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  • From: Keith Hazelton <>
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  • Subject: Re: [grouper-users] Attempting to add an "external subject" with Grouper REST API
  • Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:53:28 -0500
Chris,

OK, this was all trying to sneak some quick tests in before we completed the custom subject adapter that will resolve subjects with calls to the Bamboo RESTful person services.

I think I'll just create and populate a simple Postgres subject source and configure sources.xml to access it via JDBC. Much simpler and more Grouper-like.  Then later we'll get the custom source adapter working.

And, yes, the same Poster results come using "content to send / body from parameters" as you get by handcrafting the whole URL the way I did on this last test.

        Thanks for your help,   --Keith
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On Oct 26, 2012, at 13:46:01, Chris Hyzer wrote:

Ok, with poster, you need to set “Content to send”, “Body from parameters”.  Then it will work.
 
Yes, to enable external subjects, set this in the grouper.properties, and maybe other things, see whats there and what you want to send (and media.properties too in UI)
 
# grouper can auto create a jdbc2 source for the external subjects
externalSubjects.autoCreateSource = true
 
 
Thanks,
Chris
 
From:  [mailto:] On Behalf Of Keith Hazelton
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 2:41 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: [grouper-users] Attempting to add an "external subject" with Grouper REST API
 
On Oct 26, 2012, at 13:10:59, Chris Hyzer wrote:


Can you send that through a proxy and get the XML/JSON or whatever that is being sent?
 
I'm trying to follow the example in your earlier email:
 
e.g.
 
POST /grouper-ws/servicesRest/v2_1_001/groups/aStem%3AaGroup/members HTTP/1.1
 
wsLiteObjectType=WsRestAddMemberLiteRequest&subjectId=external_user_id_here&groupName=aStem%3AaGroup&addExternalSubjectIfNotFound=T
 
I POSTed the following (with everything on the URL as parameters, so there was no xml or json or anything):
 
 
I got a 500 error back "Cant find source with id: 'grouperExternal'":
 
{"WsAddMemberLiteResult":{"responseMetadata":{"millis":"77","serverVersion":"2.1.2"},"resultMetadata":{"resultCode":"EXCEPTION","resultMessage":"There were 0 successes and 1 failures of users added to the group.edu.internet2.middleware.subject.SourceUnavailableException: Cant find source with id: 'grouperExternal', Possible source id's: 'g:gsa', 'grouperEntities', 'jdbc', 'g:isa', \n\tat edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.subj.SourcesXmlResolver.getSource(SourcesXmlResolver.java:434)\n\tat edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.subj.SourcesXmlResolver.findByIdOrIdentifier(SourcesXmlResolver.java:542)\n\tat edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.subj.CachingResolver.findByIdOrIdentifier(CachingResolver.java:391)\n\tat  


 
Or you could try to log on the server:
 
 
Otherwise, its hard to know how to help…
 
Thanks,
Chris
 
From:  [] On Behalf Of Keith Hazelton
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 1:23 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: [grouper-users] Attempting to add an "external subject" with Grouper REST API
 
Thanks, but I still don't have something quite right. Here's a screen shot from Poster       --Keith
 
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On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:58:49, Chris Hyzer wrote:



There isn’t comprehensive WS support for external subjects in Grouper.  This part is mainly so that Groupers can sync to other Groupers.
 
So make a group of external users somewhere, send a WS call to add a member to the group by EPPN or whatever, and set that flag to T, and it will add the external user.  They could still login to the UI to register their personal information if you need it (that part isn’t part of the WS).
 
See the samples for addMember:
 
e.g.
 
POST /grouper-ws/servicesRest/v2_1_001/groups/aStem%3AaGroup/members HTTP/1.1
 
wsLiteObjectType=WsRestAddMemberLiteRequest&subjectId=external_user_id_here&groupName=aStem%3AaGroup&addExternalSubjectIfNotFound=T
 
 
 
 
Thanks,
Chris
 
-----Original Message-----
From:  [] On Behalf Of Keith Hazelton
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 12:41 PM
To: 
Subject: [grouper-users] Attempting to add an "external subject" with Grouper REST API
 
I want to put an external subject into a Grouper group using the RESTful web services. The subject is identified by a Bamboo Person ID, which is just a value like
urn:uuid:e700afeb-daee-4d49-99ed-1753127e8985
 
The Grouper WS documentation on Add Member (https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Add+Member) has the following under "Features"
 
"You can specify addExternalSubjectIfNotFound to T or F, if this is a search by id or identifier, with no source, or the external source, and the subject is not found, then add an external subject (if the user is allowed to do this)"
 
I'm using Firefox Poster for a proof of concept, and wondering what to put in the request body to set addExternalSubjectIfNotFound to "T".
 
     Advice welcome,   --Keith
 
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I made a WAG, tried the following and got errors:
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content type: text/xml
POST
content:
<WsRestAddMemberLiteRequest>
  <groupName>458930f0-0716-11e2-892e-0800200c9a66:560d5c90-c23e-4e7c-903b-eab046b38cbc:xyz-1</groupName>
  <subjectId>urn:uuid:b386e4fd-38e6-4915-8c11-c9dc00963f3e</subjectId>
  <addExternalSubjectifNotFound>T</addExternalSubjectIfNotFound>
  <actAsSubjectId>GrouperSystem</actAsSubjectId>
</WsRestAddMemberLiteRequest>
----------
 
If I omit the line <addExternalSubjectifNotFound>T</addExternalSubjectIfNotFound>T</addExternalSubjectIfNotFound>
I get the expected "subject not found" error, since this subject is not available via any configured subject adapter
 
With that line in the request, I get this 500 error:
-----------
<WsRestResultProblem><resultMetadata><resultCode>EXCEPTION</resultCode><resultMessage>Problem with request:  uri: /grouper-ws/servicesRest/v2_1_000/groups, method: POST, decoded url strings: 0: &apos;v2_1_000&apos;, 1: &apos;groups&apos;,
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConversionException: addExternalSubjectifNotFound : addExternalSubjectifNotFound : addExternalSubjectifNotFound : addExternalSubjectifNotFound
---- Debugging information ----
message             : addExternalSubjectifNotFound : addExternalSubjectifNotFound
cause-exception     : com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.CannotResolveClassException
cause-message       : addExternalSubjectifNotFound : addExternalSubjectifNotFound
class               : edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.ws.rest.member.WsRestAddMemberLiteRequest
required-type       : edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.ws.rest.member.WsRestAddMemberLiteRequest
line number         : 4
-------------------------------
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:88)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:75)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:59)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.start(TreeUnmarshaller.java:142)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.unmarshal(AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.java:33)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.unmarshal(XStream.java:931)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.unmarshal(XStream.java:917)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.fromXML(XStream.java:861)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.fromXML(XStream.java:853)
      at edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.ws.rest.contentType.WsRestRequestContentType$3.parseString(WsRestRequestContentType.java:159)
      at edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.ws.rest.GrouperRestServlet.service(GrouperRestServlet.java:183)
      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
      at edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.ws.GrouperServiceJ2ee.doFilter(GrouperServiceJ2ee.java:653)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
      at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:563)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
      at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:602)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679)
Caused by: com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.CannotResolveClassException: addExternalSubjectifNotFound : addExternalSubjectifNotFound
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.DefaultMapper.realClass(DefaultMapper.java:62)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.DynamicProxyMapper.realClass(DynamicProxyMapper.java:71)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.ClassAliasingMapper.realClass(ClassAliasingMapper.java:86)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.ArrayMapper.realClass(ArrayMapper.java:87)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper.realClass(MapperWrapper.java:38)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.CachingMapper.realClass(CachingMapper.java:52)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.determineType(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:318)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.doUnmarshal(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:196)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.AbstractReflectionConverter.unmarshal(AbstractReflectionConverter.java:150)
      at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:81)
      ... 27 more
</resultMessage><success>F</success></resultMetadata><responseMetadata><resultWarnings></resultWarnings><millis>5</millis><serverVersion>2.1.2</serverVersion></responseMetadata></WsRestResultProblem>
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