clear recoveryemail | recoveryphone field on update user

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Stefan Sloboda

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Aug 20, 2019, 12:02:37 PM8/20/19
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Hi there, 

is it possible to clear the recoveryemail and / or recoveryphone field on the update command or similar? I played a bit with the command but once I set an email address, the update command is expecting an email address. 

Ross Scroggs

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gam update user us...@domain.com recoveryemail use...@domainx.com recoveryphone +15105551212

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Hi there, 

is it possible to clear the recoveryemail and / or recoveryphone field on the update command or similar? I played a bit with the command but once I set an email address, the update command is expecting an email address. 

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Stefan Sloboda

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Aug 21, 2019, 3:06:09 AM8/21/19
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Hi Ross, 

thanks for that. But is it possible to clear that field completely, meaning having no entry there?


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Steve - DynTech

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Aug 21, 2019, 3:05:35 PM8/21/19
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You have a file called recovery.json, contents like

{"primaryEmail": "st...@domain.com", "recoveryEmail": ""}

Then update the user
gam update user steve json file recovery.json

You can get the data into that file this way, then remove it, the do the above command to remove
gam redirect stdout ./recovery.json info user steve recoveryemail recoveryphone formatjson nogroups nolicenses

Ross Scroggs

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Steve,

With Advanced GAM 4.90.08 you can now say: gam update user us...@domain.com recoveryemail ""

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Stefan Sloboda

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Dec 9, 2019, 11:10:43 AM12/9/19
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Hi Ross,

thanks for that! Would you mind to implement the same for recoveryphone as well?


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On Wednesday, 21 August 2019 21:16:55 UTC+2, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Steve,

With Advanced GAM 4.90.08 you can now say: gam update user us...@domain.com recoveryemail ""

Ross

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 12:05 PM Steve - DynTech <st...@dyntech.co.uk> wrote:
You have a file called recovery.json, contents like

{"primaryEmail": "st...@domain.com", "recoveryEmail": ""}

Then update the user
gam update user steve json file recovery.json

You can get the data into that file this way, then remove it, the do the above command to remove
gam redirect stdout ./recovery.json info user steve recoveryemail recoveryphone formatjson nogroups nolicenses


On Wednesday, 21 August 2019 02:06:09 UTC-5, Stefan Sloboda wrote:
Hi Ross, 

thanks for that. But is it possible to clear that field completely, meaning having no entry there?


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On Tuesday, 20 August 2019 18:02:37 UTC+2, Stefan Sloboda wrote:
Hi there, 

is it possible to clear the recoveryemail and / or recoveryphone field on the update command or similar? I played a bit with the command but once I set an email address, the update command is expecting an email address. 

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Stefan,

This now works in GAMADV-XTD3 4.97.08.

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Stefan Sloboda

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Dec 10, 2019, 11:18:18 AM12/10/19
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Hi Ross, 

thanks a lot for the quick reply and your efforts! I updated to the latest version, but unfortunately I receive this:

PS C:\gamadv-xtd3> .\gam.exe update user stefan.sloboda recoveryphone ""
Command: C:\gamadv-xtd3\gam.exe update user stefan.sloboda recoveryphone >>><<<
ERROR: Missing argument: Expected <String>

Do you have an idea what might be wrong here?

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Stefan,

This now works in GAMADV-XTD3 4.97.08.

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Check your version:

$ gam  update user testuser1 recoveryphone ""

User: test...@rdschool.org, Updated


$ gam version

GAMADV-XTD3 4.97.08 - https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-XTD3

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Python 3.8.0 64-bit final

google-api-python-client 1.7.8

httplib2 0.13.0

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MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 x86_64

Path: /usr/local/gamadv-xtd3


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Stefan Sloboda

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Dec 10, 2019, 11:51:35 AM12/10/19
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Hi Ross, 

this is the result:
Ross Scroggs <ross.s...@gmail.com>
Python 3.8.0 64-bit final
google-api-python-client 1.7.8
httplib2 0.13.0
oauth2client 4.1.3
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Path: C:\gamadv-xtd3

To be honest I do not see if I miss something here :/

On Tuesday, 10 December 2019 17:49:17 UTC+1, Ross Scroggs wrote:
Stefan,

Check your version:

$ gam  update user testuser1 recoveryphone ""

User: test...@rdschool.org, Updated


$ gam version

GAMADV-XTD3 4.97.08 - https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-XTD3

Ross Scroggs <ross....@gmail.com>

Python 3.8.0 64-bit final

google-api-python-client 1.7.8

httplib2 0.13.0

oauth2client 4.1.3

MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 x86_64

Path: /usr/local/gamadv-xtd3


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It works for me. Do these commands back-to-back, send me the results.
c:\GamTest>.\gam version
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c:\GamTest>.\gam update user testuser1 recoveryphone ""
User: test...@rdschool.org, Updated

c:\GamTest>

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Stacy Wilson

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Jan 24, 2020, 6:24:18 PM1/24/20
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Ross,

Can you tell me what permissions are required to update the recoveryemail?  When I use gam update user us...@domain.com recoveryemail "" I get "Update Failed: Not Authorized to access this resource/api". 


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Stefan,

It works for me. Do these commands back-to-back, send me the results.
c:\GamTest>.\gam version
GAMADV-XTD3 4.97.08 - https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-XTD3
Ross Scroggs <ross....@gmail.com>
Python 3.8.0 64-bit final
google-api-python-client 1.7.8
httplib2 0.13.0
oauth2client 4.1.3
Windows 10 10.0.18362   AMD64
Path: c:\GamTest

c:\GamTest>.\gam update user testuser1 recoveryphone ""
User: test...@rdschool.org, Updated

c:\GamTest>

Ross

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Hi Ross, 

this is the result:

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Stacy,

What's you GAM version?

Ross

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Samuel

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Mar 13, 2020, 3:36:16 AM3/13/20
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Hi,

when I try to clear the recoveryphone it doesn't work anymore

GAM 4.99
GAMADV-XTD3 4.99.22

gam update user us...@domain.tld recoveryphone ''

the recoveryemail is perfectly cleared

Ross Scroggs

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Samuel,

This was corrected in 4.97.08, Google seems to have changed the API and broken the correction.

I'll investigate.

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I found the API change, fixed in GAMADV-XTD3 5.00.01.
I submitted the change to Jay,

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Great
thanks


Le vendredi 13 mars 2020 13:39:33 UTC+1, Ross Scroggs a écrit :
Samuel,

I found the API change, fixed in GAMADV-XTD3 5.00.01.
I submitted the change to Jay,

Ross
On Mar 13, 2020, at 12:36 AM, Samuel <samuel...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

when I try to clear the recoveryphone it doesn't work anymore

GAM 4.99
GAMADV-XTD3 4.99.22

gam update user us...@domain.tld recoveryphone ''

the recoveryemail is perfectly cleared

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Was this updated to work as expected? If so, it seems as though it might need another update. With GAMADV-XTD3 6.65.07, gam update user us...@domain.tld recoveryphone "" results in:
Command: C:\GAMADV-XTD3\gam.exe update user us...@domain.tld recoveryphone >>><<<

ERROR: Missing argument: Expected <String>

The result is the same for single and double quotes. recoveryemail still works as expected.

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In PowerShell, if you want an empty string argument, you must enter: `"`"

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Yes, this was in PowerShell. Oops and thank you Ross! It's interesting that it must be escaped double quotes. I tried with escaped single quotes and got an "Update Failed: Invalid recovery phone." It's also interesting that recoveryemail works as expected without escaped quotes...

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recoveryemail worked because it was the last argument on the command line as PowerShell tossed the ""; gam said there's no emailaddress following recoveryemail so I'll just clear it out.

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