how to bulk update usernames in confluence using The XML-RPC and SOAP APIs ?

Question

Since i found out there is not Rest API for updating user information in confluence.
I came to know there is a deprecated method to do so and in the documentation it says this method is available

boolean setUserInformation(String token, UserInformation userInfo) - updates user information
but the problem is I dont even know how do I run this, I used to run rest api's using shell but this looks different,

Can anyone help me create the script so that i can bulk change the usernames of the users using the csv.
My end goal here is to make username the same as their email address. Thanks, BIpin

Bipin Nepal · Answer

@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-  is there any way to update usernames in bulk without using paid plugins ?

Are there any possible suggestions/solutions that you can give ?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

The SOAP API is totally deprecated and even though there are still calls you can make, in later versions they won't work at all.  The call you've found is, I think, on the list of calls that will respond ok but not actually do anything.