Thanks Jan, I have updated it. The "old" API method returns "null" if the User does not exist, whereas the new API does not seem to return anything. Would it not be better in both cases to return "false" explicitly? Or are there backwards compatilbity concerns about changing this?
Colm. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Jan Bernhardt <jbernha...@talend.com>wrote: > Hi Colm, > > The description is wrong, this method returns a boolean. > > Best regards. > Jan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Colm O hEigeartaigh [mailto:cohei...@apache.org] > > Sent: Mittwoch, 20. Februar 2013 16:48 > > To: dev@syncope.apache.org > > Subject: API query > > > > Hi all, > > > > From the wiki: > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SYNCOPE/REST+API+upgrade# > > RESTAPIupgrade-UserService > > > > GET /user/verifyPassword/{username}?password={password} GET > > /users?username={username}&pwd={password} Returns user if username > > and password match with an existing account. > > This method actually returns a boolean not the user, and so the > description is > > invalid. > > > > Could someone clarify whether the new API is intended to return a boolean > > or the User? > > > > Colm. > > > > > > -- > > Colm O hEigeartaigh > > > > Talend Community Coder > > http://coders.talend.com > -- Colm O hEigeartaigh Talend Community Coder http://coders.talend.com
