Here’s a sample POST request that changes the data access permissions associated with the user account with the username pblack. The new set of permissions is specified in an XML file named pblack-UAperms.xml. The file includes permissions for both the Accounts-Receivable and Accounts-Payable namespaces. The request is made using a tenant-level user account that includes the administrator role.
Request body in XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<dataAccessPermissions>
<namespacePermission>
<namespaceName>Accounts-Receivable</namespaceName>
<permissions>
<permission>READ</permission>
<permission>BROWSE</permission>
<permission>WRITE</permission>
<permission>DELETE</permission>
<permission>PURGE</permission>
<permission>SEARCH</permission>
</permissions>
</namespacePermission>
<namespacePermission>
<namespaceName>Accounts-Payable</namespaceName>
<permissions>
<permission>READ</permission>
</permissions>
</namespacePermission>
</dataAccessPermissions>
Request with cURL command line
curl -k -i -d @pblack-UAperms.xml -H "Content-Type: application/xml"
-H "Authorization: HCP bGdyZWVu:a3b9c163f6c520407ff34cfdb83ca5c6"
"https://finance.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/tenants/finance/userAccounts/
pblack/dataAccessPermissions"
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
import os
filehandle = open("pblack-UAperms.xml", 'rb')
curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Content-Type: application/xml",
"Authorization: HCP \
bGdyZWVu:a3b9c163f6c520407ff34cfdb83ca5c6"])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL,
"https://finance.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/tenants/finance/" +
"userAccounts/pblack/dataAccessPermissions")
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.UPLOAD, 1)
curl.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST")
curl.setopt(pycurl.INFILESIZE,
os.path.getsize("pblack-UAperms.xml"))
curl.setopt(pycurl.READFUNCTION, filehandle.read)
curl.perform()
print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE)
curl.close()
filehandle.close()
Request headers
POST /mapi/tenants/finance/userAccounts/pblack/dataAccessPermissions
HTTP/1.1
Host: finance.hcp.example.com:9090
Authorization: HCP bGdyZWVu:a3b9c163f6c520407ff34cfdb83ca5c6
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: 572
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 7.0.0.16
Content-Length: 0
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