Create new account

With this API call you can create an Account. There are 2 flows of creating an account.

In the first flow this API call is submitted, after which the given email address should be validated by clicking the link included in the email sent to the given address.

In the second flow an invitation email is sent to join Ellipsis Drive. When the user click the link in this invitation email, he or she is redirected to the Ellipsis Drive app where this API call is made. An invitation email can be triggerd by using one of the following two API calls POST /user/invite or POST /path/invite.

In both flows it is validated that the user indeed has access to the given email. This is important because this email address is needed to recover a lost password.

Description

Registers a new Ellipsis Drive account.

Endpoint

/account

Method

POST

Access Level Rules

Access Level

None

Processing Units

Processing units

0

Parameters

NameDescriptionRequiredDefault

username

The Ellipsis Drive username

true

password

The Ellipsis Drive password

true

email

The email address

if no validationToken is given

validationToken

An invite token as can be found in the invite email

Required if no email is given

userId

The id of the user you are registering

Required when using a validationToken

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