In this guide:
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,
|
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,
|
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());
}