Instruction set for users
Add a new user
Create a new user on the Nextcloud server. Authentication is done by sending a basic HTTP authentication header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users
HTTP method: POST
POST argument: userid - string, the required username for the new user
POST argument: password - string, the password for the new user, leave empty to send welcome mail
POST argument: displayName - string, the display name for the new user
POST argument: email - string, the email for the new user, required if password empty
POST argument: groups - array, the groups for the new user
POST argument: subadmin - array, the groups in which the new user is subadmin
POST argument: quota - string, quota for the new user
POST argument: language - string, language for the new user
Status codes:
101 - invalid argument
102 - user already exists
103 - cannot create sub-admins for admin group
104 - group does not exist
105 - insufficient privileges for group
106 - no group specified (required for sub-admins)
107 - hint exceptions
108 - an email address is required, to send a password link to the user.
109 - sub-admin group does not exist
110 - required email address was not provided
111 - could not create non-existing user ID
Example
$ curl -X POST http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users -d userid="Frank" -d password="frankspassword" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Creates the user
Frank
with passwordfrankspassword
optionally groups can be specified by one or more
groups[]
query parameters:URL -d groups[]="admin" -D groups[]="Team1"
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<status>ok</status>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<message/>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
Search/get users
Retrieves a list of users from the Nextcloud server. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users
HTTP method: GET
url arguments: search - string, optional search string
url arguments: limit - int, optional limit value
url arguments: offset - int, optional offset value
Status codes:
100 - successful
Example
$ curl -X GET http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users?search=Frank -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Returns list of users matching the search string.
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data>
<users>
<element>Frank</element>
</users>
</data>
</ocs>
Get data of a single user
Retrieves information about a single user. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}
HTTP method: GET
Status codes:
100 - successful
Example
$ curl -X GET http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Returns information on the user
Frank
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<id>Frank</id>
<quota>0</quota>
<email>frank@example.org</email>
<displayname>Frank K.</displayname>
<display-name>Frank K.</display-name>
<phone>0123 / 456 789</phone>
<address>Foobar 12, 12345 Town</address>
<website>https://nextcloud.com</website>
<twitter>Nextcloud</twitter>
<groups>
<element>group1</element>
<element>group2</element>
</groups>
</data>
</ocs>
Edit data of a single user
Edits attributes related to a user. Users are able to edit email, displayname and password; admins can also edit the quota value. Further restrictions may apply, check the List of editable data fields endpoint. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}
HTTP method: PUT
PUT argument: key, the field to edit:
email
quota
displayname
display (deprecated use displayname instead)
phone
address
website
twitter
password
PUT argument: value, the new value for the field
Status codes:
101 - invalid argument
107 - password policy (hint exception)
112 - Setting the password is not supported by the users backend
113 - editing field not allowed / field doesn’t exist
Examples
$ curl -X PUT http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank -d key="email" -d value="franksnewemail@example.org" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Updates the email address for the user
Frank
$ curl -X PUT http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank -d key="quota" -d value="100MB" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Updates the quota for the user
Frank
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
List of editable data fields
Edits attributes related to a user. Users are able to edit email, displayname and password; admins can also edit the quota value. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/user/fields
HTTP method: GET
Status codes:
100 - successful
Examples
$ curl -X GET http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/user/fields -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Gets the list of fields
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<status>ok</status>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<message>OK</message>
</meta>
<data>
<element>displayname</element>
<element>email</element>
<element>phone</element>
<element>address</element>
<element>website</element>
<element>twitter</element>
</data>
</ocs>
Disable a user
Disables a user on the Nextcloud server so that the user cannot login anymore. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/disable
HTTP method: PUT
Statuscodes:
100 - successful
101 - failure
Example
$ curl -X PUT http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/disable -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Disables the user
Frank
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<status>ok</status>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<message/>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
Enable a user
Enables a user on the Nextcloud server so that the user can login again. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/enable
HTTP method: PUT
Statuscodes:
100 - successful
101 - failure
Example
$ curl -X PUT http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/enable -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Enables the user
Frank
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<status>ok</status>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<message/>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
Delete a user
Deletes a user from the Nextcloud server. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}
HTTP method: DELETE
Statuscodes:
100 - successful
101 - failure
Example
$ curl -X DELETE http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Deletes the user
Frank
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
Get user’s groups
Retrieves a list of groups the specified user is a member of. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/groups
HTTP method: GET
Status codes:
100 - successful
Example
$ curl -X GET http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/groups -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Retrieves a list of groups of which
Frank
is a member
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data>
<groups>
<element>admin</element>
<element>group1</element>
</groups>
</data>
</ocs>
Add user to group
Adds the specified user to the specified group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/groups
HTTP method: POST
POST argument: groupid, string - the group to add the user to
Status codes:
100 - successful
101 - no group specified
102 - group does not exist
103 - user does not exist
104 - insufficient privileges
105 - failed to add user to group
Example
$ curl -X POST http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/groups -d groupid="newgroup" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Adds the user
Frank
to the groupnewgroup
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
Remove user from group
Removes the specified user from the specified group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/groups
HTTP method: DELETE
DELETE argument: groupid, string - the group to remove the user from
Status codes:
100 - successful
101 - no group specified
102 - group does not exist
103 - user does not exist
104 - insufficient privileges
105 - failed to remove user from group
Example
$ curl -X DELETE http://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/groups -d groupid="newgroup" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Removes the user
Frank
from the groupnewgroup
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
Promote user to subadmin
Makes a user the subadmin of a group. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/subadmins
HTTP method: POST
POST argument: groupid, string - the group of which to make the user a subadmin
Status codes:
100 - successful
101 - user does not exist
102 - group does not exist
103 - unknown failure
Example
$ curl -X POST https://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/subadmins -d groupid="group" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Makes the user
Frank
a subadmin of thegroup
group
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
Demote user from subadmin
Removes the subadmin rights for the user specified from the group specified. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/subadmins
HTTP method: DELETE
DELETE argument: groupid, string - the group from which to remove the user’s subadmin rights
Status codes:
100 - successful
101 - user does not exist
102 - user is not a subadmin of the group / group does not exist
103 - unknown failure
Example
$ curl -X DELETE https://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/subadmins -d groupid="oldgroup" -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Removes
Frank's
subadmin rights from theoldgroup
group
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<status>ok</status>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>
Get user’s subadmin groups
Returns the groups in which the user is a subadmin. Authentication is done by sending a Basic HTTP Authorization header.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/subadmins
HTTP method: GET
Status codes:
100 - successful
101 - user does not exist
102 - unknown failure
Example
$ curl -X GET https://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/subadmins -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Returns the groups of which
Frank
is a subadmin
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<status>ok</status>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<message/>
</meta>
<data>
<element>testgroup</element>
</data>
</ocs>
Resend the welcome email
The request to this endpoint triggers the welcome email for this user again.
Syntax: ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/{userid}/welcome
HTTP method: POST
Status codes:
100 - successful
101 - email address not available
102 - sending email failed
Example
$ curl -X POST https://admin:secret@example.com/ocs/v1.php/cloud/users/Frank/welcome -H "OCS-APIRequest: true"
Sends the welcome email to
Frank
XML output
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ocs>
<meta>
<status>ok</status>
<statuscode>100</statuscode>
<message/>
</meta>
<data/>
</ocs>