Members

BASE URL: https://api.umbraco.io

Table of Contents

• Common Headers

• Authentication

• Errors

• Get by username

• Create Member

• Update Member

• Delete Member

• Change Member Password

• Get a reset member password token

• Reset member password

• Add member to member group

• Remove member from member group

Common Headers

Api-Version: 2
Umb-Project-Alias: {project-alias}

Authentication

Authentication is required for this API. You must supply a Bearer Token via an Authorization header or an API Key through an Authorization or Api-Key header.

Errors

If an error occours you will receive a HTTP status code along with an API error code and an error message in the response body.

Status Code	Error Code	Message
400	BadRequest	Body cannot be empty.
400	CouldNotUnlockUser	Could not unlock the user.
401	Unauthorized	Authorization has been denied for this request.
403	Forbidden	You are not authorized to access the given resource.
404	NotFound	Member with username '{username}' could not be found.
422	ValidationFailed	Validation error occured when trying to save or update the member.
500	InternalServerError	Internal server error.

JSON example:

{
  "error": {
    "code": "Unauthorized",
    "message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
  }
}

Get by username

Get a specific member by their username.

URL: /member/{username}

Method: GET

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_failedPasswordAttempts": 0,
    "_groups": [
        "Club Blue Members"
    ],
    "_lastLoginDate": "2019-10-10T12:04:24Z",
    "_lastPasswordChangeDate": "2019-10-10T12:04:24Z",
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:04:24.203Z",
    "_id": "153c22ad-2940-4d1c-9253-f62a2a873915",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:04:24.487Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/john%40example.com"
        },
        "membertype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/type/Member"
        }
    },
    "comments": "First Club Blue Member",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "isApproved": true,
    "isLockedOut": false,
    "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
    "username": "[e-mail]",
    "name": "John Doe"
}

Create member

Create a new member.

To set a password when creating a member a password field must be included in the posted data. If the password field is omitted no password will be set.

URL: /member/

Method: POST

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

{
    "comments": "A Valued Club Blue Member",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "isApproved": true,
    "isLockedOut": false,
    "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
    "username": "[e-mail]",
    "name": "Jane Doe"
}

Success Response

Code: 201

Content Example:

{
    "_failedPasswordAttempts": 0,
    "_groups": [],
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:18:06.6087436Z",
    "_id": "fbabbae4-738d-406a-a7b6-e6684a622882",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:18:06.6087436Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/john%40example.com"
        },
        "membertype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/type/Member"
        }
    },
    "comments": "A Valued Club Blue Member",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "isApproved": true,
    "isLockedOut": false,
    "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
    "username": "[e-mail]",
    "name": "Jane Doe"
}

Update member

Update an existing member.

A member can be unlocked by setting isLockedOut to false in the request. Note that a member cannot be locked by setting the value to true; it will be ignored if the user is not already locked out.

URL: /member/{username}

Method: PUT

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

{
    "comments": "A Valued Club Blue Member",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "isApproved": true,
    "isLockedOut": false,
    "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
    "username": "[e-mail]",
    "name": "Jane A. Doe"
}

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_failedPasswordAttempts": 0,
    "_groups": [],
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:19:57.053Z",
    "_id": "59c97163-0ece-4b92-893a-d3da4af2c888",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:20:30.1886381Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/jane%40example.com"
        },
        "membertype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/type/Member"
        }
    },
    "comments": "A Valued Club Blue Member",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "isApproved": true,
    "isLockedOut": false,
    "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
    "username": "[e-mail]",
    "name": "Jane A. Doe"
}

Delete member

Delete an existing member by their username.

URL: /member/{username}

Method: DELETE

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_failedPasswordAttempts": 0,
    "_groups": [],
    "_lastLoginDate": "2019-10-10T12:04:24Z",
    "_lastPasswordChangeDate": "2019-10-10T12:04:24Z",
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:04:24.203Z",
    "_id": "153c22ad-2940-4d1c-9253-f62a2a873915",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:04:24.487Z",
    "_deleteDate": "2019-10-10T12:16:41.2371252Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/john%40example.com"
        },
        "membertype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/type/Member"
        }
    },
    "comments": "First Club Blue Member",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "isApproved": true,
    "isLockedOut": false,
    "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
    "username": "[e-mail]",
    "name": "John Doe"
}

Change member password

Change a members password.

URL: /member/{username}/password

Method: POST

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

{
    "currentPassword": "<current password>",
    "newPassword": "<new password>"
}

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_failedPasswordAttempts": 0,
    "_groups": [],
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:19:57.053Z",
    "_id": "59c97163-0ece-4b92-893a-d3da4af2c888",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:20:30.1886381Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/jane%40example.com"
        },
        "membertype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/type/Member"
        }
    },
    "comments": "A Valued Club Blue Member",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "isApproved": true,
    "isLockedOut": false,
    "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
    "username": "[e-mail]",
    "name": "Jane A. Doe"
}

Get a reset member password token

Get a reset password token.

URL: /member/{username}/password/reset-token

Method: GET

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "token": "ydAcKSmv+zAdPqFeYPuBAGojmFvJeiI2B6K79x0eOGX5EMevdu/vs16eq5sZ85crk2V+/7JmxN6s/5MJFvNg2K9Iex3cFmNlI8uTmvw2HuQzCr3Zo9KyKh19Gy4iTfzx+Q3Q0z1TCuSdBxjpiI6nuQ==",
    "expires_in": 86399,
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "/api/member/jane%40example.com/password/reset-token"
        },
        "member": {
            "href": "/api/member/jane%40example.com"
        }
    },
    "_embedded": {
        "member": {
            "_failedPasswordAttempts": 0,
            "_groups": [],
        "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:19:57.053Z",
        "_id": "59c97163-0ece-4b92-893a-d3da4af2c888",
        "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:20:30.1886381Z",
        "_links": {
            "self": {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/jane%40example.com"
            },
            "membertype": {
                "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/type/Member"
            }
        },
        "comments": "A Valued Club Blue Member",
        "email": "[e-mail]",
        "isApproved": true,
        "isLockedOut": false,
        "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
        "username": "[e-mail]",
        "name": "Jane A. Doe"
    }
}

Reset member password

Reset a members password.

URL: /member/{username}/password/reset

Method: POST

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Request

{
    "token": "ydAcKSmv+zAdPqFeYPuBAGojmFvJeiI2B6K79x0eOGX5EMevdu/vs16eq5sZ85crk2V+/7JmxN6s/5MJFvNg2K9Iex3cFmNlI8uTmvw2HuQzCr3Zo9KyKh19Gy4iTfzx+Q3Q0z1TCuSdBxjpiI6nuQ==",
    "newPassword": "<new password>"
}

Success Response

Code: 200

Content Example:

{
    "_failedPasswordAttempts": 0,
    "_groups": [],
    "_createDate": "2019-10-10T12:18:06.6087436Z",
    "_id": "fbabbae4-738d-406a-a7b6-e6684a622882",
    "_updateDate": "2019-10-10T12:18:06.6087436Z",
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/john%40example.com"
        },
        "membertype": {
            "href": "https://api.umbraco.io/member/type/Member"
        }
    },
    "comments": "A Valued Club Blue Member",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "isApproved": true,
    "isLockedOut": false,
    "memberTypeAlias": "Member",
    "username": "[e-mail]",
    "name": "Jane Doe"
}

Add member to member group

Add an existing member to an existing member group.

URL: /member/{username}/groups/{groupName}

Method: PUT

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200

Remove member from member group

Remove a specific member from a specific member group.

URL: /member/{username}/groups/{groupName}

Method: DELETE

Permissions required : Access to Member section of the Umbraco Backoffice

Success Response

Code: 200