Import & Synchronize LDAP/Crowd Groups

If LDAP or Crowd is set up for authentication in Zephyr, you can use Zephyr Enterprise REST API to programmatically import LDAP or Crowd groups to Zephyr and synchronize them.

Get a list of groups

Request URL

GET http(s)://{ZEPHYR-SERVER}/flex/services/rest/v3/externalGroup/search?name=SEARCH_STRING&pagesize=100

Request parameters

name - a substring (that is, “contains” or “begins with”).
pagesize - the number of groups to be fetched. The default number is 100; the maximum number is 499.

Import one or more groups

Request URL

POST http(s)://{ZEPHYR-SERVER}/flex/services/rest/v3/externalGroup/importGroupsAndUsers

Content-Type: application/json

Sample Request

{"names": ["GroupName1", "GroupName2", ...]}

Synchronize one or more groups

Request URL

PUT http(s)://{ZEPHYR-SERVER}/flex/services/rest/v3/externalGroup/importGroupsAndUsers

Content-Type: application/json

Sample Request

{"names": ["GroupName1", "GroupName2", ...]}

Authentication

You can authenticate your requests by using one of the methods described in the Zephyr REST API topic.

Response

On success, the operations return status code 200 and a JSON object containing metadata and found results. The structure of these results varies depending on the sought-for entities, items and so on.

Response codes