Create Nexus User Through REST API - nexus

Question

I am working with Nexus OSS 2.11.x and would like to create new users through the REST API. The following command correctly retrieves the list of all users, thus confirming that I am able to call the API:
curl -u $NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASS $NEXUS_LOCAL/service/local/users
Based on the API documentation, I've constructed a JSON user object:
export USER='{"data":{"email":"testing#example.com","firstName":"Test","lastName":"Ing","userId":"testing","status": "active","roles":["repository-any-read"],"password": "test123$"}}'
And then I submit a POST request:
curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "ContentType: application/json; charset=UTF-8" -v -d "$USER" -u $NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASS $NEXUS_LOCAL/service/local/users
The response comes back with HTTP 201 (created) - but GET /service/local/users only gives me back the original user list. The user is not in the list provided from the UI, and the log (available in the UI) does not even indicate that any activity took place. The $NEXUS_USER account is in the "Nexus Administrator" role.
Does anyone have a suggestion for what I'm overlooking here?

Answer 1

I used the above code and had the same problem:
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
and nothing happened.
After some debuging I noticed a simple typo above which was a problem.
Instead:
-H "ContentType: application/json; charset=UTF-8"
should be:
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8"
(notice the dash in Content-Type) and it started working.

Answer 2

The code above is correct and executes just fine today. The server was rebooted overnight and somehow that fixed things.
To further clarify the environment variables
NEXUS_LOCAL is your nexus server. If you install on localhost with the default settings, then export NEXUS_LOCAL=http://localhost:8081/nexus (Bash) or SET NEXUS_LOCAL=http://localhost:8081/nexus (Windows).
NEXUS_USER and NEXUS_PASS are plaintext for an account with in the Administrator role, or presumably UI Administrator (have no tested the latter).