Cannot add user via google API - python-3.x

Question

my name is Adrian. I want to add user to the G suite via google admin SDK via python3.
here is my problem:
I have this code:
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user']
def createUserConnection():
creds = None
# The file token.pickle stores the user's access and refresh tokens, and is
# created automatically when the authorization flow completes for the first
# time.
if os.path.exists('token.pickle'):
with open('token.pickle', 'rb') as token:
creds = pickle.load(token, encoding='Latin-1')
# If there are no (valid) credentials available, let the user log in.
if not creds or not creds.valid:
if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token:
creds.refresh(Request())
else:
flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(
'credentials.json', SCOPES)
creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0)
# Save the credentials for the next run
with open('token.pickle', 'wb') as token:
pickle.dump(creds, token)
createUserConnection.service = build('admin', 'directory_v1', credentials=creds)
def addUser(name,familyName,usermail):
print('Adding user '+usermail+' to the G suite')
#json definition
userInfo = json.dumps({
"name" : {
"givenName": name,
"familyName": familyName
},
"kind": "admin#directory#user",
"primaryEmail": usermail,
"password": "Welcome1234",
"changePasswordAtNextLogin": True
})
createUserConnection.service.users().insert(body=userInfo).execute()
if __name__ == '__main__':
createUserConnection()
addUser("bla","bla","blabla#24i.com")
When i run it via python3, it rerurns an error. File "/Users/adrianbardossy/Downloads/google_accounts/python3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/googleapiclient/http.py", line 856, in execute
raise HttpError(resp, content, uri=self.uri)
googleapiclient.errors.HttpError: <HttpError 400 when requesting https://www.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/users?alt=json returned "Invalid Input: primary_user_email">
I was trying to fix by passing the username blabla instead of blabla#24i.com, still the same issue. Based on the documentation here: https://developers.google.com/resources/api-libraries/documentation/admin/directory_v1/python/latest/admin_directory_v1.users.html for the insert method. Can you help me resolve the issue?
Adrian

Answer 1

This is caused by inputting a JSON object string in the body argument to service.users().insert(). It should just be a plain python dict.
Instead of
userInfo = json.dumps({
"name": ...
use
userInfo = {
"name": ...
I was also stuck on this for a long time since the docs imply it should be entered as a JSON object, which I interpreted to mean "JSON object encoded as a string", but i discovered it should really just be a python object/dict.

Answer 2

I had the same message error Invalid Input: primary_user_email using the javascript library and from what I understand it means the api couldn't find the primaryEmail property in your body. In other words: your JSON is malformed.
Here's my take on this issue, I use the javascript terminology but it should transfer to python as well :
If you're using the gapi.client.directory.insert method of adding a user you need to encapsulate your body in a resource property, your JSON becomes
{
"resource": {
"name" : {
"givenName": "name",
"familyName": "familyName"
},
"kind": "admin#directory#user",
"primaryEmail": "usermail",
"password": "password",
"changePasswordAtNextLogin": true
}
}
However, if you're using the gapi.client.request method of adding a user, the library will encapsulate the JSON for you, so your body should look like this :
{
"name" : {
"givenName": "name",
"familyName": "familyName"
},
"kind": "admin#directory#user",
"primaryEmail": "usermail",
"password": "password",
"changePasswordAtNextLogin": true
}
Short answer for OP: you're using the insert method, try encapsulating your JSON in a resource property.
Hope it helps people who stumble on this error in the future

Answer 3

I know this is old, but if you haven’t gotten it yet, I threw a dict into the field in lieu of doing any conversion or anything to JSON:
def get_user_inf(service):
'''
This initiates the collection of user data.
'''
user_fname = str(input('What is the new hires first name? : '))
user_lname = str(input('What is the new hires last name? : '))
user_email = str(input('What is the new hires email? : '))
new_user = {
"name": {
"givenName": user_fname,
"fullName": user_fname + " " + user_lname,
"familyName": user_lname,
},
"primaryEmail": user_fname + '.' + user_lname + "#hometownticketing.com",
"recoveryEmail": user_email,
"password": "Temp42!!!",
"changePasswordAtNextLogin": True,
}
user = service.users().insert(body=new_user).execute()