Nextcloud Developer Manual

User Management¶

Users can be managed using the UserManager which is injected from the ServerContainer:

<?php
namespace OCA\MyApp\AppInfo;

use \OCP\AppFramework\App;

use \OCA\MyApp\Service\UserService;


class Application extends App {

    public function __construct(array $urlParams=array()){
        parent::__construct('myapp', $urlParams);

        $container = $this->getContainer();

        /**
         * Controllers
         */
        $container->registerService('UserService', function($c) {
            return new UserService(
                $c->query('UserManager')
            );
        });

        $container->registerService('UserManager', function($c) {
            return $c->query('ServerContainer')->getUserManager();
        });
    }
}

Creating users¶

Creating a user is done by passing a username and password to the create method:

<?php
namespace OCA\MyApp\Service;

class UserService {

    private $userManager;

    public function __construct($userManager){
        $this->userManager = $userManager;
    }

    public function create($userId, $password) {
        return $this->userManager->create($userId, $password);
    }

}

Modifying users¶

Users can be modified by getting a user by the userId or by a search pattern. The returned user objects can then be used to:

Delete them
Set a new password
Disable/Enable them
Get their home directory

<?php
namespace OCA\MyApp\Service;

class UserService {

    private $userManager;

    public function __construct($userManager){
        $this->userManager = $userManager;
    }

    public function delete($userId) {
        return $this->userManager->get($userId)->delete();
    }

    // recoveryPassword is used for the encryption app to recover the keys
    public function setPassword($userId, $password, $recoveryPassword) {
        return $this->userManager->get($userId)->setPassword($password, $recoveryPassword);
    }

    public function disable($userId) {
        return $this->userManager->get($userId)->setEnabled(false);
    }

    public function getHome($userId) {
        return $this->userManager->get($userId)->getHome();
    }
}

User Session Information¶

To login, logout or getting the currently logged in user, the UserSession has to be injected from the ServerContainer:

<?php
namespace OCA\MyApp\AppInfo;

use \OCP\AppFramework\App;

use \OCA\MyApp\Service\UserService;


class Application extends App {

    public function __construct(array $urlParams=array()){
        parent::__construct('myapp', $urlParams);

        $container = $this->getContainer();

        /**
         * Controllers
         */
        $container->registerService('UserService', function($c) {
            return new UserService(
                $c->query('UserSession')
            );
        });

        $container->registerService('UserSession', function($c) {
            return $c->query('ServerContainer')->getUserSession();
        });

        // currently logged in user, userId can be gotten by calling the
        // getUID() method on it
        $container->registerService('User', function($c) {
            return $c->query('UserSession')->getUser();
        });
    }
}

Then users can be logged in by using:

<?php
namespace OCA\MyApp\Service;

class UserService {

    private $userSession;

    public function __construct($userSession){
        $this->userSession = $userSession;
    }

    public function login($userId, $password) {
        return $this->userSession->login($userId, $password);
    }

    public function logout() {
        $this->userSession->logout();
    }

}