Generating an EPrints user list

Problem

The depositor value for an EPrints uses the EPrints Users values. I don’t think it is a good idea to expose this part of the REST API. On the other hand users are not frequently added or remove and EPrints provides an easy way to dump a user list which we can leverage when resolving the EPrint XML with who created the item.

Solution

Authenticate into your EPrints repository as a repository administrator. Click on the “Admin” link, Click on the “Search Users” button, Check all the User Type check boxes and press the search button. This will give you a results list. For the export option from the results pick JSON (or the whatever format you like working with). The resulting page can be saved and is available to integrate into your application when decoding the EPrint XML values for userid.