API - revoke/grant customers access to Service Desk Portal

[Deleted user]

Hello everyone,

I would like to manage with API the revoke/grant access for customers created in Jira Service Desk Cloud.

When I try the "Disable user" request I get "401 unauthorized" while I'm using a valid API key. 

My role is site admin.

My questions :

   - Why I'm "unauthorized" ?

   - Can I revoke/grant customers' access with the previous "Disable user" request or I need to create those customers as users ?

   - When I send "Get customers" request I get in JSON data {[...]"active": true, [...]}, is there a way to POST "active": false ? I found nothing about this in documentation.

   - If all of this is impossible, do you know another way to indirectly manage customers' portal access ?

Thanks for your help,
Cheers,

Anne

[Dario B · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anne Morel ,

There is no REST API endpoint currently available to revoke access to portal only customer. For this reason I have opened the below Feature Request on your behalf to have this functionality added:

• [JSDCLOUD-8533] Ability to revoke portal only customers access via REST API

You may want to vote and watch the above feature request so that you will get notified in case of any update. The  feature will be addressed according to the Implementation of New Features Policy

As a temporary workaround, assuming that your customers have managed accounts for the organization you are set as an administrator for (if any), you can convert the portal only customers into Atlassian Accounts with no application access (therefore they will not consume any license).

Please see below links for details:

• Manage Jira Service Desk customer accounts
• How to change a Service Desk Customer to a Jira Cloud user or Vice Versa

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Dario

[Deleted user]

Hi @Dario B ,

Thanks for your help, I'll use the temporary workaround you suggested.

Cheers,

Anne

[Dario B]

You are very welcome @[deleted] ! 

I am happy to know this helped.

Please make sure not to give any application access (Jira Core, Software, Service Desk or Confluence) to the portal only customers converted to  Atlassian Accounts  otherwise they will consume extra licenses and this will impact your bill.

Also, kindly spare some time to accept the answer if you have found it useful.

Have a nice day!

Dario

[Deleted user]

Thanks for more details I'll pay attention.

It's done I accepted the answer =) sorry I thought vote was enought !

Cheers,

Anne

[Dario B]

Thanks again @[deleted] ! :)

[Ola Carlander]

Its been a couple of years :) Nothing new on https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDCLOUD-8533?