How to make REST API call
Hi, I just looking into initiate the following REST API call using GET, PUT and DELETE method. https://api.lithium.com/community/2.0/mytenantid/users/5?client-id=your-client-id Could you ple...
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Best check this out
“We currently restrict endpoints from calling .lithium.com domains for security reasons."
I have no idea why this restriction - it severely limits the V2 API abilities (you have to run an offsite helper mule) - I'd love a detailed explanation of these potential security threats DougS :)
Hi cblown!
Our security team asked us to add this restriction in, because without it, it's possible (although unlikely) that an attacker could use http.client as an attack vector. This was before we started using api.lithium.com and it would be nice if we relaxed the restriction to allow this host name to be used.
We have the rest freemarker object for making REST API calls to the community you are on. If you want to get a user via freemarker, you can make the following call:
rest("2.0", "/users/5")
We don't currently support doing REST V2 POST, PUT, or DELETE calls in freemarker. You don't want to in components, because they are meant for displaying page content only. It would be nice to add support for page initialization and endpoints to be able to make POST, PUT, or DELETE REST V2 calls, but we don't support this now. I believe you are able to create and edit users in Freemarker via REST V1 calls:
- REST V1 call to create a user
- REST V1 call to edit a user profile field (subset: includes just user profile fields)
- REST V1 call to edit a user setting (superset: includes user preferences as well as profile fields)
There is no REST V1 call to close a user's account (delete), so there is not a way to delete a user via Freemarker (it would have to be done via HTTP).
-Doug
