System-level user account resources

The system-level user account resources let you retrieve a list of the system-level user accounts, retrieve information about a system-level user account, and change the password for a locally authenticated system-level user account. The table below provides information about these resources.

Data Type Method Use Access Notes
.../userAccounts
List GET Retrieve a list of the system-level user accounts. System-level user account with the monitor, administrator, or security role

The listed user accounts are identified by the account username.

In XML, the element that identifies each user account is username. The root element for the list of user accounts is userAccounts.

In JSON, the name in the name/value pair that lists the user accounts is username.

.../userAccounts/username

userAccount GET Retrieve information about a system-level user account. System-level user account with the monitor, administrator, or security role  
N/A HEAD Check for the existence of a user account. System-level user account with the monitor, administrator, or security role  
N/A POST Change the password for a locally authenticated system-level user account. System-level user account with the security role

The required query parameter for changing user account passwords is password=password. For the rules for passwords, see Passwords.

.../userAccounts/username/changePassword

updatePassword
Request

POST

Change the password for a locally authenticated system-level user account. System-level user account with the security role

 

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