/// <summary>
/// Create the user on the server
/// </summary>
/// <param name="userName"></param>
/// <param name="userRole"></param>
/// <param name="userAuthentication"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private SiteUser CreateUser(string userName, string userRole, SiteUserAuth userAuthentication)
{
string authSettingText = SiteUserAuthToAttributeText(userAuthentication);
//ref: https://help.tableau.com/current/api/rest_api/en-us/REST/rest_api_ref.htm#add_user_to_site
var sb = new StringBuilder();
var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(sb, XmlHelper.XmlSettingsForWebRequests);
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("tsRequest");
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement("user");
xmlWriter.WriteAttributeString("name", userName);
xmlWriter.WriteAttributeString("siteRole", userRole);
xmlWriter.WriteAttributeString("authSetting", authSettingText);
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement(); //</user>
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement(); //</tsRequest>
xmlWriter.Close();
var xmlText = sb.ToString(); //Get the XML text out
//Generate the MIME message
//Create a web request
var urlCreateUser = _onlineUrls.Url_CreateSiteUser(_onlineSession);
var webRequest = this.CreateLoggedInWebRequest(urlCreateUser, "POST");
TableauServerRequestBase.SendPostContents(webRequest, xmlText);
//Get the response
var response = GetWebReponseLogErrors(webRequest, "create user");
using (response)
{
var xmlDoc = GetWebResponseAsXml(response);
//Get all the workbook nodes
var nsManager = XmlHelper.CreateTableauXmlNamespaceManager("iwsOnline");
var xNodeProject = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("//iwsOnline:user", nsManager);
try
{
return(new SiteUser(xNodeProject));
}
catch (Exception parseXml)
{
StatusLog.AddError("Create user, error parsing XML response " + parseXml.Message + "\r\n" + xNodeProject.InnerXml);
return(null);
}
}
}