signing up. We will notify you when your account has been approved.',
  user_id: 5 }

And today I’m faced with this;

{ FetchError: invalid json response body at <discourse-url>/users reason: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at C:\Users\ka0sdev\NodeRobot\node_modules\node-fetch\lib\index.js:241:32
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/next_tick.js:81:5)
  message:
   'invalid json response body at <discourse-url>/users reason: Unexpected end of JSON input',
  type: 'invalid-json' }

Which is strange seeing as I haven’t exactly changed the code one bit, obviously it was adapted to my Discourse, I have removed the URL because the site is not in production and I want to avoid crawlers finding it through this site.

I just validated the json being parsed and apparently it’s not valid either, this is kind of beyond me seeing as it worked yesterday

I have reworked the payload to include double quotations, but still I get invalid-json.