Using the Jira API to Deactivate a User

[Michael Hypnarowski]

I see that there is a functionality to GET a user's details through the Jira Cloud REST API (see link) which returns a property including the "active" field. My understanding is that if this field were set to "false", then the user would be deactivated. Is there a way to set this to "false" through an API call?

If not, is there currently any other way to deactivate a user in JIRA through the API?

[Mauricio Karas · Accepted solution]

Hey, Michael. Thanks for reaching out the Atlassian Community!

Currently, there's no REST API call that can deactivate a user. For that, there's a feature request created in order to implement this feature:

• JIRA API disabling users

Looking through the comments I was able to find a workaround that I suggest you test and see if it works for you:

curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD --header "X-Atlassian-Token: no-check" -H "X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST https://<INSTANCE>/admin/rest/um/1/user/deactivate?username=<user_to_deactivate>

I believe this is mimicking GUI behavior in order to deactivate the user.

Kind regards,
Maurício Karas

[Michael Hypnarowski]

Edit: Nevermind, I figured it out. The script that you provided was depreciated. I figured out another method though.

[Ravi Varma]

Hi @Michael Hypnarowski,

In addition to your research, I found this code to deactivate user:

ImmutableUser.newUser(user).active(false).toUser();

And then use 

UserService.UpdateUserValidationResult result = userService.validateUpdateUser(user);

Regards,

Ravi Varma

[EPS Team]

@Michael Hypnarowski

Would you mind sharing the method you found to deactivate user using API call?