Postman - POST users into BIM 360 bug? - post

Question

https://forge.autodesk.com/en/docs/bim360/v1/reference/http/users-POST/#example
Following the link above, I am trying to create a new user in BIM 360 using Postman but I am unable to set their name. I tried to create a similar user into my own account as shown below.
URI:
https://developer.api.autodesk.com/hq/v1/accounts/:account_id/users
Method: POST
Authorization: Bearer **************************
Content-Type: application/json
Body:
{
"email": "john.smith#mail.com",
"company_id": ************************************,
"nickname": "Johnny",
"first_name": "John",
"last_name": "Smith",
"address_line_1": "The Fifth Avenue",
"address_line_2": "#301",
"city": "shanghai",
"postal_code": "20000",
"state_or_province": "Shanghai",
"country": "China",
"phone": "1234567",
"company": "Autodesk",
"job_title": "software developer",
"industry": "IT",
"about_me": "Nothing here"
}
However the result when sending this request creates a new user with the name New Member as shown below.
{
"account_id": ************************************,
"role": "account_user",
"status": "not_invited",
"company_id": ************************************,
"company_name": "Autodesk",
"last_sign_in": null,
"default_role": null,
"default_role_id": null,
"access_level": "account_user",
"id": ************************************,
"email": "john.smith#mail.com",
"name": "New Member",
"nickname": "Johnny",
"first_name": "New",
"last_name": "Member",
"uid": null,
"image_url": "http://static-dc.autodesk.net/etc/designs/v201412151200/autodesk/adsk-design/images/autodesk_header_logo_140x23.png",
"address_line_1": "The Fifth Avenue",
"address_line_2": "#301",
"city": "New York",
"postal_code": "10011",
"state_or_province": "New York",
"country": "United States",
"phone": "[phone]",
"company": "Autodesk",
"job_title": "Software Developer",
"industry": "IT",
"about_me": "Nothing here",
"created_at": "2016-07-27T19:09:31.998Z",
"updated_at": "2019-02-19T08:59:57.852Z"
}
Is this a bug? When I check BIM 360 the user is created with the name New Member and I am unable to create any members with my own custom names. Are there any solutions to this?

Answer 1

The name attribute will not be synced between BIM360 and Identity services until the user logs in for the first time.
Before then name won’t be set and will default to New Member.