Add a User to MyAlerts database

If the username does not exist in the MyAlerts database you will need to call the CreateUser method to add the user. This method is available to developers from the UserManager.asmx Web Service. 

Parameters

 

Name

Requirement

Description

ClientId

mandatory

This is the id for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method.

SessionKey

mandatory

This is the SessionKey for the client that was returned by the CreateSessionKey method.

Firstname

 

The Christian names for the user

Lastname

 

The Surname for the user

Nickname

 

The nickname for the user 

Tel

 

The telephone number for the user

EmailmandatoryThe user's email address
UsernamemandatoryThis is the unique user name for the user as stored in the council’s database
Password The password for the user – this entry is required when coming from iShare Maps portal.

 

Returns

Syntax
<CreateUserResult>
        <Error>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Description>string</Description>
        </Error>
        <UserId>int</UserId>
        <Success>boolean</Success
</CreateUserResult>

Error- Code / Description

An error code and description if the call to the web service is unsuccessful and the Success if False.

1001 – Invalid Session key provided

1005 – Email address already exists

1006 – Username already exists

1007 – Error creating user

1023 – Required fields incomplete

UserId

This is the UserId that has been generated for the supplied Username in the MyAlerts database and will only be returned if the Success is True.

Success

This will be either True or False. If False an error message will be provided in the Error result, if True the UserId will be provided.