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User Handling

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The device service shall be able to create, list, modify and delete users from the device using the CreateUsers, GetUsers, SetUser and DeleteUsers operations.

The spec can refer to https://www.onvif.org/ver10/device/wsdl/devicemgmt.wsdl

GetUsers

This operation lists the registered users and corresponding credentials on a device.

curl --request GET 'http://0.0.0.0:59882/api/v3/device/name/Camera001/Users'

CreateUsers

This operation creates new camera users and corresponding credentials on a device for authentication purposes.

curl --request PUT 'http://0.0.0.0:59882/api/v3/device/name/Camera001/CreateUsers' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-raw '{
        "CreateUsers": {
            "User": [
                {
                    "Username": "user1",
                    "Password": "Password1",
                    "UserLevel": "User"
                },
                {
                    "Username": "user2",
                    "Password": "Password1",
                    "UserLevel": "User"
                }
            ]
        }
    }'

SetUser

This operation updates the settings for one or several users on a device for authentication purposes.

curl --request PUT 'http://0.0.0.0:59882/api/v3/device/name/Camera001/Users' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-raw '{
        "Users": {
            "User": [
                {
                    "Username": "user1",
                    "UserLevel": "Administrator"
                },
                {
                    "Username": "user2",
                    "UserLevel": "Operator"
                }
            ]
        }
    }'

DeleteUsers

This operation deletes users on a device.

curl --request PUT 'http://0.0.0.0:59882/api/v3/device/name/Camera001/DeleteUsers' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-raw '{
        "DeleteUsers": {
            "Username": ["user1","user2"]
        }
    }'