Automate user management
Content Hub tracks and records all user actions, logging activities that can be matched with concurrent events for detailed tracking. This is especially important during onboarding and offboarding, where controlling user permissions is vital. It also supports GDPR compliance by tracking data access and user actions, via logs that provide a record of activities for auditing and security purposes.
In Sitecore Content Hub, each user is uniquely identified with a username, a password, and a profile. Together with other settings, the profile determines which tasks the user can perform, what data the user can see, and what the user can do with the data.
To make it easier to work with multiple user accounts at the same time, you can automate user account management using any of the following options.
REST API
You can automate user management using the REST API.
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Add a user with username SampleUser:
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Method:
POST
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URL:
https://my-instance.com/api/entitydefinitions/User/entities
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Request body:
RequestResponse{ "properties":{ "Username":"SampleUser", "UserGroupConfiguration":null, "HasToken":null, "EmailConfirmationPending":null, "LockoutEndDate":null, "AccessFailedCount":null, "IsRestricted":null, "LastLoginDateTime":null, "LastPasswordChangeDateTime":null }, "entitydefinition":{ "href":"https://my-instance.com/api/entitydefinitions/User" }, }
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Example response:
RequestResponse201 created Content-Length: content length Location : https://my-instance.com/api/entities/10657
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Delete a user with ID
10657
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Method:
DELETE
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URL:
https://my-instance.com/api/entities/10657
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No request body.
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Scripting SDK
You can automate user management using the Users client in the Scripting SDK.
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Add a user:
RequestResponseIEntity user = await MClient.EntityFactory.CreateAsync(Constants.User.DefinitionName); //Add code to configure the user parameters await MClient.Entities.SaveAsync(user);
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Delete a user:
RequestResponseIEntity user = await MClient.Users.GetUserAsync("username"); await MClient.Entities.DeleteAsync(user.Id);
Web SDK
You can automate user management using the User client in the Web Client SDK.
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Add a user:
RequestResponseIEntity user = await MClient.EntityFactory.CreateAsync(Constants.User.DefinitionName); //Add code to configure the user parameters await MClient.Entities.SaveAsync(user);
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Delete a user:
RequestResponseIEntity user = await MClient.Users.GetUserAsync("username"); await MClient.Entities.DeleteAsync(user.Id);