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A server error occurred, please try again.

", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true } ], "hasXCodeSamples": false, "examples": { "languages": [ { "id": "ZNXzNEeYDlEGvdzl50XpY", "language": "curl", "label": "cURL", "code": "curl --request POST \\\n --url https://usermgmt-api.optimizely.com/api/users \\\n --header 'accept: application/json' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --data '{\n \"firstName\": \"\",\n \"lastName\": \"\",\n \"email\": \"\",\n \"homeOrganizationId\": \"\"\n }'" }, { "id": "H-BRi1lrUK8y2ZFxX2Jy4", "language": "javascript", "label": "javascript", "code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar raw = JSON.stringify({\n \"firstName\": \"\",\n \"lastName\": \"\",\n \"email\": \"\",\n \"homeOrganizationId\": \"\"\n});\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'POST',\n headers: myHeaders,\n body: raw,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"https://usermgmt-api.optimizely.com/api/users\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));" }, { "id": "9xLNuA-USgzmMH42u1SKY", "language": "ruby", "label": "Ruby", "code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"https://usermgmt-api.optimizely.com/api/users\")\n\nhttps = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)\nhttps.use_ssl = true\n\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest.body = JSON.dump({\n \"firstName\": \"\",\n \"lastName\": \"\",\n \"email\": \"\",\n \"homeOrganizationId\": \"\"\n})\n\nresponse = https.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n" }, { "id": "JGr96lWT0aF7oO-B9t951", "language": "python", "label": "Python", "code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"https://usermgmt-api.optimizely.com/api/users\"\n\npayload = json.dumps({\n \"firstName\": \"\",\n \"lastName\": \"\",\n \"email\": \"\",\n \"homeOrganizationId\": \"\"\n})\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"POST\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "ZNXzNEeYDlEGvdzl50XpY" }, "results": { "languages": [ { "id": "response-0-200", "language": "200", "code": "// The user response.\n{\n \"id\": \"\",\n \"externalUserId\": \"\",\n \"firstName\": \"\",\n \"lastName\": \"\",\n \"email\": \"\",\n \"homeOrganizationId\": \"\",\n \"userGroupIds\": [\n \"\"\n ],\n \"lastLoggedIn\": \"\",\n \"created\": \"\",\n \"modified\": \"\",\n \"properties\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"value\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"isLocalInSSO\": false,\n \"isVirtual\": false,\n \"links\": [\n {\n \"rel\": \"\",\n \"href\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n}" }, { "id": "response-1-400", "language": "400", "code": "// The request was invalid or cannot be otherwise served. An accompanying error message will explain further.\n[\n {\n \"field\": \"\",\n \"code\": \"\",\n \"message\": \"\"\n }\n]" }, { "id": "response-2-401", "language": "401", "code": "// Unauthorized access to endpoint.\n" }, { "id": "response-3-403", "language": "403", "code": "// Forbidden access to endpoint.\n" }, { "id": "response-4-500", "language": "500", "code": "// A server error occurred, please try again.\n" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "response-0-200" } }, "children": [ { "text": "" } ] }