Contains the local users of SPS. You can use local users and groups to control the privileges of SPS local and LDAP users — who can view and configure what.

URL

GET https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users

Cookies

Cookie name	Description	Required	Values
session_id	Contains the authentication token of the user	Required	The value of the session ID cookie received from the REST server in the authentication response, for example, a1f71d030e657634730b9e887cb59a5e56162860. For more information on authentication, see Authenticate to the SPS REST API. NOTE: This session ID refers to the connection between the REST client and the SPS REST API. It is not related to the sessions that SPS records (and which also have a session ID, but in a different format).

Sample request

The following command lists the local users.

curl --cookie cookies.txt https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users

The following command displays the parameters of a specific user.

curl --cookie cookies.txt https://<IP-address-of-SPS>/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users/<ID-of-the-user>

Response

The following is a sample response received when querying the list of users.

For more information on the meta object, see Message format.

{
    "items": [
        {
            "key": "103640099357f3b14f0529a",
            "meta": {
                "href": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users/103640099357f3b14f0529a"
            }
        },
        {
            "key": "46785097158061f46c63d0",
            "meta": {
                "href": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users/46785097158061f46c63d0"
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "first": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/groups",
        "href": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users",
        "last": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users",
        "next": null,
        "parent": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database",
        "previous": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/groups",
        "transaction": "/api/transaction"
    }
}

The following is a sample response received when querying a specific user.

{
    "body": {
        "name": "testuser",
        "password": {
            "key": "8f84d7d1-9de1-429a-a7a7-c33a61cc7419",
            "meta": {
                "href": "/api/configuration/passwords/8f84d7d1-9de1-429a-a7a7-c33a61cc7419"
            }
        },
        "password_created": 1476796261
    },
    "key": "46785097158061f46c63d0",
    "meta": {
        "first": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users/103640099357f3b14f0529a",
        "href": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users/46785097158061f46c63d0",
        "last": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users/46785097158061f46c63d0",
        "next": null,
        "parent": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users",
        "previous": "/api/configuration/aaa/local_database/users/103640099357f3b14f0529a",
        "transaction": "/api/transaction"
    }

Element		Type	Description
body		Top level element (JSON object)	Contains the properties of the user.
	name	string	The username of the user account.
	password	reference	A reference to a password object. To create or update passwords, see Passwords stored on SPS.
	password_created	integer	The date when the password of the account was changed in UNIX timestamp format (for example, 1476796261).
key		string	Top level element, contains the ID of the user.

Status and error codes

The following table lists the typical status and error codes for this request. For a complete list of error codes, see Application level error codes.

Code	Description	Notes
400	SemanticError	You tried to reuse a password object. You can use a password object for only one purpose, that is, you cannot reference a password object twice.
401	Unauthenticated	The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authenticated and the resource requires authorization to access it. The details section contains the path that was attempted to be accessed, but could not be retrieved.
403	Unauthorized	The requested resource cannot be retrieved because the client is not authorized to access it. The details section contains the path that was attempted to be accessed, but could not be retrieved.
404	NotFound	The requested object does not exist.
409	NoTransaction	No open Transaction is available. You must open a transaction first (for details, see Open a transaction).