How to provision users while making them members of the certain groups?

[Inna S]

Hi, 

looking for a way to create a user for Confluence (or/and Jira) via REST API.

I see there is an experimental end point to create a user but not to add them to a group.

As we manage an access to Confluence, Jira and specific projects and features there by way of groups, this is a critical point. 

Using a 'default' group is not an option as we do not want everyone end up in this group. In any case people should be assigned to a group upon creation to prevent inadequate access issues.

One of the reasons to look into this is Atlassian's inability to provide segregated access to admin features: e.g. delegate user management without letting people to manage issue types.

I did look into user provisioning, user management and group management APIs. 

Thank you.

[Kieren _SmolSoftware_ · Accepted solution]

The is an API that allow you to add users to groups:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/admin/organization/rest/api-group-directory/#api-v1-orgs-orgid-directory-groups-groupid-memberships-post

Another option is to use an app like Admin Automations to add users to groups.

[Inna S]

Thank you, @Kieren _SmolSoftware_. Very much appreciated!

[Jehan Bhathena]

Hi @Inna S 

There can be a few approaches to this use case

• Use 2 APIs, first use the Create User with no product access, and once the user is created add that ID to the group you need.
• If you have the new user management, would recommend using the User Provision, it lets you manage the groups Directly from your SSO provider.

Hope this helps.