Cloud Administration User Search API

Use the Cloud Administration User Search API to find a user by searching for a string in the user's email address.

Authentication

Clients calling this API to search for a user must authenticate themselves by including a JSON Web Token in a request. For instructions on using this token, see Authentication for the Cloud Administration REST APIs.

Administrative Roles

This API can use an API key that is associated with either the Super Administrator or Help Desk Administrator role. For more information, see Manage the Cloud Administration REST API Keys.

Software Developer Kit

You can download the API Software Developer Kit (SDK) from Cloud Administration REST API Download.

Request Requirements

Use the following information to search for a particular user.

Method Request URL Response Content Type Response Body Response Codes
POST /AdminInterface/restapi/v1/users/search
 application/json List of user details with matching email address 200, 400, 403, 500

Resource Identifier

The following resource identifier is optional.

Resource Identifier Required Description Type
<pageSize> No Specifies the maximum number of matching results to return. Valid values are 1 to 25, inclusive. The default value is 25. Integer

Example Request Data

The following example displays a user search request.

POST /AdminInterface/restapi/v1/users/search?pageSize=20

Accept: application/json

Authorization: Bearer <JWT token>

Example Request Body

The following example displays a user search request.

{

"emailLike": "j.doe"

}

Request Body Parameters

The following table describes the emailLike request parameter.

Request Parameter Required Description Type
emailLike Yes The user's email address must contain the literal string passed in this parameter. Do not use wildcards. String

Response

The API returns an array of matching user data in JSON format, sorted in ascending alphabetical order according to the user email addresses.

The API can find exact and partial matches. The exact match is returned first in the list of results. The remaining results are sorted in ascending order according to the user email addresses.

If no matches are found, an empty body is returned.

Example Response Body

The following example displays a response body.

{

"id": "f85b6e95-f41f-45b4-bc84-559fead6460c",

"emailAddress": "j.doe1@mycompany.com",

"firstName": "Jane",

"lastName": "Doe",

"creationDate": "2018-08-31T19:10:30.045Z",

"identitySource": "My Company AD",

"userStatus": "Enabled",

"markDeleted": false,

"highRiskUser": false,

"markDeletedAt": null,

"markDeletedBy": null,

"smsNumber": "+11235556799",

"voiceNumber": "+17815551235",

"isTokenLocked": false,

"isSmsLocked": false,

"isVoiceLocked": false,

"lastSyncTime": "2018-08-31T19:20:30.045Z",

"monthLastAuthenticated": null",

},

{

"id": "f85b6e95-f41f-45b4-bc84-559fead6460c",

"emailAddress": "j.doe2@mycompany.com",

"firstName": "John",

"lastName": "Doe",

"creationDate": "2018-08-31T19:10:30.045Z",

"identitySource": "My Company AD",

"userStatus": "Enabled",

"markDeleted": false,

"highRiskUser": false,

"markDeletedAt": null,

"markDeletedBy": null,

"smsNumber": "+17815552234",

"voiceNumber": "+17815552235",

"isTokenLocked": false,

"isSmsLocked": false,

"isVoiceLocked": false,

"lastSyncTime": "2018-08-31T19:20:30.045Z"

"emergencyAccessStatus":"Enabled",

"emergencyTokencodeId":"007c4e8d-7450-4293-be46-16454a78a217",

"emergencyTokencodeExpiration":"2019-08-21T15:02:45.000Z",

"emergencyTokencodeLastUse": null

"offlineEmergencyTokencodeExpiration":"2019-08-21T15:02:45.000Z",

"offlineEmergencyAccessStatus":"Enabled",

"monthLastAuthenticated": Nov 2020",

}

},

Response Property Descriptions

The following table describes properties used in the response.

Property Description Data Type
id Identifies the user. String
emailAddress User's email address. String
firstName User's first name. String
lastName User's last name. String
creationDate Date when the user account was added to the Cloud Authentication Service.
See https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
for information on formatting timestamps in ISO 8601 format.		 String
identitySource Name of identity source. String
userStatus

Enabled. Users can access protected resources.

Disabled. Users cannot access protected resources or register devices.

 String
markDeleted Indicates whether the user is marked deleted. Boolean
markDeletedAt

Date when a user is marked deleted.
See https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime

for information on formatting timestamps in ISO 8601 format.		 String
markDeletedBy Administrator who initiated mark for delete. String
smsNumber Displays user SMS Tokencode phone numbers after you click Show synchronized phone numbers. Phone numbers appear only if corresponding attributes were configured and synchronized. String
voiceNumber Displays user Voice Tokencode phone numbers after you click Show synchronized phone numbers. Phone numbers appear only if corresponding attributes were configured and synchronized. String
isTokenLocked Tokencode status is true (locked) or false (unlocked). Boolean
isSmsLocked SMS Tokencode status is true (locked) or false (unlocked). Boolean
isVoiceLocked

Voice Tokencode status is true (locked) or false (unlocked).

 Boolean
lastSyncTime

Most recent time when user details were synchronized with an identity source.
See https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime

for information on formatting timestamps in ISO 8601 format.		 String
highRiskUser

True indicates the user is marked as high risk by an external third-party application. False indicates the user is not marked as high risk by an external third-party application.

 Boolean
emergencyAccessStatus

Enabled - An Emergency Tokencode has been generated for this user.

Disabled - An Emergency Tokencode has not been generated for this user.

Locked - Emergency Tokencode is locked for this user.

String
emergencyTokencodeId Identifies the Emergency Tokencode, if one has been generated for this user. String
emergencyTokencodeExpiration Emergency Tokencode expiration date. String
emergencyTokencodeLastUse Emergency Tokencode last used date. String
offlineEmergencyTokencodeExpiration Offline Emergency Tokencode expiration date. String
offlineEmergencyAccessStatus

Enabled - An offline Emergency Tokencode has been generated for this user.

Disabled - An offline Emergency Tokencode has not been generated for this user.

String
monthLastAuthenticated Month the user last authenticated. Returns null if not applicable, or a date in MMM/YYYY format. String

Response Codes

The following table shows response codes for this API.

Code Description
200 Search completed successfully.
400 Operation not performed because of client syntax errors.
403 Not authorized to perform the request.
500

Internal error occurred when processing the request.