Groups can be accessed and modified through this API using four services: GET, POST, PUT, and PATCH. These four services allow for the retrieval, creation, complete update, and partial update of groups.

Base URL for Group REST API

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/security/group

Each function returns a JSON group object. The group object has these attributes:

Attributes	Type	Description
description	String	The description of the group.
isFDAdmin	Boolean	The boolean representing whether the group is a Flex Deploy Administrator.
groupId	Long	The unique Id of the group.
groupName	String	The unique name of the group.
isActive	Boolean	The boolean representing whether the group is active.
globalPermissions	List<GlobalPermissionPojo>	The list of global permissions associated with the group
deploymentPermissions	List<DeploymentPermissionPojo>	The list of deployment permissions associated with the group

Additionally, each GlobalPermissionPojo in the list of globalpermissions contains these attributes

Attributes	Type	Description
objectType	String	The object type of the global permission
actionType	String	The action type of the global permission

Additionally, each DeploymenPermissionPojo in the list of deploymentPermissions contains these attributes

Attributes	Type	Description
environmentIds	List<Long>	The list of environment Ids associated with the deployment permissions

GET

There are two implementations of GET. One will find a group with the given Id and return the JSON representation of the group . The other will find a list of groups matching the parameters supplied to it.

GET by ID

This GET service will find a group with the given Id and return the JSON representation of the object.

API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/security/group/{Id}

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
Id	URL	Yes	This is a URL parameter for the Id which is used to find and return a group

Example

If we had a group in our database with an Id of 10000 and had the following attributes

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "test",
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "groupId": 10000,
   "groupName": "test",
   "isActive": true,
   "globalPermissions": [   {
      "objectType": "WORKFLOW",
      "actionType": "READ"
   }],
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds":    [
      18605,
      20610
   ]}
}

When we run a GET request at the following URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/security/group/10000

The GET request would return the following JSON group object

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "test",
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "groupId": 10000,
   "groupName": "test",
   "isActive": true,
   "globalPermissions": [   {
      "objectType": "WORKFLOW",
      "actionType": "READ"
   }],
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds":    [
      18605,
      20610
   ]}
}

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GET (Using Query Parameters)

This GET service will return a list of groups in the form of JSON objects based on the query parameters group name. Groups are only returned if they match all of the specified query parameters. If no query parameters are given this request will return the entire list of groups.

API URLs

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/security/group?

Append the following character sequences to the above URL to specify Query parameters.

Use '&' between successive query parameters:

groupname={groupname}

Examples:

To search by group name:

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/topology/administration/security/group?groupname=read

* searching by group name returns all groups that contain the specified string in their group name

The query parameters are not case sensitive. Searching by groupname=NAME is the same as searching by groupname=name.

Parameters

Attributes	Type	Required	Description
groupname	String	No	The name of the group.

Example

If we had a group in our database with an Id of 10000 and had the following attributes

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "test",
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "groupId": 10000,
   "groupName": "test",
   "isActive": true,
   "globalPermissions": [   {
      "objectType": "WORKFLOW",
      "actionType": "READ"
   }],
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds":    [
      18605,
      20610
   ]}
}

When we run a GET request at the following URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/security/group?groupname=test

The GET request would return the following JSON group object

Group - 10000

[
{
   "description": "test",
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "groupId": 10000,
   "groupName": "test",
   "isActive": true,
   "globalPermissions": [   {
      "objectType": "WORKFLOW",
      "actionType": "READ"
   }],
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds":    [
      18605,
      20610
   ]}
}
]

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POST

This POST service will create a new group with the same attributes as the given JSON object.

API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/administration/security/group

Parameters

Attributes	Type	Required	Description
description	String	No	The description of the group.
isFDAdmin	Boolean	No	The boolean representing whether the group is a Flex Deploy Administrator.
groupId	Long	No	The unique Id of the group.
groupName	String	Yes	The unique name of the group.
isActive	Boolean	No	The boolean representing whether the group is active.
globalPermissions	List<GlobalPermissionPojo>	No	The list of global permissions associated with the group
deploymentPermissions	List<DeploymentPermissionPojo>	No	The list of deployment permissions associated with the group

Example

If the POST request receives the following JSON group object,

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "This is a simple group with no permissions.",
   "groupName": "Simple Group",
   "isActive": true,
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds": []},
   "globalPermissions":    [
            {
         "actionType": "UPDATE",
         "objectType": "APPROVAL"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "NOTIFICATION"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "SCHEDULEDTASK"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "WORKFLOW"
      }
   ]
}

The following group object will then be created as a new row in the database.

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "This is a simple group with permissions.",
   "groupId": 10000,
   "groupName": "Simple Group",
   "isActive": true,
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds": []},
   "globalPermissions":    [
            {
         "actionType": "UPDATE",
         "objectType": "APPROVAL"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "NOTIFICATION"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "SCHEDULEDTASK"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "WORKFLOW"
      }
   ]
}

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PUT

This PUT service will update all attributes of a group with the given Id based on the attributes of a JSON object parameters.

API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/administration/security/group/{Id}

Parameters

Attributes	Type	Required	Description
description	String	No	The description of the group.
isFDAdmin	Boolean	No	The boolean representing whether the group is a Flex Deploy Administrator.
groupId	Long	No	The unique Id of the group.
groupName	String	Yes	The unique name of the group.
isActive	Boolean	No	The boolean representing whether the group is active.
globalPermissions	List<GlobalPermissionPojo>	No	The list of global permissions associated with the group
deploymentPermissions	List<DeploymentPermissionPojo>	No	The list of deployment permissions associated with the group

Example

If we had a group in our database with an Id of 10000 and had the following attributes

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "This is a simple group with no permissions.",
   "groupName": "Simple Group",
   "isActive": true,
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds": []},
   "globalPermissions":    [
            {
         "actionType": "UPDATE",
         "objectType": "APPROVAL"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "NOTIFICATION"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "SCHEDULEDTASK"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "WORKFLOW"
      }
   ]
}

When we run a PUT request at the following URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/administration/security/group/10000

And the PUT request receives the following JSON group object,

Environment PUT Receive JSON

{
   "description": "This is an updated group.",
   "groupName": "Simple Group Put",
   "isActive": true,
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds": [11001]},
   "globalPermissions":    [
            {
         "actionType": "UPDATE",
         "objectType": "APPROVAL"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "NOTIFICATION"
      }
   ]
}

The PUT request would then update the group with Id 10000 and return the following JSON group object

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "This is an updated group.",
   "groupName": "Simple Group Put",
   "isActive": true,
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds": [11001]},
   "globalPermissions":    [
            {
         "actionType": "UPDATE",
         "objectType": "APPROVAL"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "NOTIFICATION"
      }
   ]
}

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PATCH

This PATCH service will update an existing group with the information passed through a JSON object. If an attribute of the JSON is null it will not be updated in the group.

API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/administration/security/group/{Id}

Parameters

Attributes	Type	Required	Description
description	String	No	The description of the group.
isFDAdmin	Boolean	No	The boolean representing whether the group is a Flex Deploy Administrator.
groupId	Long	No	The unique Id of the group.
groupName	String	No	The unique name of the group.
isActive	Boolean	No	The boolean representing whether the group is active.
globalPermissions	List<GlobalPermissionPojo>	No	The list of global permissions associated with the group
deploymentPermissions	List<DeploymentPermissionPojo>	No	The list of deployment permissions associated with the group

Example

If we had a group in our database with an Id of 10000 and had the following attributes

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "This is a simple group with no permissions.",
   "groupName": "Simple Group",
   "isActive": true,
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds": []},
   "globalPermissions":    [
            {
         "actionType": "UPDATE",
         "objectType": "APPROVAL"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "NOTIFICATION"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "SCHEDULEDTASK"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "WORKFLOW"
      }
   ]
}

When we run a PATCH request at the following URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/administration/security/group/10000

And the PATCH request receives the following JSON group object,

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "This is an patched group.",
   "groupName": "Simple Group Patch",
   "isActive": null
}

The PATCH request would then update the group with Id 10000 and return the following JSON group object

Group - 10000

{
   "description": "This is an patched group.",
   "groupName": "Simple Group Patch",
   "isActive": true,
   "isFDAdmin": false,
   "deploymentPermissions": {"environmentIds": []},
   "globalPermissions":    [
            {
         "actionType": "UPDATE",
         "objectType": "APPROVAL"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "NOTIFICATION"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "SCHEDULEDTASK"
      },
            {
         "actionType": "READ",
         "objectType": "WORKFLOW"
      }
   ]
}

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Group API

GET

GET by ID

Parameters

Example

GET (Using Query Parameters)

Append the following character sequences to the above URL to specify Query parameters.

Use '&' between successive query parameters:

Examples:

To search by group name:

Parameters

Example

POST

Parameters

PUT

Parameters

Example

PATCH

Parameters

Example