UpdateUserEx

The UpdateUserEx method replaces the UpdateUser and UpdateDomainUser methods used in version 4.x. UpdateUserEx allows you to modify the following account properties for a user:

First, middle, and last name
Company name
Title
Security parameter
Address
Time zone
Locale

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Usage

Privileges. This method requires Update privileges.

Parameters.

The parameters for the UpdateUserEx method are described in the following table.
Parameter	Data Type	Value
sessionToken	String	Valid sessionToken returned by the general.CreateUserSession method.
userId	Integer	Internal ID of the user as returned by the accesscontrol.LookupUserId method.
firstName	String	User first name.
middleName	String	User middle name.
lastName	String	User last name.
companyName	String	User organization or company.
title	String	User job title or function.
securityParameter	Integer	Internal ID of the corresponding Security Parameter as contained in the results of the accesscontrol.GetSecurityParameters method.
address	String	User location or mailing address.
userDomain	String	User domain. Note: If this value is NULL or empty, the system replaces the current value with NULL.
timeZone	String	User time zone. Use the .NET time zone ID property. Note: If this value is NULL or empty, the system uses the server default of the instance. For more information supported time zones, see Supported Time Zones.
locale	String	User locale. Use the .NET CultureInfo name property, for example, en-US. Note: If this value is NULL or empty, the system deletes the current value and uses the server default of the instance. For more information on supported locales, see Supported Locales.

Output. This method returns an integer. If the method is successful, the value is 1. If there is a failure, the API issues an exception.

Samples

Sample C# Code

iReturnCode = access.UpdateUserEx(sSessionToken, iUserID, "WebAPI", "zMiddle", "Automation", "zCompany", "zTitle", 2, "zAddress", "", "Central Standard Time", "en-US");

Sample Request and Response

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown would be replaced with actual values. SOAP 1.2 also is supported.

POST /archer/ws/accesscontrol.asmx HTTP/1.1

Host: staging

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

Content-Length: length

SOAPAction: "http://archer-tech.com/webservices/UpdateUser"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">

<soap:Body>

<sessionToken>string</sessionToken>

<firstName>string</firstName>

<middleName>string</middleName>

<lastName>string</lastName>

<companyName>string</companyName>

<title>string</title>

<address>string</address>

<timeZone>string</timeZone>

<locale>string</locale>

</UpdateUserEx>

</soap:Body>

</soap:Envelope>

HTTP/1.1 200 OK