setUsers

The setUsers method allows you to bulk create or update users in the Teamwork Graph in a single API call. This is the recommended approach for bulk user ingestion as it's more efficient than making individual requests for each user.

Method signature

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setUsers(request: BulkUsersRequest): Promise<BulkUsersResponse>

Parameter: request

• Type: BulkUsersRequest
• Required: Yes
• Description: The bulk user ingestion request containing users

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// BulkUsersRequest object:
{
  users: UserPayload[]; // users: Array of users to ingest (maximum 100 users per request)
  connectionId?: string; // Optional: Connection identifier for multi-connection scenarios
}

User payload structure

The UserPayload type supports comprehensive user information:

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type UserPayload = {
  externalId: string;           // Required: Unique external identifier for the user
  nickname?: string;            // Optional: User's nickname
  displayName?: string;         // Optional: Display name for the user
  photos?: UserPhoto[];         // Optional: User profile photos
  emails: UserEmail[];          // Required: User email addresses (at least one)
  extendedProfile?: UserExtendedProfile; // Optional: Additional profile information
  updateSequenceNumber?: number; // Optional: Sequence number for tracking updates
};

Supporting types

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type UserPhoto = {
  value: string;         // URL or data URI of the photo
  type: string;          // Type of photo (e.g., 'photo')
};

type UserEmail = {
  value: string;         // Email address
  primary: boolean;      // Whether this is the primary email
};

type UserExtendedProfile = {
  jobTitle?: string;           // User's job title
  department?: string;         // User's department
  organization?: string;       // User's organization
  location?: string;           // User's location
  phoneNumbers?: UserPhoneNumber[]; // User's phone numbers
};

type UserPhoneNumber = {
  type?: string;         // Type of phone number (e.g., 'mobile', 'work')
  value: string;         // Phone number
};

Usage examples

Basic user creation

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import { graph } from '@forge/teamwork-graph';
const user = {
  externalId: 'user-123',
  displayName: 'Test User',
  nickname: 'tester',
  photos: [
    {
      value: 'https://example.com/avatar.jpg',
      type: 'photo'
    }
  ],
  emails: [
    { value: 'test@example.com', primary: true },
    { value: 'backup@example.com', primary: false }
  ],
  extendedProfile: {
    jobTitle: 'Software Engineer',
    department: 'Engineering',
    organization: 'Tech Corp',
    location: 'San Francisco'
  }
};
const request = {
  users: [user],
  connectionId: 'connection-id-123'
};
const response = await graph.setUsers(request);

Bulk user creation

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const users = [
  {
    externalId: 'user-1',
    displayName: 'John Doe',
    emails: [{ value: 'john@example.com', primary: true }]
  },
  {
    externalId: 'user-2',
    displayName: 'Jane Smith',
    emails: [{ value: 'jane@example.com', primary: true }]
  }
];
const response = await graph.setUsers({
  users,
  connectionId: 'connection-id-123'
});

Minimal user creation

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const minimalUser = {
  externalId: 'user-123',
  displayName: 'Simple User',
  emails: [{ value: 'simple.user@example.com', primary: true }]
};
const response = await graph.setUsers({
  users: [minimalUser]
});

Request limits

• Maximum users per request: 100
• Minimum users per request: 1

Request validation

The method validates the following:

• Must be an array: The users field must be a valid array.
• Cannot be empty: The users array cannot be empty.
• Maximum limit: Cannot exceed 100 users per request.

Error handling

Response

The method returns a promise that resolves to a BulkUsersResponse object.

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// BulkUsersResponse
{
  success: boolean;           // Indicates if the overall operation was successful
  results?: {
    success: Array<{         // Array of users successfully ingested
      externalId: string;    // The external ID that was processed
      statusCode: number;    // 200-299
    }>;
    failures: Array<{        // Array of users not ingested
      externalId: string;    // The external ID that was processed
      statusCode: number;    // non 200-299
      error: string;         // Error message for this specific user
    }>;
  };
  error?: string;            // Overall error message (if operation failed)
  originalError?: unknown;   // Original error object (if available)
}

Type safety

The SDK provides type-safe request and response objects that ensure compile-time validation:

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import { types } from '@forge/teamwork-graph';

// Type-safe user creation
const user: types.UserPayload = {
  externalId: 'user-123',
  displayName: 'Test User',
  emails: [{ value: 'test@example.com', primary: true }]
};

// Type-safe request creation
const request: types.BulkUsersRequest = {
  users: [user],
  connectionId: 'connection-id-123'
};

// Type-safe response handling
const response = await graph.setUsers(request);
if (response.success && response.results) {
  // TypeScript knows results exists here and provides proper typing
  response.results.success.forEach(result => {
    // result is properly typed with externalId, success, and statusCode properties
    console.log(`Successfully created user: ${result.externalId}`);
  });
  response.results.failures.forEach(result => {
    // result is properly typed with error information
    console.error(`Failed to create user: ${result.externalId}, Error: ${result.error}`);
  });
}

The type system ensures:

• user object has correct UserPayload structure with proper email and name types
• request.users must be an array of UserPayload objects
• response.results has properly typed success and failures arrays
• Compile-time validation prevents type mismatches