Version: 5.4.x

Create Role

Create role#

To create a new role record you will need to make a TLS request to the OpenHIM API for the below method and endpoint and supply the JSON object for the role record.

Method: POST
Endpoint: {openhim_url}:8080/roles
Payload: JSON object of the role record

With a json body containing the role name and channels and clients to apply to. At least one channel or client has to be specified. Channels and clients can be specified either by their _id or name for a channel and clientID for a client.

Example#

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Sample Data

Before we can send our request to the OpenHIM API we need to ensure that we construct our valid HTTP headers to successfully authenticate with the OpenHIM API.

NodeJS
Bash

Copy the below code at the bottom of your nodejs script that handles the authentication of the OpenHIM headers as described in the authentication section.

Replace the openhimOptions values with the correct implementation details and supply the SampleData payload to submit

// append below code to the "openhim-api.js" script containing the authentication methods. 
// This is described within the authentication section

(async () => {
  const openhimOptions = {
    apiURL: 'https://localhost:8080',
    apiEndpoint: '/roles',
    username: '[email protected]',
    password: 'openhim-password',
    rejectUnauthorized: false
  }
  const SampleData = 'SampleData'

  const headers = await genAuthHeaders(openhimOptions)
  
  const options = { 
    method: 'POST',
    url: `${openhimOptions.apiURL}${openhimOptions.apiEndpoint}`,
    rejectUnauthorized: openhimOptions.rejectUnauthorized,
    headers: headers,
    body: SampleData,
    json: true
  }
  
  request(options, (error, response, body) => {
    if (error) throw new Error(error)
  
    console.log({
      statusCode: response.statusCode,
      body
    })
  })
})()

Execute the below command in your terminal to run the nodejs script

node openhim-api.js

Ensure that you have created your bash script to construct the HTTP authentication headers and send the request to the OpenHIM API as described in the authentication section.

Execute the below command in your terminal where the file is located with the required arguments. Replace the placeholder arguments with the correct implementation details and ensure your SampleData.json file exists with the role object.

./openhim-api.sh [email protected] openhim-password -v https://localhost:8080/roles -d @SampleData.json -H "Content-Type:application/json"

The response status code will be 201 if successful.