API Create User problem

[ellington]

Hello,

I seem to have run in to a snag when I create users in our canvas account and I'm hoping the group can lead me in the right direction. My problem is that I CAN create accounts through the canvas API but ALL of the fields are populated with the pseudonym unique_id.

I'm attempting to create a sample user by sending this json:

{"name":{"name":"Cpt. Ultron","sortable_name":"Ultron, Captain"},"pseudonym":{"unique_id":"ultron1"},"communication_channel":{"address":"ultron@hnu.edu","skip_confirmation":"true"}}

to this api uri:

https://my_instructure.com/api/v1/accounts/1/users/

and when I check the user that is created I see:

Full Name:	ultron1

Display Name:	ultron1

Sortable Name:	ultron1

Default Email:	ultron@hnu.edu

Please let me know if you would need any other information to help figure out what is going on here!

Thank you,

Jeremiah Ellington

Holy Names University

Oakland, Ca.

[James · Accepted solution]

 @ellington ,

The very first part should be called "user", not "name".

You have

{  
  "name":{  
    "name":"Cpt. Ultron",
    "sortable_name":"Ultron, Captain"
  },
...
}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

but it should be

{  
  "user":{  
    "name":"Cpt. Ultron",
    "sortable_name":"Ultron, Captain"
  },
...
}‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

My guess is that in the lack of a "user" property, it's taking the user information from the pseudonym, where the unique_id is ultron1.

That said, if you fix it, it still may not work for ultron1. I've seen that unique_id give people trouble if they try to create it when it already existed and it wasn't always easy to get rid of.

[ellington]

You were correct once again! After i corrected the json object name everything worked as intended. It's always seems to be the simple things.

Thank you,

Jeremiah Ellington

[James]

I'm glad it was something that was quick to fix.