Bad request when creating a new user

[DavidAnderson684]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a new user... the below throws an exception Guzzle\Http\Exception\ClientErrorResponseException, 'Client error response [status code] 400 [reason phrase] Bad Request [url] https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/users'

What have I done wrong?

The values of $user and $apikey are fine - I've used these in the same program to create containers, upload to them, download + delete. Also, I've verified that $_POST['newuser'] and $_POST['newemail'] are valid.

        $client = new Rackspace(Rackspace::US_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT, array(
            'username' => $user,
            'apiKey' => $apikey
        ));

        # Create the new user
        $json = json_encode(array(
            'username' => $_POST['newuser'],
            'email' => $_POST['newemail'],
            'enabled' => true
        ));

        $headers = array('X-Auth-Token' => $client->getToken());

            $response = $client->post(Rackspace::US_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT.'users', $headers, $json)->send();

Many thanks,
David

[DavidAnderson684]

Sorry - I introduced a small typo whilst adapting that code for Github. Now fixed.

[DavidAnderson684]

Hi Jamie,

Sorry to not be clear - the issue still exists. It was a typo in creating my example code that I fixed - not the issue itself.

I'm not sure if setting the header explicitly in the $headers line was necessary, but I get the same result if I don't.

David

[DavidAnderson684]

Found the problem after reading http://docs.rackspace.com/auth/api/v2.0/auth-client-devguide/content/POST_addUser_v2.0_users_User_Calls.html#POST_addUser_v2.0_users_User_Calls-Request again... the problem in my example code above was that the JSON object needs wrapping in a further outer layer, key "user".

i.e.

$json = json_encode(array(array('user' =>
            'username' => $_POST['newuser'],
            'email' => $_POST['newemail'],
            'enabled' => true
        )));

[jamiehannaford]

@DavidAnderson684 Hey David, here is the full code sample needed to create a user:

use Guzzle\Http\Url;
use OpenCloud\Rackspace;

$client = new Rackspace(Rackspace::US_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT, array(
    'username' => 'foo',
    'apiKey'   => 'bar'
));

$client->authenticate();

$json = json_encode((object) array(
    'user' => (object) array(
        'username' => 'jamie_test',
        'email'    => 'jamie@limetree.org',
        'enabled' => true
    )
));

$url = Url::factory(Rackspace::US_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT)->addPath('users');

$response = $client->post($url, null, $json)->send();

echo (string) $response;

This is tested and works for me. As you will notice, the API requires an object nested inside an object - you provided two arrays. It's also better to use Guzzle's native Url class instead of appending strings. If you need any more help, feel free to comment and I'll reopen 😃