Users
Working with Custom Permission
activeCollab supports following extra permissions for users with Member role:
can_manage_projects
- User is a project manager and has all permissions in projects that they are working oncan_manage_finances
- User can create, send and manage invoicescan_manage_settings
- User has access to Settings area of the application and permissions to change various administrative settings
Lets create a user with a couple of extra permissions:
Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)
POST /users
Payload:
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{ "type": "Member", "email": "member-with-custom-permissions@activecollab.com", "password": "123", "company_id": 1, "custom_permissions": [ "can_manage_projects", "can_manage_settings" ] }
Response:
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{ "single": { "id": 2, "class": "Member", "url_path": "\/users\/2", "is_archived": false, "is_trashed": false, "trashed_on": null, "trashed_by_id": 0, "created_on": 1430164689, "created_by_id": 1, "updated_on": 1430164689, "updated_by_id": 1, "language_id": 0, "first_name": "Member-with-custom-permissions", "last_name": null, "display_name": "member-with-custom-permissions", "short_display_name": "member-with-custom-permissions", "email": "member-with-custom-permissions@activecollab.com", "additional_email_addresses": [], "is_pending_activation": false, "avatar_url": "http:\/\/feather.dev\/proxy.php?proxy=avatar&module=system&v=current&b=DEV&user_id=2&size=--SIZE--×tamp=1430164689", "custom_permissions": [ "can_manage_settings", "can_manage_projects" ], "company_id": 1, "title": null, "phone": null, "im_type": null, "im_handle": null, "note": null } }
Now we need to revoke tech administration permissions, but give permissions to manage finances to this user:
Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)
PUT /users/2
Payload:
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{ "custom_permissions": [ "can_manage_projects", "can_manage_finances" ] }
Response:
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{ "single": { "id": 2, "class": "Member", "url_path": "\/users\/2", "is_archived": false, "is_trashed": false, "trashed_on": null, "trashed_by_id": 0, "created_on": 1430164689, "created_by_id": 1, "updated_on": 1430164690, "updated_by_id": 1, "language_id": 0, "first_name": "Member-with-custom-permissions", "last_name": null, "display_name": "member-with-custom-permissions", "short_display_name": "member-with-custom-permissions", "email": "member-with-custom-permissions@activecollab.com", "additional_email_addresses": [], "is_pending_activation": false, "avatar_url": "http:\/\/feather.dev\/proxy.php?proxy=avatar&module=system&v=current&b=DEV&user_id=2&size=--SIZE--×tamp=1430164690", "custom_permissions": [ "can_manage_projects", "can_manage_finances" ], "company_id": 1, "title": null, "phone": null, "im_type": null, "im_handle": null, "note": null } }