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draft method list for the API

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Requirements/DBUser API.md
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More example user types, with their role(s) and description. More example user types, with their role(s) and description.
| User type | Role(s) | User Description | | User type | Role(s) | User Description |
|----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sysadmin | System administrator | Maintain server, backups, etc. | | Sysadmin | System administrator | Maintain server, backups, etc. |
| Database Administrator | DBA | Schema maintenance, data dumps, etc. | | Database Administrator | DBA | Schema maintenance, data dumps, etc. |
| Software engineer | Developer + DBA | Coding, testing, QA, release management, data loading, etc. | | Software engineer | Developer + DBA | Coding, testing, QA, release management, data loading, etc. |
| Manager | Enroll + Role assign + Inst. Reporter | SNAC accounts: create, manage, assign roles, run reports | | Manager | Enroll + Role assign + Inst. Reporter | SNAC accounts: create, manage, assign roles, run reports |
| Peer vetting | Enroll | Approve moderators, reviewers, content experts | | Peer vetting | Enroll | Approve moderators, reviewers, content experts |
| Moderator | Editor-publish | Approve maintenance changes, posting those changes | | Moderator | Editor-publish | Approve maintenance changes, posting those changes |
| Reviewer/editor | Contributor + Editor-publish | Maintainer privileges, interacts with moderators | | Reviewer/editor | Contributor + Editor-publish | Maintainer privileges, interacts with moderators |
| Content expert | Contributor | Domain expert, may have zero institutional roles | | Content expert | Contributor | Domain expert, may have zero institutional roles |
| Documentary editor | Contributor | (Any distinguishing roles?) | | Documentary editor | Contributor | (Any distinguishing roles?) |
| Maintenance | Contributor, constellation | May be older terminology for "contributor" | | Maintenance | Contributor, constellation | May be older terminology for "contributor" |
| Researcher | Researcher | Use the discovery interface and history dashboard | | Researcher | Researcher | Use the discovery interface and history dashboard |
| Archival description donor | Block upload | May do bulk uploads of EAC-CPF, finding aids, etc. | | Archival description donor | Block upload | May do bulk uploads of EAC-CPF, finding aids, etc. |
| Name authority manager | Name authority | (superseded by Editor-NACO?) | | Name authority manager | Name authority | (superseded by Editor-NACO?) |
| Institutional admins | Institutional reporter | May run own-institutional reports | | Institutional admins | Institutional reporter | May run own-institutional reports |
| Public | Public | No SNAC account, single session dashboard | | Public | Public | No SNAC account, single session dashboard |
| Contributor | Contribute + Ontology propose | Creates/edit constellations, propose ontology headings | | Contributor | Contribute + Ontology propose | Creates/edit constellations, propose ontology headings |
| Author | Contribute + Publish + Propose Del/Emb+Propose NACO | A contributor, with additional privileges | | Author | Contribute + Publish + Propose Del/Emb+Propose NACO | A contributor, with additional privileges |
| Editor | Contribute + Publish + Delete/embargo + NACO | Review constellations, approve and publish | | Editor | Contribute + Publish + Delete/embargo + NACO | Review constellations, approve and publish |
| Author-NACO | Create provisional NACO | Creates NACO entries, sends to editor for submission | | Author-NACO | Create provisional NACO | Creates NACO entries, sends to editor for submission |
| Administrator | Author + editor + enroll + assign | Everything, only own institution | | Administrator | Author + editor + enroll + assign | Everything, only own institution |
| Administrator-super | Administrator + any institution | Admin plus assign roles for any user of any institution | | Administrator-super | Administrator + any institution | Admin plus assign roles for any user of any institution |
### API
createUser(snac\data\User $user)
Add a user record. Minimal requirements is user id or email (which ever is used to login). Return true for
success.
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saveUser(snac\data\User $user)
Update a user record. Verify that read-only fields match, overwrite everthing else with values from the User
object. Return true for success.
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readUser($userID or $email)
Return a User object for the user id or email. Return false on failure.
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disableUser(snac\data\User $user)
Disable log in to this account. Update table appuser.active to false. Return true on success.
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addUserRole(snac\data\User $user, $newRole)
Add a role to the User via table appuser_role_link. Return true on success.
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listRoles()
List all system roles. The simpliest form would be an associative list with keys: id, label, description.
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createRole($label, $description)
Create a new role with $label and $description. Return true on success.
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checkPassword(snac\data\User $user, $passwd)
Check $passwd matches the password stored for snac\data\User. Return true on success.
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addSession(snac\data\User $user, $accessToken, $expire)
Add a new session token $accessToken with expiration time $expire for $user. Update if $accessToken exists.
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checkSessionActive(snac\data\User $user, $accessToken)
Check that a session is active (not expired) for $user and $accessToken. Time is assumed to be "now". Return
true for success (session is active now).
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