JupyterHub Users API

User account management.

Operations 6

GET /users JupyterHub List users #
POST /users JupyterHub Create users #
GET /users/{name} JupyterHub Get user #
POST /users/{name} JupyterHub Create user #
PATCH /users/{name} JupyterHub Update user #
DELETE /users/{name} JupyterHub Delete user #

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OpenAPI Specification

jupyterhub-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: JupyterHub REST Activity Users API
  description: REST API for JupyterHub, the multi-user server for Jupyter notebooks. Provides endpoints for managing users, groups, services, shared servers, OAuth2 authorization, the proxy, and the hub itself. JupyterHub spawns, manages, and proxies multiple instances of the single-user Jupyter notebook server.
  version: 5.2.0
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  contact:
    name: Jupyter Project
    url: https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io
    email: jupyter@googlegroups.com
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8000/hub/api
  description: Local JupyterHub server
security:
- token: []
tags:
- name: Users
  description: User account management.
paths:
  /users:
    get:
      operationId: listUsers
      summary: JupyterHub List users
      description: Returns a list of all Hub users. Requires admin permissions or list:users scope.
      tags:
      - Users
      parameters:
      - name: state
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - inactive
          - active
          - ready
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of user objects.
    post:
      operationId: createUsers
      summary: JupyterHub Create users
      description: Creates one or more users.
      tags:
      - Users
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created user objects.
  /users/{name}:
    get:
      operationId: getUser
      summary: JupyterHub Get user
      description: Returns the user object for the named user.
      tags:
      - Users
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User object.
    post:
      operationId: createUser
      summary: JupyterHub Create user
      description: Creates the named user.
      tags:
      - Users
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          description: User created.
    patch:
      operationId: updateUser
      summary: JupyterHub Update user
      description: Updates the named user, for example to rename or grant admin status.
      tags:
      - Users
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated user object.
    delete:
      operationId: deleteUser
      summary: JupyterHub Delete user
      description: Deletes the named user.
      tags:
      - Users
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: User deleted.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    token:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Token-based authentication. Use the form: Authorization: token <token>'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: /hub/api/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: /hub/api/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            self: Access to the current user.
            admin:users: Administer users.
            admin:servers: Administer single-user servers.
            read:users: Read user information.
            list:users: List users.
            read:groups: Read group information.
            admin:groups: Administer groups.
            read:services: Read service information.
            proxy: Manage the proxy.
externalDocs:
  description: JupyterHub REST API documentation
  url: https://jupyterhub.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/rest-api.html