Portainer users API

Manage users

Operations 13

GET /users List users #
POST /users Create a new user #
DELETE /users/{id} Remove a user #
GET /users/{id} Inspect a user #
PUT /users/{id} Update a user #
GET /users/{id}/memberships Inspect a user memberships #
PUT /users/{id}/passwd Update password for a user #
GET /users/{id}/tokens Get all API keys for a user #
POST /users/{id}/tokens Generate an API key for a user #
DELETE /users/{id}/tokens/{keyID} Remove an api-key associated to a user #
GET /users/admin/check Check administrator account existence #
POST /users/admin/init Initialize administrator account #
GET /users/me Inspect the current user user #

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portainer-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: info@portainer.io
  description: 'Portainer API is an HTTP API served by Portainer. It is used by the Portainer UI and everything you can do with the UI can be done using the HTTP API.

    Examples are available at https://documentation.portainer.io/api/api-examples/

    You can find out more about Portainer at [http://portainer.io](http://portainer.io) and get some support on [Slack](http://portainer.io/slack/).


    # Authentication


    Most of the API environments(endpoints) require to be authenticated as well as some level of authorization to be used.

    Portainer API uses JSON Web Token to manage authentication and thus requires you to provide a token in the **Authorization** header of each request

    with the **Bearer** authentication mechanism.


    Example:


    ```

    Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6MSwidXNlcm5hbWUiOiJhZG1pbiIsInJvbGUiOjEsImV4cCI6MTQ5OTM3NjE1NH0.NJ6vE8FY1WG6jsRQzfMqeatJ4vh2TWAeeYfDhP71YEE

    ```


    # Security


    Each API environment(endpoint) has an associated access policy, it is documented in the description of each environment(endpoint).


    Different access policies are available:


    - Public access

    - Authenticated access

    - Restricted access

    - Administrator access


    ### Public access


    No authentication is required to access the environments(endpoints) with this access policy.


    ### Authenticated access


    Authentication is required to access the environments(endpoints) with this access policy.


    ### Restricted access


    Authentication is required to access the environments(endpoints) with this access policy.

    Extra-checks might be added to ensure access to the resource is granted. Returned data might also be filtered.


    ### Administrator access


    Authentication as well as an administrator role are required to access the environments(endpoints) with this access policy.


    # Execute Docker requests


    Portainer **DO NOT** expose specific environments(endpoints) to manage your Docker resources (create a container, remove a volume, etc...).


    Instead, it acts as a reverse-proxy to the Docker HTTP API. This means that you can execute Docker requests **via** the Portainer HTTP API.


    To do so, you can use the `/endpoints/{id}/docker` Portainer API environment(endpoint) (which is not documented below due to Swagger limitations). This environment(endpoint) has a restricted access policy so you still need to be authenticated to be able to query this environment(endpoint). Any query on this environment(endpoint) will be proxied to the Docker API of the associated environment(endpoint) (requests and responses objects are the same as documented in the Docker API).


    # Private Registry


    Using private registry, you will need to pass a based64 encoded JSON string ‘{"registryId":\<registryID value\>}’ inside the Request Header. The parameter name is "X-Registry-Auth".

    \<registryID value\> - The registry ID where the repository was created.


    Example:


    ```

    eyJyZWdpc3RyeUlkIjoxfQ==

    ```


    **NOTE**: You can find more information on how to query the Docker API in the [Docker official documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/v1.30/) as well as in [this Portainer example](https://documentation.portainer.io/api/api-examples/).

    '
  license:
    name: zlib
    url: https://github.com/portainer/portainer/blob/develop/LICENSE
  title: PortainerCE auth Users API
  version: 2.39.1
servers:
- url: /api
tags:
- description: Manage users
  name: users
paths:
  /users:
    get:
      description: 'List Portainer users.

        Non-administrator users will only be able to list other non-administrator user accounts.

        User passwords are filtered out, and should never be accessible.

        **Access policy**: restricted'
      operationId: UserList
      parameters:
      - description: Identifier of the environment(endpoint) that will be used to filter the authorized users
        in: query
        name: environmentId
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.User'
                type: array
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: List users
      tags:
      - users
    post:
      description: 'Create a new Portainer user.

        Only administrators can create users.

        **Access policy**: restricted'
      operationId: UserCreate
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.User'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '409':
          description: User already exists
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Create a new user
      tags:
      - users
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/users.userCreatePayload'
        description: User details
        required: true
  /users/{id}:
    delete:
      description: 'Remove a user.

        **Access policy**: administrator'
      operationId: UserDelete
      parameters:
      - description: User identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Success
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: User not found
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Remove a user
      tags:
      - users
    get:
      description: 'Retrieve details about a user.

        User passwords are filtered out, and should never be accessible.

        **Access policy**: authenticated'
      operationId: UserInspect
      parameters:
      - description: User identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.User'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: User not found
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Inspect a user
      tags:
      - users
    put:
      description: 'Update user details. A regular user account can only update his details.

        A regular user account cannot change their username or role.

        **Access policy**: authenticated'
      operationId: UserUpdate
      parameters:
      - description: User identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.User'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: User not found
        '409':
          description: Username already exist
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Update a user
      tags:
      - users
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/users.userUpdatePayload'
        description: User details
        required: true
  /users/{id}/memberships:
    get:
      description: 'Inspect a user memberships.

        **Access policy**: restricted'
      operationId: UserMembershipsInspect
      parameters:
      - description: User identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.TeamMembership'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Inspect a user memberships
      tags:
      - users
  /users/{id}/passwd:
    put:
      description: 'Update password for the specified user.

        **Access policy**: authenticated'
      operationId: UserUpdatePassword
      parameters:
      - description: identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Success
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: User not found
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Update password for a user
      tags:
      - users
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/users.userUpdatePasswordPayload'
        description: details
        required: true
  /users/{id}/tokens:
    get:
      description: 'Gets all API keys for a user.

        Only the calling user or admin can retrieve api-keys.

        **Access policy**: authenticated'
      operationId: UserGetAPIKeys
      parameters:
      - description: User identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.APIKey'
                type: array
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: User not found
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Get all API keys for a user
      tags:
      - users
    post:
      description: 'Generates an API key for a user.

        Only the calling user can generate a token for themselves.

        Password is required only for internal authentication.

        **Access policy**: restricted'
      operationId: UserGenerateAPIKey
      parameters:
      - description: User identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/users.accessTokenResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: User not found
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - jwt: []
      summary: Generate an API key for a user
      tags:
      - users
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/users.userAccessTokenCreatePayload'
        description: details
        required: true
  /users/{id}/tokens/{keyID}:
    delete:
      description: 'Remove an api-key associated to a user..

        Only the calling user or admin can remove api-key.

        **Access policy**: authenticated'
      operationId: UserRemoveAPIKey
      parameters:
      - description: User identifier
        in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      - description: Api Key identifier
        in: path
        name: keyID
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Success
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: Not found
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Remove an api-key associated to a user
      tags:
      - users
  /users/admin/check:
    get:
      description: 'Check if an administrator account exists in the database.

        **Access policy**: public'
      operationId: UserAdminCheck
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Success
        '404':
          description: User not found
      summary: Check administrator account existence
      tags:
      - users
  /users/admin/init:
    post:
      description: 'Initialize the ''admin'' user account.

        **Access policy**: public'
      operationId: UserAdminInit
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.User'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '409':
          description: Admin user already initialized
        '500':
          description: Server error
      summary: Initialize administrator account
      tags:
      - users
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/users.adminInitPayload'
        description: User details
        required: true
  /users/me:
    get:
      description: 'Retrieve details about the current  user.

        User passwords are filtered out, and should never be accessible.

        **Access policy**: authenticated'
      operationId: CurrentUserInspect
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.User'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '403':
          description: Permission denied
        '404':
          description: User not found
        '500':
          description: Server error
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      - jwt: []
      summary: Inspect the current user user
      tags:
      - users
components:
  schemas:
    users.userUpdatePasswordPayload:
      properties:
        NewPassword:
          description: New Password
          example: new_passwd
          type: string
        Password:
          description: Current Password
          example: passwd
          type: string
      required:
      - NewPassword
      - Password
      type: object
    users.userAccessTokenCreatePayload:
      properties:
        description:
          example: github-api-key
          type: string
        password:
          example: password
          type: string
      required:
      - description
      - password
      type: object
    portainer.User:
      properties:
        EndpointAuthorizations:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.EndpointAuthorizations'
          description: Deprecated in DBVersion == 25
        Id:
          description: User Identifier
          example: 1
          type: integer
        PortainerAuthorizations:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.Authorizations'
          description: Deprecated in DBVersion == 25
        Role:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.UserRole'
          description: User role (1 for administrator account and 2 for regular account)
          example: 1
        ThemeSettings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.UserThemeSettings'
        TokenIssueAt:
          example: 1
          type: integer
        UseCache:
          example: true
          type: boolean
        UserTheme:
          description: Deprecated
          example: dark
          type: string
        Username:
          example: bob
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.EndpointAuthorizations:
      additionalProperties:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.Authorizations'
      type: object
    users.userUpdatePayload:
      properties:
        NewPassword:
          example: asfj2emv
          type: string
        Password:
          example: cg9Wgky3
          type: string
        Role:
          description: User role (1 for administrator account and 2 for regular account)
          enum:
          - 1
          - 2
          example: 2
          type: integer
        Theme:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/users.themePayload'
        UseCache:
          example: true
          type: boolean
        Username:
          example: bob
          type: string
      required:
      - NewPassword
      - Password
      - Role
      - UseCache
      - Username
      type: object
    portainer.APIKey:
      properties:
        dateCreated:
          description: Unix timestamp (UTC) when the API key was created
          type: integer
        description:
          example: portainer-api-key
          type: string
        digest:
          description: Digest represents SHA256 hash of the raw API key
          type: string
        id:
          example: 1
          type: integer
        lastUsed:
          description: Unix timestamp (UTC) when the API key was last used
          type: integer
        prefix:
          description: API key identifier (7 char prefix)
          type: string
        userId:
          example: 1
          type: integer
      type: object
    users.adminInitPayload:
      properties:
        Password:
          description: Password for the admin user
          example: admin-password
          type: string
        Username:
          description: Username for the admin user
          example: admin
          type: string
      required:
      - Password
      - Username
      type: object
    portainer.Authorizations:
      additionalProperties:
        type: boolean
      type: object
    users.themePayload:
      properties:
        color:
          description: Color represents the color theme of the UI
          enum:
          - dark
          - light
          - highcontrast
          - auto
          example: dark
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.TeamMembership:
      properties:
        Id:
          description: Membership Identifier
          example: 1
          type: integer
        Role:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.MembershipRole'
          description: Team role (1 for team leader and 2 for team member)
          example: 1
        TeamID:
          description: Team identifier
          example: 1
          type: integer
        UserID:
          description: User identifier
          example: 1
          type: integer
      type: object
    users.accessTokenResponse:
      properties:
        apiKey:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/portainer.APIKey'
        rawAPIKey:
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.UserRole:
      enum:
      - 0
      - 1
      - 2
      type: integer
      x-enum-varnames:
      - _
      - AdministratorRole
      - StandardUserRole
    users.userCreatePayload:
      properties:
        Password:
          example: cg9Wgky3
          type: string
        Role:
          description: User role (1 for administrator account and 2 for regular account)
          enum:
          - 1
          - 2
          example: 2
          type: integer
        Username:
          example: bob
          type: string
      required:
      - Password
      - Role
      - Username
      type: object
    portainer.UserThemeSettings:
      properties:
        color:
          description: Color represents the color theme of the UI
          enum:
          - dark
          - light
          - highcontrast
          - auto
          example: dark
          type: string
      type: object
    portainer.MembershipRole:
      enum:
      - 0
      - 1
      - 2
      type: integer
      x-enum-varnames:
      - _
      - TeamLeader
      - TeamMember
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      in: header
      name: X-API-KEY
      type: apiKey
    jwt:
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      type: apiKey