Negative user id returned by API

CodeFuller · 2021-05-12T14:32:48+00:00

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Hi all!

We faced with the case when response for node info API call (/api/v2/nodes/n) contains negative user id -3 in creator_user_id or owner_user_id property.

When later we execute user info request at /api/v2/members/-3, it expectedly fails with the error 406 Not Acceptable.

So, our questions are:

What does negative user id mean?
How can we get user info for such negative ids? Should we just throw away minus sign and use absolute value?

REST API documentation does not provide any information regarding negative identifiers.

Thank you!

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Matthew_Pinkney

I can't recall an instance where I've come across a negative user id? I'm not even sure how you'd get a positive user id that low. I'd investigate how that happened as this is more likely an issue with the data than the REST API. Do you have a user in the system with that ID? What created them?

Appu Nair

@Matthew_Pinkney

Try removing the Owner, Group, PA roles using the Permission Remover that you see in the GUI. In those cases RightID would become -3.usually no one removes U, G, O but Livelink allows that to happen :).Perhaps REST is reporting what it finds but I thinksomething better that people can understand like "No Public Access" could be better

I have worked in an organization where they would invariable remove PA and Owner and Group roles so that is why I kind of know...

CodeFuller

@Appu Nair , you're right! I was able to reproduce the issue by removing Owner, Group and Public Access permissions. Thank you very much for your assistance!

Matthew_Pinkney

Thanks Appu!

The members/id call was designed to just report on valid users/groups. In this case using the absolute won't help as it still won't be a valid user.