user reference for Skype for Business 2015

Article
06/02/2022

Applies to: Skype for Business 2015

Represents the entry point to the API using user credentials.

Web Link

For more on web links, see Web links.

Name	Description
rel	The resource that this link points to. In JSON, this is the outer container.
href	The location of this resource on the server, and the target of an HTTP operation.

Resource description

The user resource indicates that the application plans to use the API on behalf of a user.If an application attempts to use this resource without credentials, the server will respond with a 401 Not Authorized and authentication hints in the WWW-Authenticate Header.After credentials are acquired, this resource will point the application to the applications resource.In some cases, after credentials are acquired, the server might serve a redirect resource indicating that the user is homed on another server.The application should follow this resource to the new server. Credentials might need to be resubmitted.

Properties

None

Links

This resource can have the following relationships.

Link	Description
self	The link to the current resource.
applications	Represents the entry point for registering this application with the server.
redirect	Represents a pointer to a different server that the application should use for future requests.
xframe	Represents the cross-domain frame used for web-based applications.

Operations

GET

Returns a representation of the entry point to the API using user credentials.

Request body

None

Response body

The response from a GET request contains the properties and links shown in the Properties and Links sections at the top of this page.

Synchronous errors

The errors below (if any) are specific to this resource. Generic errors that can apply to any resource are covered in Generic synchronous errors.

Error	Code	Subcode	Description
ServiceFailure	500	InvalidExchangeServerVersion	Invalid exchange server version.The exchange mailbox of the server might have moved to an unsupported version for the required feature.
Conflict	409	AlreadyExists	The already exists error.
Conflict	409	TooManyGroups	The too many groups error.
Conflict	409	None	Un-supported Service/Resource/API error.
Gone	410	CannotRedirect	Cannot redirect since there is no back up pool configured.

Examples

JSON Request

Get https://fe1.contoso.com:443/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/user HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer cwt=PHNhbWw6QXNzZXJ0aW9uIHhtbG5...uZm8
Host: fe1.contoso.com
Accept: application/json

JSON Response

This sample is given only as an illustration of response syntax. The semantic content is not guaranteed to correspond to a valid scenario.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 288
{
  "rel" : "user",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/user"
    },
    "applications" : {
      "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications"
    },
    "redirect" : {
      "href" : "/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/user/redirect"
    },
    "xframe" : {
      "href" : "/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/xframe"
    }
  }
}

XML Request

Get https://fe1.contoso.com:443/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/user HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer cwt=PHNhbWw6QXNzZXJ0aW9uIHhtbG5...uZm8
Host: fe1.contoso.com
Accept: application/xml

XML Response