<access-service>/api/v1/organisations/{orgGroupId}

URL structure

https://access-service.xy-company.com/api/v1/organisations/{orgGroupId}

where {orgGroupId} is the ID of an organization.

Supported methods and overview

GET - used to retrieve information about an organization (specified by orgGroupId) configured on the Covata Platform.
PUT - used to update one or more organization-specific properties for an organization (specified by orgGroupId), which can also be set through the Configuration page of Organization Administration and the Organizations page of Safe Share Administration.

The GET method takes no parameters.

Detailed description

This API endpoint serves a number of purposes:

Retrieves information about an organization (specified by orgGroupId) configured on the Covata Platform - available to Covata users who are members of this organization (except users with the Ad hoc role).
Updates one or more organization-specific properties for an organization (specified by orgGroupId). These properties can also be set through:
- The Configuration page of Organization Administration by an Organization administrator of this organization.
- The Organizations page of Safe Share Administration by a Safe Share administrator.

Supported roles and conditions

This API endpoint supports requests utilizing Covata user accounts with the following roles (as described in the Safe Share Administrator’s and Organization Administrator’s Guides):

Originator, Collaborator, Organization administrator - using the GET method, when this user is a member of the organization whose ID is specified by {orgGroupId} in the request’s URL.
Organization administrator - using the PUT method, when this user is a member of the organization whose ID is specified by {orgGroupId} in the URL. Such a user can set any of these parameters:
- adminEmail, addressbookEnabled, description, contactEmail, watermarkingEnabled, i18nDefaultAsString, enforceMfa,
- supportUrl, companyName, legalUrl, webappHelpUrl, orgAdminHelpUrl, privacyUrl and userMessage.
Safe Share administrator - using the PUT method. Such a user can set the name and/or quota parameters.

The Covata Platform’s resources available to a Covata user meeting the criteria above is determined by the access token submitted in the header of requests to this endpoint.

Required headers

The appropriate access token as the Bearer token:

Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0NjcwMTY2NjYsInVzZXJfbmFtZSI6ImFsZXgub...

The following header is required if the body of the request has a JSON object:

Content-Type: application/json

PUT-request parameters

At least one of the following parameters must be sent in the body of the PUT request, each as individual members of a JSON object:

For Organization administrators who are a members of the organization specified by orgGroupId:
- adminEmail - The email address of the Organization Admin Email property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration). If this value is null or an empty string, then the Admin Email property value (accessible through the System Details section of the Configuration page of Safe Share Administration) is used as the fallback.
- addressbookEnabled - A boolean value determining if the Is the address book feature enabled? property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration) is true (i.e. enabled) or false.
- description - The value of the A brief description of the organization property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration).
- contactEmail - The value of The email address of the organization’s contact person property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration and for the benefit of Safe Share administrators), which appears in the Contact Person column on the Organizations page of Safe Share Administration.
- watermarkingEnabled - A boolean value determining if the Is watermarking of viewed files enabled? property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration) is true (i.e. enabled) or false.
- i18nDefaultAsString - The I18n Code of the Default i18n setting for new users and email notifications property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration). Valid I18n Code values can be found on the Internationalization page of Safe Share Administration.
- enforceMfa - A boolean value determining if the Enforce two-factor authentication for organization members property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration) is true (i.e. enabled) or false.
- supportUrl - The URL value of the Support URL property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration). If this value is null or an empty string, then the Support URL property value (accessible through the System Details section of the Configuration page of Safe Share Administration) is used as the fallback.
- companyName - The Company Name property value (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration). If this value is null or an empty string, then the Company Name property value (accessible through the System Details section of the Configuration page of Safe Share Administration) is used as the fallback.
- legalUrl - The URL value of the Legal URL property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration). If this value is null or an empty string, then the Legal URL property value (accessible through the System Details section of the Configuration page of Safe Share Administration) is used as the fallback.
- webappHelpUrl - The URL value of the Web Application Help URL property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration). If this value is null or an empty string, then the Web Application Help URL property value (accessible through the System Details section of the Configuration page of Safe Share Administration) is used as the fallback.
- orgAdminHelpUrl - The URL value of the Organization Administration Help URL property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration). If this value is null or an empty string, then the Organization Administration Help URL property value (accessible through the System Details section of the Configuration page of Safe Share Administration) is used as the fallback.
- privacyUrl - The value of The URL of the privacy statement property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration). If this value is null or an empty string, then The URL of the privacy statement property value (accessible through the System Details section of the Configuration page of Safe Share Administration) is used as the fallback.
- userMessage - The value of the Custom message to appear on the ‘Share’ dialog box property (accessible through the Configuration page of Organization Administration).
Note: With the exception of the contactEmail and i18nDefaultAsString properties above (including all other properties above that require a boolean value), a property value can be ‘cleared’ by submitting an empty string value for that property in the request. Be aware that properties whose values are initially not defined are returned with null values in responses to this endpoint. However, once a property’s value is cleared, it is subsequently returned with empty string values (in responses to this endpoint).
For Safe Share administrators only:
- name - The name of the organization.
- quota - The organization’s quota (in mebibytes).
Example (request - changing the ‘Contact Person’s email address and clearing ‘The URL of the privacy statement’ as an Organization administrator):
{ "contactEmail": "anotherorg.administrator@xy-company.com", "privacyUrl": "" }

Returns

If the request succeeded, then an HTTP response status 200 OK is returned. For successful requests only, a JSON-formatted response containing the following members is also returned:

id - The ID of the organization.
name - The name of the organization as specified by a Safe Share administrator.
description - .
bytesUploaded - .
contactEmail - .
quota - .
newAccountBaseItem - .
addressbookEnabled - .
watermarkingEnabled - .
mfaEnabled - .
i18nDefault - .
adminEmail - .
organisationAlias - .
userMessage - .
supportUrl - .
companyName - .
legalUrl - .
webappHelpUrl - .
orgAdminHelpUrl - .
privacyUrl - .
modifiedAt - .

createdAt - .
Example (response from either a GET or PUT request):

{
    "id": "760756644367081472",
    "name": "XY Company",
    "description": "",
    "bytesUploaded": "549744",
    "contactEmail": "org.administrator@xy-company.com",
    "quota": 4194304,
    "newAccountBaseItem": null,
    "addressbookEnabled": false,
    "watermarkingEnabled": false,
    "mfaEnabled": false,
    "i18nDefault": "en_us",
    "adminEmail": null,
    "organisationAlias": null,
    "userMessage": null,
    "supportUrl": null,
    "companyName": null,
    "legalUrl": null,
    "webappHelpUrl": null,
    "orgAdminHelpUrl": null,
    "privacyUrl": null,
    "modifiedAt": "2016-09-30T06:55:18.192Z",
    "createdAt": "2016-09-30T06:55:18.192Z"
}

​URL structure

​Supported methods and overview

​Detailed description

​Supported roles and conditions

​Required headers

​PUT-request parameters

​Returns

URL structure

Supported methods and overview

Detailed description

Supported roles and conditions

Required headers

PUT-request parameters

Returns