{"metadata":{"image":[],"title":"","description":""},"api":{"url":"","auth":"required","settings":"","examples":{"codes":[]},"method":"post","params":[],"results":{"codes":[]}},"next":{"description":"","pages":[]},"title":"Add a dataset member","type":"endpoint","slug":"add-a-dataset-member","excerpt":"/files","body":"`/datasets/{owner}/{dataset}/members`\n\nFor general information on the API, including formatting, parameters, and pagination, please see the API Overview.\n[block:callout]\n{\n  \"type\": \"danger\",\n  \"body\": \"This page documents the Advance Access version (think \\\"beta\\\" but with fewer bugs) of the folders functionality.\",\n  \"title\": \"Heads Up!\"\n}\n[/block]\nThis call adds a new member to the specified dataset and sets their permissions for that dataset. 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However, if you do not include a value for some permission, it will be set to false by default.\\n\\nThe exception to this rule is read permission, which is the default permission for a dataset. It enables a user to read dataset data, including file names, but not access file contents.\"\n}\n[/block]\n###Header fields\n[block:parameters]\n{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"h-0\": \"Name\",\n    \"h-1\": \"Description\",\n    \"0-0\": \" X-SBG-Auth-Token\\n*required* \",\n    \"0-1\": \"Your CAVATICA [authentication token](doc:get-your-authentication-token).\",\n    \"h-2\": \"\",\n    \"1-0\": \" Content-Type\\n*required* \",\n    \"1-1\": \"`application/json`\",\n    \"2-0\": \"X-SBG-Advance-Access\\n*required* \",\n    \"2-1\": \"`advance`\"\n  },\n  \"cols\": 2,\n  \"rows\": 3\n}\n[/block]\n###Path parameters\n[block:parameters]\n{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"h-0\": \"Name\",\n    \"h-1\": \"Description\",\n    \"0-0\": \"`owner`\",\n    \"0-1\": \"The owner of the dataset you are adding a member to.\",\n    \"1-0\": \"`dataset`\",\n    \"1-1\": \"The name of the dataset you are adding a member to.\"\n  },\n  \"cols\": 2,\n  \"rows\": 2\n}\n[/block]\n#Request body\n\nInside the body of the call you should enter the following set of key-value pairs.\n\n\n[block:parameters]\n{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"h-0\": \"Key\",\n    \"h-1\": \"Datatype of value\",\n    \"h-2\": \"Description of value\",\n    \"0-0\": \"`username`\",\n    \"0-1\": \"string\",\n    \"0-2\": \"CAVATICA username of the member you want to add to the dataset.\",\n    \"1-0\": \"`permissions`\",\n    \"1-1\": \"Array of key-value pairs. 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`/datasets/{owner}/{dataset}/members` For general information on the API, including formatting, parameters, and pagination, please see the API Overview. [block:callout] { "type": "danger", "body": "This page documents the Advance Access version (think \"beta\" but with fewer bugs) of the folders functionality.", "title": "Heads Up!" } [/block] This call adds a new member to the specified dataset and sets their permissions for that dataset. To add a member, you need to have admin permissions for the dataset. Members may have the following permissions: * Read * Write * Copy * Execute * Admin [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/datasets/{owner}/{dataset}/members", "language": "text", "name": "Path" } ] } [/block] ##Request ###Example request [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "POST /v2/datasets/rfranklin/pcgc-chd-pa-01/members\nHost: cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com\nX-SBG-Auth-Token: 3259c50e1ac5426ea8f1273259740f74\nContent-Type: application/json\nX-SBG-advance-access: advance\n", "language": "http", "name": null }, { "code": "curl -X POST -H \"X-SBG-Auth-Token: 5f2d7a4d8186488694fa3dc3844b7b06\" -H \"x-sbg-advance-access: advance\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\n \"username\": \"john_smith\",\n \"permissions\": {\n \"write\": true,\n \"read\": true,\n \"copy\": false,\n \"execute\": true,\n \"admin\": false\n }\n} ' \"https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/datasets/rfranklin/pcgc-chd-pa-01/members/\"", "language": "curl", "name": "cURL" } ], "sidebar": true } [/block] [block:callout] { "type": "info", "body": "Requests to add a dataset member must include the key permissions. However, if you do not include a value for some permission, it will be set to false by default.\n\nThe exception to this rule is read permission, which is the default permission for a dataset. It enables a user to read dataset data, including file names, but not access file contents." } [/block] ###Header fields [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Name", "h-1": "Description", "0-0": " X-SBG-Auth-Token\n*required* ", "0-1": "Your CAVATICA [authentication token](doc:get-your-authentication-token).", "h-2": "", "1-0": " Content-Type\n*required* ", "1-1": "`application/json`", "2-0": "X-SBG-Advance-Access\n*required* ", "2-1": "`advance`" }, "cols": 2, "rows": 3 } [/block] ###Path parameters [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Name", "h-1": "Description", "0-0": "`owner`", "0-1": "The owner of the dataset you are adding a member to.", "1-0": "`dataset`", "1-1": "The name of the dataset you are adding a member to." }, "cols": 2, "rows": 2 } [/block] #Request body Inside the body of the call you should enter the following set of key-value pairs. [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Key", "h-1": "Datatype of value", "h-2": "Description of value", "0-0": "`username`", "0-1": "string", "0-2": "CAVATICA username of the member you want to add to the dataset.", "1-0": "`permissions`", "1-1": "Array of key-value pairs. The keys are strings, and the values are Booleans.", "1-2": "The possible keys are:\n\n\"write\"\n\"read\"\n\"copy\"\n\"execute\"\n\"admin\"\n\nEach key may have the values true or false." }, "cols": 3, "rows": 2 } [/block] [block:callout] { "type": "info", "body": "All members of a dataset have read permissions by default. Even if you try setting read permissions to false, they will still default to true.", "title": "Read permissions" } [/block] ###Example request body [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "{\n \"username\" : \"john_smith\",\n \"permissions\": {\n \"write\": true,\n \"read\": true,\n \"copy\": false,\n \"execute\": true,\n \"admin\": false\n }\n}", "language": "json", "name": "Example request body" } ] } [/block] ##Response [See a list of CAVATICA-specific response codes that may be contained in the body of the response.](doc:api-status-codes) ###Example response body [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "{\n \"href\": \"http://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/datasets/rfranklin/pcgc-chd-pa-01/members/john_smith\",\n \"username\": \"john_smith\",\n \"permissions\": {\n \"write\": true,\n \"read\": true,\n \"copy\": false,\n \"execute\": true,\n \"admin\": false\n }\n}", "language": "json", "name": "Example response body" } ], "sidebar": true } [/block]