update doc for deactivate API

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Matthew Hodgson 2018-06-26 10:42:50 +01:00
parent 1e788db430
commit 9570aa82eb
2 changed files with 16 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -44,13 +44,26 @@ Deactivate Account
This API deactivates an account. It removes active access tokens, resets the
password, and deletes third-party IDs (to prevent the user requesting a
password reset).
password reset). It can also mark the user as GDPR-erased (stopping their data
from distributed further, and deleting it entirely if there are no other
references to it).
The api is::
POST /_matrix/client/r0/admin/deactivate/<user_id>
including an ``access_token`` of a server admin, and an empty request body.
with a body of:
.. code:: json
{
"erase": true
}
including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
The erase parameter is optional and defaults to 'false'.
An empty body may be passed for backwards compatibility.
Reset password

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@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class DeactivateAccountRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
@defer.inlineCallbacks
def on_POST(self, request, target_user_id):
body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
body = parse_json_object_from_request(request, allow_empty_body=True)
erase = body.get("erase", False)
if not isinstance(erase, bool):
raise SynapseError(