Merge pull request #1014 from Mte90/rest-create-user

Create user by REST endpoint

docs/api.rst

@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ Here is an example of a cURL request to create a ticket (using Basic authenticat
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data-raw '{"queue": 1, "title": "Test Ticket API", "description": "Test create ticket from API", "submitter_email": "test@mail.com", "priority": 4}'
 
+Accessing the endpoint ``/api/users/`` with a **POST** request will let you create a new user.
+
+You need to provide a JSON body with the following data :
+
+- **first_name**: first name
+- **last_name**: last name
+- **username**: username
+- **email**: user email
+- **password**: user password
+
 PUT
 ---
 

helpdesk/serializers.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from rest_framework import serializers
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags import humanize
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 
@@ -110,3 +111,18 @@ class TicketSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         instance = super().update(instance, validated_data)
         instance.save_custom_field_values(validated_data)
         return instance
+
+
+class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    password = serializers.CharField(write_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = User
+        fields = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'username', 'email', 'password')
+
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        user = super(UserSerializer, self).create(validated_data)
+        user.is_active = True
+        user.set_password(validated_data['password'])
+        user.save()
+        return user

helpdesk/urls.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter
 from helpdesk.decorators import helpdesk_staff_member_required, protect_view
 from helpdesk.views import feeds, staff, public, login
 from helpdesk import settings as helpdesk_settings
-from helpdesk.views.api import TicketViewSet
+from helpdesk.views.api import TicketViewSet, CreateUserView
 
 if helpdesk_settings.HELPDESK_KB_ENABLED:
     from helpdesk.views import kb
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ urlpatterns += [
 if helpdesk_settings.HELPDESK_ACTIVATE_API_ENDPOINT:
     router = DefaultRouter()
     router.register(r'tickets', TicketViewSet, basename='ticket')
+    router.register(r'users', CreateUserView, basename='user')
     urlpatterns += [
         url(r'^api/', include(router.urls))
     ]

helpdesk/views/api.py

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 from rest_framework import viewsets
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAdminUser
+from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
+from rest_framework.mixins import CreateModelMixin
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 
 from helpdesk.models import Ticket
-from helpdesk.serializers import TicketSerializer
+from helpdesk.serializers import TicketSerializer, UserSerializer
 
 
 class TicketViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
@@ -23,3 +26,9 @@ class TicketViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         ticket = super().get_object()
         ticket.set_custom_field_values()
         return ticket
+
+
+class CreateUserView(CreateModelMixin, GenericViewSet):
+    queryset = get_user_model().objects.all()
+    serializer_class = UserSerializer
+    permission_classes = [IsAdminUser]