How to add users to Bamboo Internal User Directory using the REST API
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Summary
This document has information on how to add users to Bamboo Internal User Directory using the REST API.
Environment
All supported versions of Bamboo.
Solution
Below is the REST API endpoint that can be used to add users to Bamboo Internal User Directory:
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curl --user username:password -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST ${Bamboo_Base_URL}/rest/api/latest/admin/users --data '{
"name": "<new_user>",
"fullName": "<full name>",
"email": "<email_id>",
"password": "password",
"passwordConfirm": "password"
}'ℹ️ Replace username and password with your Bamboo admin user credentials
ℹ️ Replace ${Bamboo_Base_URL} with your Bamboo base URL
Example:
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curl --user bamboo-admin:password -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST http://bamboo:8085/rest/api/latest/admin/users --data '{
"name": "new_user",
"fullName": "user1",
"email": "user1@atlassian.com",
"password": "user1",
"passwordConfirm": "user1"
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