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Join a site

Use this to join a site. If the site is public, the request is implicitly approved and the user is then a member of the site. If the site is moderated, then a site membership request is created, awaiting action by the site manager.

Method

Using the HTTP POST method:-

people/<personId>/site-membership-requests

Example request URL

https://api.alfresco.com/yourcompany.com/public/alfresco/versions/1/people/-me-/site-membership-requests

POST body

Property Type JSON Type Description
id string string The id of the site to be joined.
message string string An optional message describing why site membership is being requested.

Example POST body

{                              
    "id" : "secret-site",
    "message" : "I need this access for national security reasons!"
}

Response

  • If the request is successful an HTTP Created is returned (status 201).
  • If the personId is already a member of siteId an HTTP Bad Request is returned (status 400).
  • If an existing site membership request by personId for siteId exists, an HTTP Bad Request is returned (status 400).
  • If the personId does not exist in this network an HTTP Not Found is returned (status 404).
  • If the siteId does not exist in this network an HTTP Not Found is returned (status 404).
  • If the siteId is private an HTTP Not Found is returned (status 404).
  • If the current user does not match the personId, the user does not have permission to create this site membership request, and an HTTP Not Found is returned (status 404).

Example response body

{  
  "entry" : {
     "targetGuid" : "8ac18731-601b-4bb4-be1a-cd5d252cce3f",
     "createdAt" : "2012-07-20T21:46:09.659+0000",
     "target": {
         "site" : {
           "id" : "foo",
           "guid" : "8ac18731-601b-4bb4-be1a-cd5d252cce3f",
           "title" : "The Foo Site",
           "visibility" : "PRIVATE",
           "description" : "The Foo Site",
           "role" : "SiteManager"
         }
      }
   }
}