Script for bulk removing users from a group in Crowd

crowd_bulk_remove.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import base64
import json
import os
import sys
import urllib2

if len(sys.argv) < 3:
  print 'USAGE: %s <crowd group> <user filter>' % (os.path.basename(__file__))
  sys.exit(1)

URL_BASE = 'http://<Crowd domain or IP>:<Crowd port>/crowd/rest/usermanagement/1'
USERNAME = 'app-name' # Set up the application in the Crowd console
PASSWORD = 'app-password'
GROUP_NAME = sys.argv[1]
MATCH_STRING = sys.argv[2]

print 'Removing users from %s group whose emails contain "%s"' % (GROUP_NAME, MATCH_STRING)
print

def make_request(path, method='GET'):
  url = URL_BASE + path if path.startswith('/') else path
  req = urllib2.Request(url)
  req.get_method = lambda: method
  auth = base64.b64encode('%s:%s' % (USERNAME, PASSWORD))
  req.add_header('Authorization', "Basic %s" % auth)
  req.add_header('Content-Type', "application/json")
  req.add_header('Accept', "application/json")
  return urllib2.urlopen(req)

# Get the users in the group
users = json.load(make_request('/group/user/direct?groupname=%s' % GROUP_NAME))
for user in users['users']:
  user_details =  json.load(make_request(user['link']['href']))
  username = user['name']
  name = user_details['display-name']
  email = user_details['email']
  # Filter users by email address
  if MATCH_STRING in email:
    # Remove users that match the filter
    print "%s <%s> (username: %s)" % (name, email, username)
    path = '/group/user/direct?groupname=%s&username=%s' % (GROUP_NAME, username)
    make_request(path, 'DELETE')