|  | Gerrit Code Review - /accounts/ REST API | 
|  | ======================================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | This page describes the account related REST endpoints. | 
|  | Please also take note of the general information on the | 
|  | link:rest-api.html[REST API]. | 
|  |  | 
|  | Endpoints | 
|  | --------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[get-account]] | 
|  | Get Account | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Returns an account as an link:#account-info[AccountInfo] entity. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /accounts/self HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "_account_id": 1000096, | 
|  | "name": "John Doe", | 
|  | "email": "john.doe@example.com", | 
|  | "username": "john" | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[create-account]] | 
|  | Create Account | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'PUT /accounts/link:#username[\{username\}]' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Creates a new account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | In the request body additional data for the account can be provided as | 
|  | link:#account-input[AccountInput]. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | PUT /accounts/john HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | { | 
|  | "name": "John Doe", | 
|  | "email": "john.doe@example.com", | 
|  | "ssh_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw==", | 
|  | "http_password": "19D9aIn7zePb", | 
|  | "groups": [ | 
|  | "MyProject-Owners" | 
|  | ] | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As response a detailed link:#account-info[AccountInfo] entity is | 
|  | returned that describes the created account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 201 Created | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "_account_id": 1000195, | 
|  | "name": "John Doe", | 
|  | "email": "john.doe@example.com" | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[get-account-name]] | 
|  | Get Account Name | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/name' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Retrieves the full name of an account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /accounts/self/name HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | "John Doe" | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the account does not have a name an empty string is returned. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[set-account-name]] | 
|  | Set Account Name | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'PUT /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/name' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Sets the full name of an account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | The new account name must be provided in the request body inside | 
|  | a link:#account-name-input[AccountNameInput] entity. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | PUT /accounts/self/name HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | { | 
|  | "name": "John F. Doe" | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As response the new account name is returned. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | "John F. Doe" | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the name was deleted the response is "`204 No Content`". | 
|  |  | 
|  | Some realms may not allow to modify the account name. In this case the | 
|  | request is rejected with "`405 Method Not Allowed`". | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[delete-account-name]] | 
|  | Delete Account Name | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'DELETE /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/name' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Deletes the name of an account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | DELETE /accounts/self/name HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 204 No Content | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[get-active]] | 
|  | Get Active | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/active' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Checks if an account is active. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /accounts/john.doe@example.com/active HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As response `200 OK` is returned for an active account and | 
|  | `404 Not Found` is returned for an inactive account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[set-active]] | 
|  | Set Active | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'PUT /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/active' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Sets the account state to active. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | PUT /accounts/john.doe@example.com/active HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 201 Created | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the account was already active the response is `200 OK`. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[delete-active]] | 
|  | Delete Active | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'DELETE /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/active' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Sets the account state to inactive. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | DELETE /accounts/john.doe@example.com/active HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 204 No Content | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the account was already inactive the response is `404 Not Found`. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[list-account-emails]] | 
|  | List Account Emails | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/emails' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Returns the email addresses that are configured for the specified user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /accounts/self/emails HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As response the email addresses of the user are returned as a list of | 
|  | link:#email-info[EmailInfo] entities. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | [ | 
|  | { | 
|  | "email": "john.doe@example.com", | 
|  | "preferred": true | 
|  | }, | 
|  | { | 
|  | "email": "j.doe@example.com" | 
|  | } | 
|  | ] | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[get-account-email]] | 
|  | Get Account Email | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/emails/link:#email-id[\{email-id\}]' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Retrieves an email address of a user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As response an link:#email-info[EmailInfo] entity is returned that | 
|  | describes the email address. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "email": "john.doe@example.com", | 
|  | "preferred": true | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[create-account-email]] | 
|  | Create Account Email | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'PUT /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/emails/link:#email-id[\{email-id\}]' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Registers a new email address for the user. A verification email is | 
|  | sent with a link that needs to be visited to confirm the email address, | 
|  | unless `DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT` is used as authentication type. | 
|  | For the development mode email addresses are directly added without | 
|  | confirmation. A Gerrit administrator may add an email address without | 
|  | confirmation by setting `no_confirmation` in the | 
|  | link:#email-input[EmailInput]. | 
|  |  | 
|  | In the request body additional data for the email address can be | 
|  | provided as link:#email-input[EmailInput]. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | PUT /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As response the new email address is returned as | 
|  | link:#email-info[EmailInfo] entity. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 201 Created | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "email": "john.doe@example.com", | 
|  | "pending_confirmation": true | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[delete-account-email]] | 
|  | Delete Account Email | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'DELETE /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/emails/link:#email-id[\{email-id\}]' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Deletes an email address of an account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | DELETE /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 204 No Content | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[set-preferred-email]] | 
|  | Set Preferred Email | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'PUT /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/emails/link:#email-id[\{email-id\}]/preferred' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Sets an email address as preferred email address for an account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | PUT /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com/preferred HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 201 Created | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the email address was already the preferred email address of the | 
|  | account the response is "`200 OK`". | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[list-account-capabilities]] | 
|  | List Account Capabilities | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/capabilities' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Returns the global capabilities that are enabled for the specified | 
|  | user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the global capabilities for the calling user should be listed, | 
|  | `self` can be used as account-id. This can be used by UI tools to | 
|  | discover if administrative features are available to the caller, so | 
|  | they can hide (or show) relevant UI actions. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /accounts/self/capabilities HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As response the global capabilities of the user are returned as a | 
|  | link:#capability-info[CapabilityInfo] entity. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "queryLimit": { | 
|  | "min": 0, | 
|  | "max": 500 | 
|  | }, | 
|  | "emailReviewers": true | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | Administrator that has authenticated with digest authentication: | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /a/accounts/self/capabilities HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | Authorization: Digest username="admin", realm="Gerrit Code Review", nonce="... | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "administrateServer": true, | 
|  | "queryLimit": { | 
|  | "min": 0, | 
|  | "max": 500 | 
|  | }, | 
|  | "createAccount": true, | 
|  | "createGroup": true, | 
|  | "createProject": true, | 
|  | "emailReviewers": true, | 
|  | "killTask": true, | 
|  | "viewCaches": true, | 
|  | "flushCaches": true, | 
|  | "viewConnections": true, | 
|  | "viewQueue": true, | 
|  | "runGC": true, | 
|  | "startReplication": true | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Get your own capabilities | 
|  | **** | 
|  | get::/accounts/self/capabilities | 
|  | **** | 
|  |  | 
|  | To filter the set of global capabilities the `q` parameter can be used. | 
|  | Filtering may decrease the response time by avoiding looking at every | 
|  | possible alternative for the caller. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /a/accounts/self/capabilities?q=createAccount&q=createGroup HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | Authorization: Digest username="admin", realm="Gerrit Code Review", nonce="... | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "createAccount": true, | 
|  | "createGroup": true | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Check if you can create groups | 
|  | **** | 
|  | get::/accounts/self/capabilities?q=createGroup | 
|  | **** | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[check-account-capability]] | 
|  | Check Account Capability | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/capabilities/link:#capability-id[\{capability-id\}]' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Checks if a user has a certain global capability. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /a/accounts/self/capabilities/createGroup HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the user has the global capability the string `ok` is returned. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  |  | 
|  | ok | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | If the user doesn't have the global capability the response is | 
|  | `404 Not Found`. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Check if you can create groups | 
|  | **** | 
|  | get::/accounts/self/capabilities/createGroup | 
|  | **** | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[list-groups]] | 
|  | List Groups | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/groups/' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Lists all groups that contain the specified user as a member. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /a/accounts/self/groups/ HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As result a list of link:rest-api-groups.html#group-info[GroupInfo] | 
|  | entries is returned. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | [ | 
|  | { | 
|  | "kind": "gerritcodereview#group", | 
|  | "id": "global%3AAnonymous-Users", | 
|  | "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-global%3AAnonymous-Users", | 
|  | "options": { | 
|  | }, | 
|  | "description": "Any user, signed-in or not", | 
|  | "group_id": 2, | 
|  | "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389" | 
|  | }, | 
|  | { | 
|  | "kind": "gerritcodereview#group", | 
|  | "id": "834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7", | 
|  | "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7", | 
|  | "options": { | 
|  | "visible_to_all": true, | 
|  | }, | 
|  | "group_id": 6, | 
|  | "owner_id": "834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7" | 
|  | }, | 
|  | { | 
|  | "kind": "gerritcodereview#group", | 
|  | "id": "global%3ARegistered-Users", | 
|  | "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-global%3ARegistered-Users", | 
|  | "options": { | 
|  | }, | 
|  | "description": "Any signed-in user", | 
|  | "group_id": 3, | 
|  | "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389" | 
|  | } | 
|  | ] | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .List all groups that contain you as a member | 
|  | **** | 
|  | get::/accounts/self/groups/ | 
|  | **** | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[get-avatar]] | 
|  | Get Avatar | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/avatar' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Retrieves the avatar image of the user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | With the `size` option (alias `s`) you can specify the preferred size | 
|  | in pixels (height and width). | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /a/accounts/john.doe@example.com/avatar?s=20 HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | The response redirects to the URL of the avatar image. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 302 Found | 
|  | Location: https://profiles/avatar/john_doe.jpeg?s=20x20 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[get-avatar-change-url]] | 
|  | Get Avatar Change URL | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/avatar.change.url' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Retrieves the URL where the user can change the avatar image. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /a/accounts/self/avatar.change.url HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | https://profiles/pictures/john.doe | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[get-diff-preferences]] | 
|  | Get Diff Preferences | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'GET /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/preferences.diff' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Retrieves the diff preferences of a user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /a/accounts/self/preferences.diff HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As result the diff preferences of the user are returned as a | 
|  | link:#diff-preferences-info[DiffPreferencesInfo] entity. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "context": 10, | 
|  | "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL_SPACE", | 
|  | "intraline_difference": true, | 
|  | "line_length": 100, | 
|  | "show_tabs": true, | 
|  | "show_whitespace_errors": true, | 
|  | "syntax_highlighting": true, | 
|  | "tab_size": 8 | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[set-diff-preferences]] | 
|  | Set Diff Preferences | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'PUT /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/preferences.diff' | 
|  |  | 
|  | Sets the diff preferences of a user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | The new diff preferences must be provided in the request body as a | 
|  | link:#diff-preferences-input[DiffPreferencesInput] entity. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Request | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | GET /a/accounts/self/preferences.diff HTTP/1.0 | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | { | 
|  | "context": 10, | 
|  | "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL_SPACE", | 
|  | "intraline_difference": true, | 
|  | "line_length": 100, | 
|  | "show_line_endings": true, | 
|  | "show_tabs": true, | 
|  | "show_whitespace_errors": true, | 
|  | "syntax_highlighting": true, | 
|  | "tab_size": 8 | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  | As result the new diff preferences of the user are returned as a | 
|  | link:#diff-preferences-info[DiffPreferencesInfo] entity. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .Response | 
|  | ---- | 
|  | HTTP/1.1 200 OK | 
|  | Content-Disposition: attachment | 
|  | Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8 | 
|  |  | 
|  | )]}' | 
|  | { | 
|  | "context": 10, | 
|  | "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL_SPACE", | 
|  | "intraline_difference": true, | 
|  | "line_length": 100, | 
|  | "show_line_endings": true, | 
|  | "show_tabs": true, | 
|  | "show_whitespace_errors": true, | 
|  | "syntax_highlighting": true, | 
|  | "tab_size": 8 | 
|  | } | 
|  | ---- | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[ids]] | 
|  | IDs | 
|  | --- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[account-id]] | 
|  | \{account-id\} | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | Identifier that uniquely identifies one account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | This can be: | 
|  |  | 
|  | * a string of the format "Full Name <email@example.com>" | 
|  | * just the email address ("email@example") | 
|  | * a full name if it is unique ("Full Name") | 
|  | * an account ID ("18419") | 
|  | * a user name ("username") | 
|  | * `self` for the calling user | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[capability-id]] | 
|  | \{capability-id\} | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | Identifier of a global capability. Valid values are all field names of | 
|  | the link:#capability-info[CapabilityInfo] entity. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[email-id]] | 
|  | \{email-id\} | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | An email address, or `preferred` for the preferred email address of the | 
|  | user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[username]] | 
|  | \{username\} | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The user name. | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[json-entities]] | 
|  | JSON Entities | 
|  | ------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[account-info]] | 
|  | AccountInfo | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `AccountInfo` entity contains information about an account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^1,5"] | 
|  | |=========================== | 
|  | |Field Name    ||Description | 
|  | |`_account_id` ||The numeric ID of the account. | 
|  | |`name`        |optional|The full name of the user. + | 
|  | Only set if detailed account information is requested. | 
|  | |`email`       |optional| | 
|  | The email address the user prefers to be contacted through. + | 
|  | Only set if detailed account information is requested. | 
|  | |`username`    |optional|The username of the user. + | 
|  | Only set if detailed account information is requested. | 
|  | |=========================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[account-input]] | 
|  | AccountInput | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `AccountInput` entity contains information for the creation of | 
|  | a new account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"] | 
|  | |============================ | 
|  | |Field Name     ||Description | 
|  | |`username`     |optional| | 
|  | The user name. If provided, must match the user name from the URL. | 
|  | |`name`         |optional|The full name of the user. | 
|  | |`email`        |optional|The email address of the user. | 
|  | |`ssh_key`      |optional|The public SSH key of the user. | 
|  | |`http_password`|optional|The HTTP password of the user. | 
|  | |`groups`       |optional| | 
|  | A list of link:rest-api-groups.html#group-id[group IDs] that identify | 
|  | the groups to which the user should be added. | 
|  | |============================ | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[account-name-input]] | 
|  | AccountNameInput | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `AccountNameInput` entity contains information for setting a name | 
|  | for an account. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"] | 
|  | |============================= | 
|  | |Field Name ||Description | 
|  | |`name`     |optional|The new full name of the account. + | 
|  | If not set or if set to an empty string, the account name is deleted. | 
|  | |============================= | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[capability-info]] | 
|  | CapabilityInfo | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `CapabilityInfo` entity contains information about the global | 
|  | capabilities of a user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^1,5"] | 
|  | |================================= | 
|  | |Field Name          ||Description | 
|  | |`administrateServer`|not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_administrateServer[Administrate | 
|  | Server] capability. | 
|  | |`queryLimit`||The link:access-control.html#capability_queryLimit[Query | 
|  | Limit] of the user as link:#query-limit-info[QueryLimitInfo]. | 
|  | |`createAccount`     |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_createAccount[Create Account] | 
|  | capability. | 
|  | |`createGroup`       |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_createGroup[Create Group] | 
|  | capability. | 
|  | |`createProject`     |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_createProject[Create Project] | 
|  | capability. | 
|  | |`emailReviewers`    |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_emailReviewers[Email Reviewers] | 
|  | capability. | 
|  | |`killTask`          |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_kill[Kill Task] capability. | 
|  | |`viewCaches`        |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_viewCaches[View Caches] capability. | 
|  | |`flushCaches`       |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_flushCaches[Flush Caches] | 
|  | capability. | 
|  | |`viewConnections`   |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_viewConnections[View Connections] | 
|  | capability. | 
|  | |`viewQueue`         |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_viewQueue[View Queue] capability. | 
|  | |`runGC`  |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_runGC[Run Garbage Collection] | 
|  | capability. | 
|  | |`startReplication`  |not set if `false`|Whether the user has the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_startReplication[Start Replication] | 
|  | capability. | 
|  | |================================= | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[diff-preferences-info]] | 
|  | DiffPreferencesInfo | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `DiffPreferencesInfo` entity contains information about the diff | 
|  | preferences of a user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^1,5"] | 
|  | |===================================== | 
|  | |Field Name              ||Description | 
|  | |`context`               || | 
|  | The number of lines of context when viewing a patch. | 
|  | |`expand_all_comments`   |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether all inline comments should be automatically expanded. | 
|  | |`ignore_whitespace`     || | 
|  | Whether whitespace changes should be ignored and if yes, which | 
|  | whitespace changes should be ignored. + | 
|  | Allowed values are `IGNORE_NONE`, `IGNORE_SPACE_AT_EOL`, | 
|  | `IGNORE_SPACE_CHANGE`, `IGNORE_ALL_SPACE`. | 
|  | |`intraline_difference`  |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether intraline differences should be highlighted. | 
|  | |`line_length`           || | 
|  | Number of characters that should be displayed in one line. | 
|  | |`manual_review`         |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether the 'Reviewed' flag should not be set automatically on a patch | 
|  | when it is viewed. | 
|  | |`retain_header`         |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether the header that is displayed above the patch (that either shows | 
|  | the commit message, the diff preferences, the patch sets or the files) | 
|  | should be retained on file switch. | 
|  | |`show_line_endings`     |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether Windows EOL/Cr-Lf should be displayed as '\r' in a dotted-line | 
|  | box. | 
|  | |`show_tabs`             |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether tabs should be shown. | 
|  | |`show_whitespace_errors`|not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether whitespace errors should be shown. | 
|  | |`skip_deleted`          |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether deleted files should be skipped on file switch. | 
|  | |`skip_uncommented`      |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether uncommented files should be skipped on file switch. | 
|  | |`syntax_highlighting`   |not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether syntax highlighting should be enabled. | 
|  | |`tab_size`              || | 
|  | Number of spaces that should be used to display one tab. | 
|  | |===================================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[diff-preferences-input]] | 
|  | DiffPreferencesInput | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `DiffPreferencesInput` entity contains information for setting the | 
|  | diff preferences of a user. Fields which are not set will not be | 
|  | updated. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^1,5"] | 
|  | |===================================== | 
|  | |Field Name              ||Description | 
|  | |`context`               |optional| | 
|  | The number of lines of context when viewing a patch. | 
|  | |`expand_all_comments`   |optional| | 
|  | Whether all inline comments should be automatically expanded. | 
|  | |`ignore_whitespace`     |optional| | 
|  | Whether whitespace changes should be ignored and if yes, which | 
|  | whitespace changes should be ignored. + | 
|  | Allowed values are `IGNORE_NONE`, `IGNORE_SPACE_AT_EOL`, | 
|  | `IGNORE_SPACE_CHANGE`, `IGNORE_ALL_SPACE`. | 
|  | |`intraline_difference`  |optional| | 
|  | Whether intraline differences should be highlighted. | 
|  | |`line_length`           |optional| | 
|  | Number of characters that should be displayed in one line. | 
|  | |`manual_review`         |optional| | 
|  | Whether the 'Reviewed' flag should not be set automatically on a patch | 
|  | when it is viewed. | 
|  | |`retain_header`         |optional| | 
|  | Whether the header that is displayed above the patch (that either shows | 
|  | the commit message, the diff preferences, the patch sets or the files) | 
|  | should be retained on file switch. | 
|  | |`show_line_endings`     |optional| | 
|  | Whether Windows EOL/Cr-Lf should be displayed as '\r' in a dotted-line | 
|  | box. | 
|  | |`show_tabs`             |optional| | 
|  | Whether tabs should be shown. | 
|  | |`show_whitespace_errors`|optional| | 
|  | Whether whitespace errors should be shown. | 
|  | |`skip_deleted`          |optional| | 
|  | Whether deleted files should be skipped on file switch. | 
|  | |`skip_uncommented`      |optional| | 
|  | Whether uncommented files should be skipped on file switch. | 
|  | |`syntax_highlighting`   |optional| | 
|  | Whether syntax highlighting should be enabled. | 
|  | |`tab_size`              |optional| | 
|  | Number of spaces that should be used to display one tab. | 
|  | |===================================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[email-info]] | 
|  | EmailInfo | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `EmailInfo` entity contains information about an email address of a | 
|  | user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^1,5"] | 
|  | |======================== | 
|  | |Field Name ||Description | 
|  | |`email`    ||The email address. | 
|  | |`preferred`|not set if `false`| | 
|  | Whether this is the preferred email address of the user. | 
|  | |`pending_confirmation`|not set if `false`| | 
|  | Set true if the user must confirm control of the email address | 
|  | by following a verification link before Gerrit will permit use of | 
|  | this address. | 
|  | |======================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[email-input]] | 
|  | EmailInput | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `EmailInput` entity contains information for registering a new | 
|  | email address. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^1,5"] | 
|  | |============================== | 
|  | |Field Name       ||Description | 
|  | |`email`          || | 
|  | The email address. If provided, must match the email address from the | 
|  | URL. | 
|  | |`preferred`      |`false` if not set| | 
|  | Whether the new email address should become the preferred email address | 
|  | of the user (only supported if `no_confirmation` is set or if the | 
|  | authentication type is `DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT`). | 
|  | |`no_confirmation`|`false` if not set| | 
|  | Whether the email address should be added without confirmation. In this | 
|  | case no verification email is sent to the user. + | 
|  | Only Gerrit administrators are allowed to add email addresses without | 
|  | confirmation. | 
|  | |============================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | [[query-limit-info]] | 
|  | QueryLimitInfo | 
|  | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 
|  | The `QueryLimitInfo` entity contains information about the | 
|  | link:access-control.html#capability_queryLimit[Query Limit] of a user. | 
|  |  | 
|  | [options="header",width="50%",cols="1,6"] | 
|  | |================================ | 
|  | |Field Name          |Description | 
|  | |`min`               |Lower limit. | 
|  | |`max`               |Upper limit. | 
|  | |================================ | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
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