when adding users via API no invitation email gets send

[tlederer]

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Describe the Scenario

when adding users via API no invitation email gets send
in the request there the parameter send_invite=1 but no email gets send
when adding manually email gets send

Exact BookStack Version

v23.10.4

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Hosting Environment

Docker

[ssddanbrown]

Hi @tlederer,

This appears to be an issue of the handling of this parameter within BookStack.
If you send the data as JSON, where you can specify true for the value, this should work, but I don't think it's possible to send an invite via x-www-form-urlencoded data right now.

I've assigned this to be addressed for the next feature release.

Dev notes

Incoming data is validated as boolean castable type, but not actually cast so the send invite check fails:

BookStack/app/Users/Controllers/UserApiController.php

Line 93 in 00b5dd7

$sendInvite = ($data['send_invite'] ?? false) === true;

[tlederer]

Perfect @ssddanbrown - just checked it. Sending the data as JSON works!
You saved my day as I will need to create over 250 accounts. Thanks so much.

[ssddanbrown]

The core issue has now been addressed in 56d07f1, with test to cover and docs updated to note, which will be part of the next feature release.

Thanks again @tlederer for raising.