Curl command to view sync gateway users

Mobile Sync Gateway
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I am running the following command to create a user on sync gateway:

 PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Couchbase> curl -vX PUT http://localhost:4985/simpleandroidsync/_user/user --data ' {"name":"user", "password":"password", "admin_channels":["*"]} '

but I get no response returned in powershell to let me know if the user was created.

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PS C:\Windows\system32> cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Couchbase"
PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Couchbase> curl -vX PUT http://localhost:4985/simpleandroidsync/_user/user --data  {"name":"user", "password":"password", "admin_channels":["*"]}'
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Is this the correct command to create users and how can I check stored users in sync gateway?

Thanks

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–EDIT–
I restarted powershell and now I get the following response:

PS C:\Windows\system32> curl -vX PUT http://localhost:4985/simpleandroidsync/_user/user --data '{"name":"user", "password":"password", "admin_channels":["*"]}'
*   Trying ::1...
*   Trying 127.0.0.1...
* Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 4985 (#0)
> PUT /simpleandroidsync/_user/user HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.40.0
> Host: localhost:4985
> Accept: */*
> Content-Length: 50
> Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
>
* upload completely sent off: 50 out of 50 bytes
< HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
< Content-Type: application/json
< Server: Couchbase Sync Gateway/1.00
< Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 07:07:23 GMT
< Content-Length: 117
<
{"error":"Bad Request","reason":"Invalid JSON: \"invalid character 'n' looking for beginning of object key string\""}* C
onnection #0 to host localhost left intact

Im not sure what is wrong with my JSON, can anyone point out my mistake?

3

Hi @Gareth_Price ,

It might be line breaks not parsed properly by sync gateway.
Can you try running this curl command on a single line? (if there’s enough space :p)
May be related to this issue https://github.com/couchbase/sync_gateway/issues/783

To check for users in the database you can use the admin UI:

  1. Open http://localhost:4985/_admin/ in the browser
  2. Choose the databse you created the users on http://cl.ly/image/0Q1j0e2u3m3q/Screen%20Shot%202015-04-21%20at%2011.24.52.png
  3. Select the Users at the top to see the list of users http://cl.ly/image/0s1C1c1E2X2b/Screen%20Shot%202015-04-21%20at%2011.25.41.png

James

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Hi James

thanks for the response, I tried shortening the command so that it fits on one line but that didn’t help:

PS C:\Windows\system32> curl -vX PUT http://localhost:4985/chat/_user/u --data '{"name":"u","password":"p"}'
*   Trying ::1...
*   Trying 127.0.0.1...
* Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 4985 (#0)
> PUT /chat/_user/u HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.40.0
> Host: localhost:4985
> Accept: */*
> Content-Length: 19
> Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
>
* upload completely sent off: 19 out of 19 bytes
< HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
< Content-Type: application/json
< Server: Couchbase Sync Gateway/1.00
< Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:49:04 GMT
< Content-Length: 117
<
{"error":"Bad Request","reason":"Invalid JSON: \"invalid character 'n' looking for beginning of object key string\""}* C
onnection #0 to host localhost left intact
5

Hi Gareth,
Can you try running the command from the “cmd” (not PowerShell). Sometimes PowerShell needs ekstra escaping of parameters… perhaps that is the issue?

Thanks
Martin

6

Hi Martin

I did not know that, your post did help me resolve the issue using escaping . The following command works for me using powershell:

PS C:\Windows\system32>  curl -vX PUT http://localhost:4985/simpleandroidsync/_user/user --data '{\"name\":\"user\",\"
password\":\"password\"}'

Using the original command (without the escaping) did not work in cmd, I received the same error response as before.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

7

Hi Gareth_Price,
Glad that the extra escaping helped and did the trick :slight_smile:

Thanks
Martin