Oracle IdCS Tips Part I: Create Users Programatically in Node.js for Oracle Cloud Services with the REST API in less than a Basketball Quarter Length

// jmu, april 2018

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var https = require('https');
var fs = require('fs');
// this data comes from your IdCS administrator
const client_id = "43tgh656uhdh67ur67ruth"
const secret = "4erte-b04e-49b3-be06-534gdfg"
const idcsHost = 'idcs-45a9gsdg7876eac2935dcbd62.identity.oraclecloud.com'
// the user you want to create
var userName = "alextorrijo";
var userMail = "alextorrijo@acme.com";;
var familyName = "torrijo";
var givenName = "alex"
//
var userJSONData = {
"schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"],
"userName": userName,
"name": {
"familyName": familyName,
"givenName": givenName
},
"emails": [{
"value": userMail,
"type": "work",
"primary": true
}]
};
var userData = JSON.stringify(userJSONData);
const tokenData = "grant_type=client_credentials&scope=urn:opc:idm:__myscopes__";
var token = ""
var credentials = Buffer.from(client_id + ":" + secret).toString('base64');
var token_options = {
host: idcsHost,
port: 443,
path: '/oauth2/v1/token',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
"Authorization": "Basic "+ credentials,
"Accept": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
}
};
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.send('Hi!<br>/createUser is your choice!');
});
app.get('/createUser', function (req, res) {
var x = https.request(token_options,function(res){
res.on('data',function(data){
token = JSON.parse(data).access_token;
fs.appendFile('logfile.log', token + '\r\n', function(err){;});
var create_user_options = {
host: idcsHost,
port: 443,
path: '/admin/v1/Users',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/scim+json",
"Authorization": "Bearer "+ token,
"Accept": "application/json, text/plain, */*"
}
};
var y = https.request(create_user_options,function(res){
res.on('data',function(data){
fs.appendFile('logfile.log', data + '\r\n', function(err){;});
});
});
y.write(userData);
y.end();
});
});
x.write(tokenData);
x.end();
res.send('Usuario creado, mira <a href="https://idcs-sdfgwrgsfsdfgsdfg.identity.oraclecloud.com/ui/v1/adminconsole?root=users" target="_blank"> aqui </a>');
});
app.listen(3456, function () {
console.log('Example app listening on port 3456!');
});