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author | David Lawrence <dkl@mozilla.com> | 2015-09-24 16:47:18 +0200 |
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committer | David Lawrence <dkl@mozilla.com> | 2015-09-24 16:47:53 +0200 |
commit | 923afd71d4bf1c0854deae96d3af7fd6d268646e (patch) | |
tree | 883bb776040b0c8ae3b98b83efaeee0fba4561a4 /docs/en | |
parent | 89e65535c55fb20c916e2ed9492aaae265f5c5de (diff) | |
download | bugzilla-923afd71d4bf1c0854deae96d3af7fd6d268646e.tar.gz bugzilla-923afd71d4bf1c0854deae96d3af7fd6d268646e.tar.xz |
Bug 1204683: Add whoami endpoint
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/en')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/en/rst/api/core/v1/user.rst | 35 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/en/rst/integrating/auth-delegation.rst | 6 |
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/en/rst/api/core/v1/user.rst b/docs/en/rst/api/core/v1/user.rst index e27211a7f..7f835cc8a 100644 --- a/docs/en/rst/api/core/v1/user.rst +++ b/docs/en/rst/api/core/v1/user.rst @@ -378,3 +378,38 @@ and not in 'editusers' group, you will only be returned the ``id``, ``name``, returned are filtered based on your permission to bless each group. The ``saved_searches`` and ``saved_reports`` items are only returned if you are querying your own account, even if you are in the editusers group. + +.. _rest_user_whoami: + +Who Am I +-------- + +Allows for validating a user's API key, token, or username and password. +If sucessfully authenticated, it returns simple information about the +logged in user. + +**Request** + +.. code-block:: text + + GET /rest/whoami + +**Response** + +.. code-block:: js + + { + "id" : "1234", + "name" : "user@bugzulla.org", + "real_name" : "Test User", + } + +========== ====== ===================================================== +name type description +========== ====== ===================================================== +id int The unique integer ID that Bugzilla uses to represent + this user. Even if the user's login name changes, + this will not change. +real_name string The actual name of the user. May be blank. +name string string The login name of the user. +========== ====== ===================================================== diff --git a/docs/en/rst/integrating/auth-delegation.rst b/docs/en/rst/integrating/auth-delegation.rst index 403f01e2f..bff460e4a 100644 --- a/docs/en/rst/integrating/auth-delegation.rst +++ b/docs/en/rst/integrating/auth-delegation.rst @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ Authentication Flow The authentication process begins by directing the user to th the Bugzilla site's auth.cgi. For the sake of this example, our application's URL is `http://app.example.org` -and the Bugzilla site is `http://bugs.example.org`. +and the Bugzilla site is `http://bugzilla.mozilla.org`. -1. Provide a link or redirect the user to `http://bugs.example.org/auth.cgi?callback=http://app.example.org/callback&description=app%description` +1. Provide a link or redirect the user to `http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/auth.cgi?callback=http://app.example.org/callback&description=app%description` 2. Assuming the user is agreeable, the following will happen: 1. Bugzilla will issue a POST request to `http://app.example.org/callback` with a the request body data being a JSON object with keys `client_api_key` and `client_api_login`. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ and the Bugzilla site is `http://bugs.example.org`. with additional query string parameters `client_api_login` and `callback_result`. 4. At this point, the consumer now has the api key and login information. Be sure to compare the `callback_result` to whatever result was initially sent back to Bugzilla. -3. Finally, you should check that the API key and login are valid, using the :ref:`rest_user_valid_login` REST +3. Finally, you should check that the API key and login are valid, using the :ref:`rest_user_whoami` REST resource. Your application should take measures to ensure when receiving a user at your |