For email configuration in OpenSpecimen via UI, go to the settings → email 

 

Below are the REST APIs for configuring email module settings:

openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings

Use this resource to configure email settings in the OpenSpecimen application. Use HTTP PUT method to call this API by passing the below details in JSON format:

 

Parameter Details :

The user authentication API takes the following parameters in json request :

Parameter
Details
module

Name of the module for which you are updating the configurations.

Currently there are 2 modules:

  1. email
  2. common
name

Name of the property for which you want to update/add the value

  1. server_host : Email server host, e.g smtp.google.com
  2. server_port: Email server port, e.g 25
  3. account_id: Email Id which will be used to send the emails, e.g. test@gmail.com
  4. account_password: Provide password to authenticate mail server if required
  5. starttls_enabled: Set true if required
  6. auth_enabled: Set true if required
  7. admin_email_id: Email id of admin, by default all emails are cc in to admin. e.g. admin@admin.com
  8. app_url: application URL which should be sent in the emails, e.g. http://localhost:8080/openspecimen
valueThe actual value of the above specified property names.


http[s]:<host>:<port>/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings

Use this URL to configure/update the properties


Result:

The response of this request will contains the details of the added/updated property.

Below is the example of the register authentication domain:

  1.  Sets email server host
URL/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings
MethodPUT
Requestapplication/json
json
{
  "module": "email",
  "name": "server_host",
  "value": "localhost"
}

Response

{
  "module": "email",
  "name": "server_host",
  "value": "localhost"
}

 

      2.  Sets email server port

URL/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings
MethodPUT
Requestapplication/json
json
{
  "module": "email",
  "name": "server_port",
  "value": "25"
}

Response

{
  "module": "email",
  "name": "server_port",
  "value": "25"
}

 

3.  Sets email account id
URL/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings
MethodPUT
Requestapplication/json
json
{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "account_id",
  "value": "test@gmail.com"
}

Response

{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "account_id",
  "value": "test@gmail.com"
}

 

4.  Sets email account id
URL/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings
MethodPUT
Requestapplication/json
json
{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "account_password",
  "value": "password"
}

Response

{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "account_password",
  "value": "password"
}

 

5.  Set mail.smtp.starttls.enable
URL/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings
MethodPUT
Requestapplication/json
json
{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "starttls_enabled",
  "value": "true"
}

Response

{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "starttls_enabled",
  "value": "true"
}

 

6.  Set mail.smtp.auth
URL/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings
MethodPUT
Requestapplication/json
json
{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "auth_enabled",
  "value": "true"
}

Response

{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "auth_enabled",
  "value": "true"
}

7. Set admin email id

URL/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings
MethodPUT
Requestapplication/json
json
{
 "module": "email",
  "name": "admin_email_id",
  "value": "admin@admin.com"
}

Response

{
"module": "email",
"name": "admin_email_id",
"value": "admin@admin.com",
}

8.  Sets application url (this belongs to common module)
URL/openspecimen/rest/ng/config-settings
MethodPUT
Requestapplication/json
json
{
 "module": "common",
  "name": "app_url",
  "value": "http://localhost:9000"
}

Response

{
 "module": "common",
  "name": "app_url",
  "value": "http://localhost:9000"
}

 


Error cases :

This section describes the response cases for register authentication API

code
Applies to
Status Message
200All resourcesDomain has been registered successfully
400All requestsInvalid parameters, e.g  blank implClass in-case of custom domain, duplicate domain name etc
401All requestsAuthorization failed, user doesn’t have authority
500All requestsInternal server error, encountered server error while performing operations or provided wrong ldap information