synapse/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst

Create or modify Account

This API allows an administrator to create or modify a user account with a specific user_id. Be aware that user_id is fully qualified: for example, @user:server.com.

This api is:

PUT /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>

with a body of:

{
    "password": "user_password",
    "displayname": "User",
    "threepids": [
        {
            "medium": "email",
            "address": "<user_mail_1>"
        },
        {
            "medium": "email",
            "address": "<user_mail_2>"
        }
    ],
    "avatar_url": "<avatar_url>",
    "admin": false,
    "deactivated": false
}

including an access_token of a server admin.

Parameters:

• password, optional. If provided, the user's password is updated and all devices are logged out.
• displayname, optional, defaults to the value of user_id.
• threepids, optional, allows setting the third-party IDs (email, msisdn) belonging to a user.
• avatar_url, optional, must be a MXC URI.
• admin, optional, defaults to false.
• deactivated, optional, defaults to false.

If the user already exists then optional parameters default to the current value.

List Accounts

This API returns all local user accounts.

The api is:

GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users?from=0&limit=10&guests=false

including an access_token of a server admin.

The parameter from is optional but used for pagination, denoting the offset in the returned results. This should be treated as an opaque value and not explicitly set to anything other than the return value of next_token from a previous call.

The parameter limit is optional but is used for pagination, denoting the maximum number of items to return in this call. Defaults to 100.

The parameter user_id is optional and filters to only users with user IDs that contain this value.

The parameter guests is optional and if false will exclude guest users. Defaults to true to include guest users.

The parameter deactivated is optional and if true will include deactivated users. Defaults to false to exclude deactivated users.

A JSON body is returned with the following shape:

{
    "users": [
        {
            "name": "<user_id1>",
            "password_hash": "<password_hash1>",
            "is_guest": 0,
            "admin": 0,
            "user_type": null,
            "deactivated": 0,
            "displayname": "<User One>",
            "avatar_url": null
        }, {
            "name": "<user_id2>",
            "password_hash": "<password_hash2>",
            "is_guest": 0,
            "admin": 1,
            "user_type": null,
            "deactivated": 0,
            "displayname": "<User Two>",
            "avatar_url": "<avatar_url>"
        }
    ],
    "next_token": "100",
    "total": 200
}

To paginate, check for next_token and if present, call the endpoint again with from set to the value of next_token. This will return a new page.

If the endpoint does not return a next_token then there are no more users to paginate through.

Query Account

This API returns information about a specific user account.

The api is:

GET /_synapse/admin/v1/whois/<user_id> (deprecated)
GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>

including an access_token of a server admin.

It returns a JSON body like the following:

{
    "user_id": "<user_id>",
    "devices": {
        "": {
            "sessions": [
                {
                    "connections": [
                        {
                            "ip": "1.2.3.4",
                            "last_seen": 1417222374433,
                            "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ..."
                        },
                        {
                            "ip": "1.2.3.10",
                            "last_seen": 1417222374500,
                            "user_agent": "Dalvik/2.1.0 ..."
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

last_seen is measured in milliseconds since the Unix epoch.

Deactivate Account

This API deactivates an account. It removes active access tokens, resets the password, and deletes third-party IDs (to prevent the user requesting a password reset). It can also mark the user as GDPR-erased (stopping their data from distributed further, and deleting it entirely if there are no other references to it).

The api is:

POST /_synapse/admin/v1/deactivate/<user_id>

with a body of:

{
    "erase": true
}

including an access_token of a server admin.

The erase parameter is optional and defaults to 'false'. An empty body may be passed for backwards compatibility.

Reset password

Changes the password of another user. This will automatically log the user out of all their devices.

The api is:

POST /_synapse/admin/v1/reset_password/<user_id>

with a body of:

{
    "new_password": "<secret>",
    "logout_devices": true,
}

including an access_token of a server admin.

The parameter new_password is required. The parameter logout_devices is optional and defaults to true.

Get whether a user is a server administrator or not

The api is:

GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/admin

including an access_token of a server admin.

A response body like the following is returned:

{
    "admin": true
}

Change whether a user is a server administrator or not

Note that you cannot demote yourself.

The api is:

PUT /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/admin

with a body of:

{
    "admin": true
}

including an access_token of a server admin.