Api REST -> Best way for get an User id

[MeInTheGalaxie]

Hi,

I'm working with the Chamilo REST API, and I need to use a user's ID to be able to perform different actions.

What is the best way to get a user's ID via their "username" in your opinion?

[MeInTheGalaxie]

Good morning,
No one to give their opinion or experience on the question?

[misterakko]

Theoretically, this should give you a list of users and the id for each
curl --location 'https://YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/main/webservices/api/v2.php?action=get_users&username=admin&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&status=*'

On my system it returns an empty list, though.

[misterakko]

My bad... @MeInTheGalaxie, the thing needs POST, not GET. This one works:
curl -X POST --location 'https://YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME/main/webservices/api/v2.php' -H "Content-type: multipart/form-data" -F action=get_users -F username=admin -F api_key=YOUR_API_KEY -F status='*'

[MeInTheGalaxie]

Hello @misterakko, thank you for the information, indeed I use ''get_users'' also. However, this is not practical in the sense that it requires retrieving a list and working on it in order to extract the right information. It would have been nice if there was a "get_user" action that was less data intensive.

[ywarnier]

Hi @MeInTheGalaxie

Sorry for the late answer.
Your requests sounds reasonable. In you case, what you want is a get_user_info_from_username where you would get something similar as the get_users but just for one user, based on its username as a search element, right? (just making sure that, if we create it, it matches what you're expecting)

[ywarnier]

I just created #6078 feature request to do that. Please continue there (rather than here) if your requirement is any different from the one described.

[MeInTheGalaxie]

@ywarnier

Exactly, being able to retrieve the information of a single user (in particular their ID), via their unique identifier (email).

Thank you very much for taking this into account. :)