API Users

Calls

Method	URL (https://scholar.uc.edu)	Description
GET	/api/users/email(.json)	Return user.
PATCH	/api/users/email(.json)	Update user.
POST	/api/users	Create user.

The email field in the URL must replace the "." with "-dot-". Do not do this when it is passed as a parameter via JSON. For example example@mail-dot-com.

Fields

Field	Required	Notes
email	always	When the email is in the URL, you must replace the "." with "-dot-". This is not allowed when it is passed as a parameter. The email must not be in use by our application in order to create a new user with that email.
first_name	For creating
last_name	For creating
password	For creating	This field is only available when creating a new user
department	For creating
facebook_handle	no
twitter_handle	no
googleplus_handle	no
title	no
website	no
telephone	no
alternate_phone_number	no
blog	no
alternate_email	no
linkedin_handle	no
ucdepartment	no	This field expects the first part to be the college designation (see config/college_and_department.yml), and the second part to be the department (can be multiple words)

None of the fields for users are multi-valued