Adding Administrator

Request Parameters

Parameter

Description

Valid values

Note

description

Description

Required parameter: no

group

Identifier of a group which a newly-created administrator can access

Required parameter: no.

This parameter can be defined in the request several times to specify multiple groups at a time. If this parameter is set in the request, then a group administrator account will be created.

id

Administrator account identifier

Digits, latin characters, and symbols ‘_’, ’-‘

Required parameter: no.

If not set, an ID will be generated automatically.

last-name

Surname

Required parameter: no

login

Administrator account login

 

Required parameter: yes

may-create-admin

A flag determines the right to create administrators and administrative groups

yes | no

Required parameter: no.

By default is yes

middle-name

Middle name

Required parameter: no

name

Name

Required parameter: no

password

Password

 

Required parameter: no.

If not set, a password will be generated automatically.

readonly

A flag to create a restricted group administrator account

yes | no

Required parameter: no.

By default is no. If the flag is set and its value is set to yes, a read-only account will be created (see Permissions).

If the readonly=yes and may-create-admin=yes parameters are specified simultaneously, the readonly parameter has the priority. I.e. read-only administrator cannot add or change settings of other administrative accounts.

 

Request Example

http://192.168.1.1:9080/api/admins/add.ds?login=newadm1&password=root&name=name&last-name=last-name&middle-name=middle-name&description=description&group=1&readonly=yes&may-create-admin=no

XML and JSON response structure examples are described below.

 

XML Response

<drweb-es-api api_version="4.3.0" timestamp="1558521886" server="192.168.1.1" srv_version="12.00.0.201909260" status="true">
  <administrator id="f143cc19-e71c-4ec5-b32c-0fc8f4b41706"/>
</drweb-es-api>

 

Description of XML Response Parameters

The <administrator /> element contains information about created administrator account.

The <administrator /> element attribute:

Attribute

Description

id

Identifier of the created account

 

JSON Response Structure

{ "head": {
    "status": true,

    "timestamp": 1558521886,

    "api": {
      "version": 40300,
      "versionString": 4.3.0},

    "server": {
      "name": "192.168.1.1",

      "version": "12.00.0.201909260",
      "uuid": "27671337-e0b0-4f60-aeb0-ab1f2ca47f77"}},

"data": {
    "id": "afbff760-4746-449a-af4b-4e9fd43ffc59"}}

 

Description of JSON Response Parameters

The data block contains information about the created administrator account.

The data block element:

Field name

Description

id

Identifier of the created account