How to retrieve certain user fields using Rally REST API? - rest

Question

When I query Rally REST API (.net) I am able to get all the user values except the following fields:
Role
CostCenter
LastLoginDate
OfficeLocation
c_RoleType
CreationDate
When I fire up a url "https://rally1.rallydev.com/slm/webservice/v2.0/user/xxxxxxxxxx" in a browser I am able to access all the above fields.
However, when I use REST API the result set doesn't include any of the above fields.
Not sure if I need to do anything differently.
request = new Request("user");
request.Fetch = fetchList;
request.Workspace = RallyInterface.workspaceRef;
QueryResult queryResult = restApi.Query(request);
PS. In above example Fetch string is empty and the aim is to fetch all the possible user fields. When I debug I am only able to get the following 18 fields
[0] "_rallyAPIMajor" string
[1] "_rallyAPIMinor" string
[2] "_ref" string
[3] "_refObjectUUID" string
[4] "_objectVersion" string
[5] "_refObjectName" string
[6] "ObjectID" string
[7] "Department" string
[8] "Disabled" string
[9] "DisplayName" string
[10] "EmailAddress" string
[11] "FirstName" string
[12] "LastName" string
[13] "MiddleName" string
[14] "Phone" string
[15] "Role" string
[16] "UserName" string
[17] "_type" string
Also, when I use GetByReference(), I am able to get the value for "Role" but not for any of the following fields:
CostCenter
LastLoginDate
OfficeLocation
c_RoleType
CreationDate
GetByReference() response returns with field not found message.

Answer 1

The fetchList should include those fields, or should be entirely omitted. The code example below returns those fields in both cases. It means if I comment out userRequest.Fetch in the code below, those fields will still be returned. If a fetch is present, but does not include those fields, they will not be returned.
userRequest.Fetch = new List<string>()
{
"Role",
"CostCenter",
"LastLoginDate",
"OfficeLocation",
"CreationDate"
};
userRequest.Query = new Query("UserName", Query.Operator.Equals, "user#co.com");
QueryResult userResults = restApi.Query(userRequest);
foreach (var u in userResults.Results)
{
Console.WriteLine("Role: " + u["Role"] + " CostCenter: " + u["CostCenter"] + " LastLoginDate: " + u["LastLoginDate"] + " OfficeLocation: " + u["OfficeLocation"] + " CreationDate: " + u["CreationDate"]);
}
Here is another variation of this code when GetByReference is used:
userRequest.Query = new Query("UserName", Query.Operator.Equals, "user#co.com");
QueryResult userResults = restApi.Query(userRequest);
String userRef = userResults.Results.First()._ref;
DynamicJsonObject user = restApi.GetByReference(userRef, "Name", "Role", "CostCenter", "LastLoginDate", "OfficeLocation", "CreationDate");
String role = user["Role"];
String costCenter = user["CostCenter"];
String lastLoginDate = user["LastLoginDate"];
String officeLocation = user["OfficeLocation"];
String creationDate = user["CreationDate"];
Console.WriteLine("Role: " + role + " CostCenter: " + costCenter + " LastLoginDate: " + lastLoginDate + " OfficeLocation: " + officeLocation + " CreationDate: " + creationDate);
The full code is available in this github repo.