Passing userId to API

rmiller335

I am trying to load some test data. I have created a master API key with userId = 1. Then I create a discussion and post to it using user id's 1 and 3:

[2021-06-01 14:22:29] flarum.DEBUG: {
    "json": {
        "data": {
            "attributes": {
                "content": "Our Hero!"
            },
            "relationships": {
                "discussion": {
                    "data": {
                        "id": 15,
                        "type": "discussions"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Token <my token>;userId=1"
    }
}  
[2021-06-01 14:22:29] flarum.DEBUG: ApiClient::request: options = ...  
[2021-06-01 14:22:29] flarum.DEBUG: {
    "json": {
        "data": {
            "attributes": {
                "content": "Yes! whenever bicycles are broken, or menaced by international communism, Bicycle Repair Man is ready!"
            },
            "relationships": {
                "discussion": {
                    "data": {
                        "id": 15,
                        "type": "discussions"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Token <my token>;userId=3"
    }
}

The discussion gets created and the posts get posted, but they all show userId=1 as the poster. I thought they would get posted as the userId in the authentication header. How do I accomplish this?

Thanks,
Bob

luceos

rmiller335 you created an API token assigned to userId 1, every action that you do against the API will be made as if you are userId 1. If you want complete freedom to run API calls as whichever user make sure to make the API token a "master token" by setting the userId column of the API token to NULL.

rmiller335

Ahh, thanks.