Groups Updated May 3, 2022

List

List all existing user groups.

GET /api/groups

Example

GET /api/groups

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "permissions": {
      "cancel_job": true,
      "create_ref": false,
      "create_sample": true,
      "modify_hmm": false,
      "modify_subtraction": false,
      "remove_file": false,
      "remove_job": true,
      "upload_file": true
    },
    "id": "technicians"
  }
]

Errors

None

Get

Get the complete representation of a single user group.

GET /api/groups/:id

Example

GET /api/groups/technicians

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "permissions": {
    "cancel_job": true,
    "create_ref": false,
    "create_sample": true,
    "modify_hmm": false,
    "modify_subtraction": false,
    "remove_file": false,
    "remove_job": true,
    "upload_file": true
  },
  "id": "technicians"
}

Errors

Status Message Reason
404 Not found group does not exist

Create

Role Administrator

Create a new group. New groups have no permissions. Requestors must be administrators.

POST /api/groups

Input

Name Type Description
group_id string a unique id and display name for the group

Example

POST /api/groups 
{
  "group_id": "research"
}

Response

Status 201: Created

{
  "permissions": {
    "cancel_job": false,
    "create_ref": false,
    "create_sample": false,
    "modify_hmm": false,
    "modify_subtraction": false,
    "remove_file": false,
    "remove_job": false,
    "upload_file": false
  },
  "id": "research"
}

Errors

Status Message Reason
400 Group already exists the provided group_id already exists
403 Not permitted client is not an administrator
422 Invalid input JSON request body is invalid

Edit

Role Administrator

Update the permissions of an existing group. Unset permissions will retain their previous setting.

PATCH /api/groups/:id

Input

Name Type Description
permissions boolean a permission update comprising an object keyed by permissions with boolean values

Example

PATCH /api/groups/research 
{
  "permissions": {
    "create_ref": true
  }
}

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "permissions": {
    "cancel_job": false,
    "create_ref": true,
    "create_sample": false,
    "modify_hmm": false,
    "modify_subtraction": false,
    "remove_file": false,
    "remove_job": false,
    "upload_file": false
  },
  "id": "research"
}

Errors

Status Message Reason
403 Not permitted client is not an administrator
404 Not found group does not exist
422 Invalid input JSON request body is invalid

Remove

Role Administrator

Remove an existing group.

DELETE /api/groups/:id

Example

DELETE /api/groups/foobar

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Errors

Status Message Reason
403 Not permitted client is not an administrator
404 Not found group does not exist
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