credentials_post {civis}

Create a credential

Description

Create a credential

Usage

credentials_post(
  type,
  username,
  password,
  name = NULL,
  description = NULL,
  remote_host_id = NULL,
  user_id = NULL,
  state = NULL,
  system_credential = NULL,
  default = NULL
)

Arguments

type

string required. The type of credential. Note: only these credentials can be created or edited via this API ["Amazon Web Services S3", "CASS/NCOA PAF", "Certificate", "Civis Platform", "Custom", "Database", "Google", "Salesforce User", "Salesforce Client", "TableauUser"]

username

string required. The username for the credential.

password

string required. The password for the credential.

name

string optional. The name identifying the credential.

description

string optional. A long description of the credential.

remote_host_id

integer optional. The ID of the remote host associated with the credential.

user_id

integer optional. The ID of the user the credential is created for. Note: This attribute is only accepted if you are a Civis Admin User.

state

string optional. The U.S. state for the credential. Only for VAN credentials.

system_credential

boolean optional. Boolean flag that sets a credential to be a system credential. System credentials can only be created by Civis Admins and will create a credential owned by the Civis Robot user.

default

boolean optional. Whether or not the credential is a default. Only for Database credentials.

Value

A list containing the following elements:

id

integer, The ID of the credential.

name

string, The name identifying the credential

type

string, The credential's type.

username

string, The username for the credential.

description

string, A long description of the credential.

owner

string, The username of the user who this credential belongs to. Using user.username is preferred.

user

list, A list containing the following elements:

• id integer, The ID of this user.

• name string, This user's name.

• username string, This user's username.

• initials string, This user's initials.

• online boolean, Whether this user is online.

remoteHostId

integer, The ID of the remote host associated with this credential.

remoteHostName

string, The name of the remote host associated with this credential.

state

string, The U.S. state for the credential. Only for VAN credentials.

createdAt

string, The creation time for this credential.

updatedAt

string, The last modification time for this credential.

default

boolean, Whether or not the credential is a default. Only for Database credentials.