# Sonatype Nexus Repository Security management: users API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-security-management-users-api/  
**Provider:** Sonatype Nexus Repository — https://apis.io/providers/nexus/  
**Base URL:** https://repo.sonatype.com/service/rest  
**Documentation:** https://help.sonatype.com/en/api-reference.html

Sonatype Nexus Repository Security management: users API is one of 62 APIs that [Sonatype Nexus Repository](https://apis.io/providers/nexus/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Security management: users. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 3 JSON Schemas.

The Security management: users API from Sonatype Nexus Repository — 5 operation(s) for security management: users.

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| PUT | `/v1/security/users/{userId}` | Update an existing user |
| DELETE | `/v1/security/users/{userId}` | Delete a user |
| GET | `/v1/security/users` | Retrieve a list of users. |
| POST | `/v1/security/users` | Create a new user in the default source |
| PUT | `/v1/security/users/{userId}/change-password` | Change a user's password |
| GET | `/v1/security/users/{userId}/{realm}/user-token` | Get user token metadata for the given user |
| POST | `/v1/security/users/{userId}/{realm}/user-token` | Create a user token for the given user |
| DELETE | `/v1/security/users/{userId}/{realm}/user-token` | Delete the user token for the given user |
| DELETE | `/v1/security/users/{userId}/{realm}/user-token-reset` | Reset the user token for the given user |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/nexus/openapi/nexus-security-management-users-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/nexus/json-schema/nexus-api-user-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/nexus/json-schema/nexus-api-create-user-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/nexus/json-schema/nexus-user-token-xo-schema.json

## Other Sonatype Nexus Repository APIs (12)

- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-assets-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Components API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-components-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Search API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-search-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Status API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-status-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-tasks-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Azure blob store API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-azure-blob-store-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Blob store API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-blob-store-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Capabilities API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-capabilities-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Cleanup policies API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-cleanup-policies-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition Eula API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-community-edition-eula-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Content selectors API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-content-selectors-api/)
- [Sonatype Nexus Repository Email API](https://apis.io/apis/nexus/nexus-email-api/)

## Tags

Security management: users

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