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Example: Add members to groups

This example adds members to specific groups within the organization. This is useful if you want new members to immediately access relevant information in the portal when they first join the organization.

You're required to specify the following information when running the script:

  • URL used to access Portal for ArcGIS. This can be the ArcGIS Web Adaptor URL, for example, https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis or the URL of the machine hosting the portal, for example, https://portal.domain.com:7443/arcgis. You must include the fully-qualified domain name of the machine when specifying the URL.
  • Username and password of an account that has administrative privileges to the portal.
  • Keyword that queries group names and determines which groups members will be added to, for example, operations.
  • Comma-separated list of member user names that will be added to groups specified by the keyword query.

The following example adds four members to groups matching the keyword operations:

python addUsersToGroups.py https://webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis admin pass.word operations sarah,robert,james,qing
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Requires Python 2.7+

# Sample Usage:
# python addUsersToGroups.py <portal> <username> <password>
#                            <groupSearchString> <users>
# <users> should be entered as a comma separated string

import urllib
import json
import argparse

def generateToken(username, password, portalUrl):
    '''Retrieves a token to be used with API requests.'''
    parameters = urllib.urlencode({'username' : username,
                                   'password' : password,
                                   'client' : 'referer',
                                   'referer': portalUrl,
                                   'expiration': 60,
                                   'f' : 'json'})
    response = urllib.urlopen(portalUrl + '/sharing/rest/generateToken?',
                              parameters).read()
    try:
        jsonResponse = json.loads(response)
        if 'token' in jsonResponse:
            return jsonResponse['token']
        elif 'error' in jsonResponse:
            print jsonResponse['error']['message']
            for detail in jsonResponse['error']['details']:
                print detail
    except ValueError, e:
        print 'An unspecified error occurred.'
        print e

def groupSearch(query, token, portalUrl):
    '''Search for groups matching the specified query.'''
    # Example 1: query all groups owned by a user.
    # 'owner:johndoe'
    # Example 2: query groups with Operations in the name.
    # 'Operations'
    # Example 3: query all groups with public access.
    # 'access:public'
    parameters = urllib.urlencode({'q': query, 'token': token, 'f': 'json'})
    request = (portalUrl + '/sharing/rest/community/groups?' + parameters)
    groups = json.loads(urllib.urlopen(request).read())
    return groups['results']

def addUsersToGroups(users, groups, token, portalUrl):
    '''
    REQUIRES ADMIN ACCESS.
    Add users to multiple groups and return a list of the status.
    '''
    # Provide one or more usernames in a list.
    # e.g. ['john_doe', 'jane_doe']
    # Provide one or more group IDs in a list.
    # e.g. ['d93aabd856f8459a8905a5bd434d4d4a',
    #       'f84c841a3dfc4591b1ff83281ea5025f']

    toolSummary = []

    # Assign users to the specified group(s).
    parameters = urllib.urlencode({'token': token, 'f': 'json'})
    for group in groups:
        response = urllib.urlopen(portalUrl +
                                   '/sharing/rest/community/groups/' +
                                   group + '/addUsers?',
                                   'users=' + ','.join(users) + "&" +
                                   parameters).read()
        # The response will only report back users that
        # were NOT successfully added.
        toolSummary.append({'id': group,
                            'results': json.loads(response)})

    return toolSummary

# Run the script.
if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('portal',
                        help=('url of the Portal (e.g. '
                              'https://portal.domain.com:7443/arcgis)'))
    parser.add_argument('username', help='username')
    parser.add_argument('password', help='password')
    parser.add_argument("query", help="group search string")
    parser.add_argument("users", help="a comma-separated string of users")
    # Read the command line arguments.
    args = parser.parse_args()
    portal = args.portal
    username = args.username
    password = args.password
    query = args.query
    users = (args.users).split(',') # Create a list from the input users.

    token = generateToken(username=username, password=password,
                          portalUrl=portal)

    # Get a list of the groups matching the query.
    groupIDs = []
    groups = groupSearch(query, token, portal)
    for group in groups:
        groupIDs.append(group['id'])

    results = addUsersToGroups(users=users, groups=groupIDs, token=token,
                           portalUrl=portal)

    for group in results:
        if len(group['results']['notAdded']) > 0:
            # Get the group name.
            groupName = groupSearch('id:' + group['id'], token,
                                    portal)[0]['title']
            print 'The following users were not added to ' + groupName
            for user in group['results']['notAdded']:
                print '    ' + user

    print 'Process complete.'