Update User

Pre-requisites

  • In order to successfully use this endpoint the logged in user must be a Mimecast administrator with at least the Directories | Internal | Edit permission.

URI

To use this endpoint you send a POST request to:

  • /api/user/update-user

Request Headers

The following request headers must be included in your request:

Field Description
Authorization Please see the Authorization guide for more information on building the Authorization header.
x-mc-req-id

A randomly generated GUID, for example,

8578FCFC-A305-4D9A-99CB-F4D5ECEFE297
x-mc-app-id The Application ID provided with your Registered API Application.
x-mc-date

The current date and time in the following format, for example,

Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:50:11 UTC

Request Body

{
 "data": [
  {
   "forcePasswordChange": false, 
   "allowSmtp": false, 
   "emailAddress": "String", 
   "passwordNeverExpires": false, 
   "allowPop": false, 
   "accountDisabled": false, 
   "password": "String", 
   "archiveStartDate": "Date String", 
   "accountLocked": false, 
   "name": "String"
  }
 ]
}
data
Field Type Required Description
accountLocked Boolean Optional If the user account is locked out.
emailAddress String Required The email address of the user to update.
password String Optional The Mimecast cloud password that should be set for the user.
passwordNeverExpires Boolean Optional If the user's Mimecast cloud password is subject to the expiry setting defined for the account.
allowSmtp Boolean Optional If SMTP email submission is allowed for the user.
archiveStartDate Date String Optional The date in ISO 8601 format (2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000) for the user's archive to start. Used in situations where a new employee adopts an email address used by a former employee and you do not want the new user to see the former employee's email history in the archive.
forcePasswordChange Boolean Optional If the user must change their password the next time they login.
name String Optional The display name that should be set for the user.
accountDisabled Boolean Optional If the user disabled.
allowPop Boolean Optional If the user can access Mimecast using POP3.

Response

{
 "fail": [], 
 "meta": {
  "status": 200
 }, 
 "data": [
  {
   "passwordNeverExpires": false, 
   "forcePasswordChange": false, 
   "allowPop": false, 
   "allowSmtp": false, 
   "emailAddress": "String", 
   "accountDisabled": false, 
   "accountLocked": false, 
   "name": "String"
  }
 ]
}
meta object
Field Type Description
status Number The function level status of the request.
data
Field Type Description
accountLocked Boolean If the user account is locked out.
emailAddress String The email address of the user to update.
passwordNeverExpires Boolean If the user's Mimecast cloud password is subject to the expiry setting defined for the account.
allowSmtp Boolean If SMTP email submission is allowed for the user.
archiveStartDate Date String The date in ISO 8601 format (2015-11-16T14:49:18+0000) for the user's archive to start. Used in situations where a new employee adopts an email address used by a former employee and you do not want the new user to see the former employee's email history in the archive.
forcePasswordChange Boolean If the user must change their password the next time they login.
name String The display name that should be set for the user.
accountDisabled Boolean If the user disabled.
allowPop Boolean If the user can access Mimecast using POP3.

Sample Code

Sample code is provided to demonstrate how to use the API and is not representative of a production application. To use the sample code; complete the required variables as described, populate the desired values in the request body, and execute in your favorite IDE.  Please see the Global Base URL's page to find the correct base URL to use for your account.

POST {base_url}/api/user/update-user
Authorization: MC {accesskKey}:{Base64 encoded signed Data To Sign}
x-mc-date: {dateTime}
x-mc-req-id: {unique id}
x-mc-app-id: {applicationId}
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json


{
  "data":[
    {
        "accountLocked": False,
        "emailAddress": "String",
        "password": "String",
        "passwordNeverExpires": False,
        "allowSmtp": False,
        "archiveStartDate": "Date String",
        "forcePasswordChange": False,
        "name": "String",
        "accountDisabled": False,
        "allowPop": False
    }
  ]
}

import base64
import hashlib
import hmac
import uuid
import datetime
import requests

# Setup required variables
base_url = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com"
uri = "/api/user/update-user"
url = base_url + uri
access_key = "YOUR ACCESS KEY"
secret_key = "YOUR SECRET KEY"
app_id = "YOUR APPLICATION ID"
app_key = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY"

# Generate request header values
request_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
hdr_date = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") + " UTC"

# DataToSign is used in hmac_sha1
dataToSign = ':'.join([hdr_date, request_id, uri, app_key])

# Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
hmac_sha1 = hmac.new(base64.b64decode(secret_key), dataToSign.encode(), digestmod=hashlib.sha1).digest()

# Use the HMAC SHA1 value to sign the hdrDate + ":" requestId + ":" + URI + ":" + appkey
sig = base64.b64encode(hmac_sha1).rstrip()

# Create request headers
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'MC ' + access_key + ':' + sig.decode(),
    'x-mc-app-id': app_id,
    'x-mc-date': hdr_date,
    'x-mc-req-id': request_id,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

payload = {
        'data': [
            {
                'accountLocked': False,
                'emailAddress': 'String',
                'password': 'String,
                'passwordNeverExpires': False,
                'allowSmtp': False,
                'archiveStartDate': 'Date String',
                'forcePasswordChange': False,
                'name': 'String,
                'accountDisabled': False,
                'allowPop': False
            }
        ]
    }

r = requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, data=str(payload))

print(r.text)
static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Setup required variables
            string baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com";
            string uri = "/api/user/update-user";
            string accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY";
            string secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY";
            string appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID";
            string appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY";

            //Generate request header values
            string hdrDate = System.DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime().ToString("R");
            string requestId = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

            //Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
            System.Security.Cryptography.HMAC h = new System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1(System.Convert.FromBase64String(secretKey));

            //Use the HMAC SHA1 value to sign the hdrDate + ":" requestId + ":" + URI + ":" + appkey
            byte[] hash = h.ComputeHash(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(hdrDate + ":" + requestId + ":" + uri + ":" + appKey));

            //Build the signature to be included in the Authorization header in your request
            string signature = "MC " + accessKey + ":" + System.Convert.ToBase64String(hash);

            //Build Request
            System.Net.HttpWebRequest request = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(baseUrl + uri);
            request.Method = "POST";
            request.ContentType = "application/json";

            //Add Headers
            request.Headers[System.Net.HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = signature;
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-date", hdrDate);
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-req-id", requestId);
            request.Headers.Add("x-mc-app-id", appId);

            //Add request body
            //Create and write data to stream
            string postData = @"{
                    ""data"": [
                        {
                            ""accountLocked"": False,
                            ""emailAddress"": ""String"",
                            ""password"": ""String"",
                            ""passwordNeverExpires"": False,
                            ""allowSmtp"": False,
                            ""archiveStartDate"": ""Date String"",
                            ""forcePasswordChange"": False,
                            ""name"": ""String"",
                            ""accountDisabled"": False,
                            ""allowPop"": False
                        }
                    ]
                }";

            byte[] payload = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);

            System.IO.Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream();
            stream.Write(payload, 0, payload.Length);
            stream.Close();

            //Send Request
            System.Net.HttpWebResponse response = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

            //Output response to console
            System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
            string responseBody = "";
            string temp = null;
            while ((temp = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                responseBody += temp;
            };
            System.Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
            System.Console.ReadLine();
        }
#Setup required variables
$baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com"
$uri = "/api/user/update-user"
$url = $baseUrl + $uri
$accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY"
$secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY"
$appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID"
$appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY"

#Generate request header values
$hdrDate = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss UTC")
$requestId = [guid]::NewGuid().guid

#Create the HMAC SHA1 of the Base64 decoded secret key for the Authorization header
$sha = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.HMACSHA1
$sha.key = [Convert]::FromBase64String($secretKey)
$sig = $sha.ComputeHash([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($hdrDate + ":" + $requestId + ":" + $uri + ":" + $appKey))
$sig = [Convert]::ToBase64String($sig)

#Create Headers
$headers = @{"Authorization" = "MC " + $accessKey + ":" + $sig;
                "x-mc-date" = $hdrDate;
                "x-mc-app-id" = $appId;
                "x-mc-req-id" = $requestId;
                "Content-Type" = "application/json"}

#Create post body
$postBody = "{
                    ""data"": [
                        {
                            ""accountLocked"": False,
                            ""emailAddress"": ""String"",
                            ""password"": ""String"",
                            ""passwordNeverExpires"": False,
                            ""allowSmtp"": False,
                            ""archiveStartDate"": ""Date String"",
                            ""forcePasswordChange"": False,
                            ""name"": ""String"",
                            ""accountDisabled"": False,
                            ""allowPop"": False
                        }
                    ]
                }"

#Send Request
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $postBody -Uri $url

#Print the response
$response
public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException, java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException, java.security.InvalidKeyException {

        //set up variables for request
        String baseUrl = "https://xx-api.mimecast.com";
        String uri = "/api/user/update-user";
        String url = "https://" + baseUrl + uri;
        String accessKey = "YOUR ACCESS KEY";
        String secretKey = "YOUR SECRET KEY";
        String appId = "YOUR APPLICATION ID";
        String appKey = "YOUR APPLICATION KEY";

        //create URL object
        java.net.URL obj = new java.net.URL(url);

        // set guid for x-mc-req-id header
        String guid = java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString();

        // set date for x-mc-date header
        java.text.SimpleDateFormat sdf = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z");
        sdf.setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        String date = sdf.format(new java.util.Date());

        //create signature for the Authorization header
        String dataToSign = date + ":" + guid + ":" + uri + ":" + appKey;
        String hmacSHA1 = "HmacSHA1";
        javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec signingKey = new javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decodeBase64(secretKey.getBytes()), hmacSHA1);
        javax.crypto.Mac mac = javax.crypto.Mac.getInstance(hmacSHA1);
        mac.init(signingKey);
        String sig = new String(org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.encodeBase64(mac.doFinal(dataToSign.getBytes())));

        // create request object
        javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection con = (javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection) obj.openConnection();

        //set request type to POST
        con.setRequestMethod("POST");
        con.setDoOutput(true);

        //add reuqest headers
        con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "MC " + accessKey + ":" + sig);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-req-id", guid);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-app-id", appId);
        con.setRequestProperty("x-mc-date", date);
        con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
        con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");

        //Add post body to the request
        String postBody = "{\n" +
        " \"data\": [\n" +
        "     {\n" +
        "         \"accountLocked\": False,\n" +
        "         \"emailAddress\": \"String\",\n" +
        "         \"password\": \"String\",\n" +
        "         \"passwordNeverExpires\": False,\n" +
        "         \"allowSmtp\": False,\n" +
        "         \"archiveStartDate\": \"Date String\",\n" +
        "         \"forcePasswordChange\": False,\n" +
        "         \"name\": \"String\"\n" +
        "         \"accountDisabled\": False,\n" +
        "         \"allowPop\": False\n" +
        "     }\n" +
        " ]\n" +
        "}";
        java.io.OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream();
        os.write(postBody.getBytes("UTF-8"));
        os.close();

        //process response
        java.io.BufferedReader in = new java.io.BufferedReader(
                new java.io.InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
        String inputLine;
        StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

        while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
            response.append(inputLine);
        }
        in.close();

        //return result
        java.lang.System.out.println(response.toString());
    }
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