Manage REST API access for groups and users
After you configure Access Control, you can add and remove groups and users to manage access to REST API.
Best Practice: Rather than granting REST API access to individual users, create a dedicated REST API user group to simplify management.
To create a new user and a new group, see Add a user group and Add a user.
Important considerations
To access this feature, admins must complete the Access Control configuration wizard. For details, see Configure the REST API Access Control feature.
When an organization admin changes a user's permissions from Organization > Users > Add user instead of modifying their existing permissions, all previously granted permissions are reset. As a result, you will need to reassign REST API access to the user.
To remove a user, make sure you remove them from all groups with REST API access where they are members. Otherwise, they still have access to REST API.
All searches are exact, meaning a search doesn't return a match for users who are only in a group. For example, if you search for “Jeff” and they are only in a group, they don't appear in the search results. This is another reason to manage users within groups rather than individually.
To add REST API access for groups and users:
From the Jama Connect header, select Admin > Organization > REST API.
Select Add access.
From the Groups/users column, select or search for the groups or users you want to give access to, then use the arrow to add them to the Selected groups/users column.
Select Add access.
A message appears, confirming that REST API access was added for the selected users or groups.
To remove REST API access for users and groups:
From the Jama Connect header, select Admin > Organization > REST API.
Select the group or user you want to remove, then select Remove access.
A confirmation message appears.
To confirm the access change, select Remove access.
A message appears, confirming that the REST API access was removed from the selected user or group.