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ryanplant-au
Helper
9 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
9 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.