GetUser

Lists all the groups, alternative usernames, and user fields for the user specified by the UserName parameter.

The action lists the information for the repositories specified by the Repositories parameter. If you do not set the Repositories parameter, the action lists the information for all repositories specified by GroupServerDefaultRepositories in the OmniGroupServer configuration file. The results for each repository are concatenated.

/action=GetUser[&Repository= ]
                &Username=
               [&AltUsernames=true/false]

Parameters

The following action parameters are required.

Parameter Description
UserName The name of the user whose information is returned.

This action accepts the following optional parameters.

Parameter Description
AltUsernames A Boolean that specifies whether to get alternative user names.
Redirected Allows the query to be performed against the repository.
Repository The repositories from which you want to get user information.

This action accepts the following standard ACI action parameters.

Parameter Description
ActionID A string to use to identify an ACI action.
FileName The file to write output to.
ForceTemplateRefresh Forces the server to load the template from disk.
Output Writes output to a file.
ResponseFormat The format of the action output.
Template The template to use for the action output.
TemplateParamCSVs A list of variables to use for the specified template.

Example

/action=GetGroups&UserName=DOMAIN1%5cJSmith

This instructs the group server to return information for the user DOMAIN1\JSmith.

Response

Below is an example of an XML response to the action:

action=GetGroups&UserName=DOMAIN1%5cJSmith&Repository=NT,eRoom
<responsedata>
   <Groups>DOMAIN1\GROUPA</Groups>
   <Groups>DOMAIN1\GROUPB</Groups>
   <Groups>DOMAIN1\GROUPC</Groups>

   <Groups>DOMAIN2\GROUPA</Groups>
   <Groups>DOMAIN2\GROUPB</Groups>
   <Groups>DOMAIN2\GROUPC</Groups>
   <GroupCount>6</GroupCount>

   <UserName>DOMAIN1\JSMITH</UserName>
   <UserName alias_for="DOMAIN1\JSMITH">JohnS</UserName>
   <UserName alias_for="DOMAIN1\JSMITH">JS</UserName>

   <DisplayName>John Smith</DisplayName>
   <GivenName>John</GivenName>
   <Surname>Smith</Surname>
   <mail>john.smith@domain1.com</mail>

   <Error>Repository 'eRoom' not recognized</Error>
</responsedata>

If you set both GroupServerShowAlternativeNames=TRUE and GroupServerNumberAlternativeNames=TRUE, the response instead contains:

<UserName>DOMAIN1\JSMITH</UserName>
<UserName0>DOMAIN1\JSMITH</UserName0>
<UserName1>JohnS</UserName1>
<UserName2>JS</UserName2>

TIP: It is expected that the primary username appears twice. The alias_for attribute is not included.

Setting GroupServerNumberAlternativeNames=TRUE is not recommended.