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ryanplant-au's avatar
ryanplant-au
Helper
10 years ago

Using the /users/email endpoint when the user has hidden their email address?

I'm interested in using the /users/email/[email] endpoint to access user information (specifically their login or ID) based on their email address.   This works if the user has selected "Show email...
VarunGrazitti's avatar
VarunGrazitti
Boss
10 years ago

ryanplant-au - Make the API call using restadmin. Using only rest will respect all the permissions but restadmin will override everything.

 

restadminMakes an arbitrary local REST call, given a REST URL, as if the calling user were an Admin with full permissions. Returns a wrapped response portion of the REST XML reply if the REST call was successful. If the call was not successful, throws a TemplateModelException.