eLearner by ID API

Use the eLearner by ID API to return user name data in JSON format for the specified user ID. For the list of IDs for the users in your organization, use the eLearning Users API.

Resource URL

https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/learners/ {user_id}

Table. Parameters
Name	Query or Path Parameter	Type	Description
user_id * (required)	Path	String	eLearning user unique identifier.

Table. Response Codes
HTTP Code	Description	Type
200	Success. Returns an eLearning user for the specified ID.	Learner
400	Invalid request.	Null
401	Unauthorized request.	Null
403	Access denied.	Null
500	Server side error.	Null

Example Request

The following example assumes you have correctly configured your credentials and configured any required HMAC authentication libraries.

import java.net.URI;
        
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONObject;
        
import com.veracode.security.apisigning.ClientCryptoLib;
        
public class GetLearnerClient {
        
  // An API Id for authentication
  private final static String API_KEY = "API_KEY_GOES_HERE";
        
  // The secret key corresponding to the API Id
  private final static String API_SECRET = "API_SECRET_GOES_HERE";
        
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        
       URI uri = URI.create("https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/learners/jsmith");
       String authHeader = ClientCryptoLib.calculateAuthorizationHeader(ClientCryptoLib.VERACODE_HMAC_SHA_256, API_KEY,
         API_SECRET, uri.getHost(), uri.getPath(), HttpGet.METHOD_NAME);
        
       HttpGet request = new HttpGet(uri);
       request.addHeader("Authorization", authHeader);
        
       CloseableHttpResponse response = HttpClients.createDefault().execute(request);
       HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
       JSONObject json = new JSONObject(EntityUtils.toString(entity, "UTF-8"));
        
       System.out.println(json.toString(4));
    }
}

Example Response

The following response conforms to the Hypertest Application Language content type (application/hal+json), which includes a link to the reportcards endpoint for the given user.

GET/elearning/v1/learners/{user_id}HTTP/1.1
        HTTP/1.1200OKContent-Type:application/json
{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "lastLogin": "2018-05-11T19:23:28.027Z",
  "_embedded": {
    "curricula": [
      {
        "curriculumName": "AllReqd"
      }
    ]
  },
  "_links": {
    "reportcards": {
      "templated": true,
      "href": "https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/reportcards?user_id=jsmith{&course_id,page,size}"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/learners/jsmith"
    }
  },
  "userId": "jsmith",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com"
}