Teams: Bulk Remove Members (JavaScript)
Teams: Bulk Remove Members (JavaScript)
This script is designed to bulk remove existing members of a specific team, using their email addresses as identifiers.
Refer to the Sigma REST API Recipes QuickStart for step-by-step instructions.
Example script
Shell
// This script bulk assigns existing members to a team, based on the members's email, which is matched from the "../.member-emails" file.// Load required modules and environment variables for script configuration.require('dotenv').config({ path: 'sigma-api-recipes/.env' });const getBearerToken = require('../get-access-token'); // Function to obtain an authentication token.const axios = require('axios'); // HTTP client for making requests to Sigma's API.const fs = require('fs'); // File system module to read the list of emails from a file.const path = require('path'); // Module for handling file paths.// Environment variables loaded from the .env file.const baseURL = process.env.baseURL; // Base URL for Sigma's API endpoints.const teamId = process.env.TEAMID; // Target team ID for assigning members.const emailListPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', '.member-emails'); // Path to the file containing member emails.// Function to find a member's ID by their email address.async function findMemberIdByEmail(email, token) {const encodedEmail = encodeURIComponent(email); // Encode email to ensure it is URL-safe.const requestUrl = `${baseURL}/members?search=${encodedEmail}`; // Construct the request URL.console.log(`Searching for member by email with URL: ${requestUrl}`); // Log the request for debugging.try {const response = await axios.get(requestUrl, {headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` }, // Include the bearer token for authentication.});// Return the first matching member ID if found.return Array.isArray(response.data) && response.data.length > 0 ? response.data[0].memberId : null;} catch (error) {console.error(`Error searching for member by email (${email}):`, error);return null; // Return null if an error occurs or no member is found.}}// Function to add/remove a member to a specified team by their member ID.// change logging messages to remove instead of addasync function addMemberToTeam(memberId, teamId, token) {const requestUrl = `${baseURL}/teams/${teamId}/members`; // API endpoint for adding a member to a team.//Change the job to remove a member:const payload = { add: [], remove: [memberId] }; // Payload specifying the member to add (and none to remove).const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }; // Request headers.// Log the request details for debugging.console.log(`Removed member to team with URL: ${requestUrl}`);// console.log(`Headers:`, JSON.stringify(headers, null, 2));console.log(`Payload:`, JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2));try {const response = await axios.patch(requestUrl, payload, { headers });console.log(`Member ${memberId} removed from team ${teamId}. Response:`, response.data);} catch (error) {console.error(`Error removing member ${memberId} to team ${teamId}:`, error.response ? error.response.data : error);}}// Main function to process member emails and assign them to the specified team.async function processMembers(teamId, token) {const emails = fs.readFileSync(emailListPath, 'utf-8').split(','); // Read and split the list of emails.for (const email of emails) {const memberId = await findMemberIdByEmail(email.trim(), token); // Get member ID by email.if (memberId) {await addMemberToTeam(memberId, teamId, token); // Add the member to the team.} else {console.log(`Member not found for email: ${email}`); // Log if no member ID is found for an email.}}}// Entry point of the script.async function main() {const token = await getBearerToken(); // Fetch the bearer token.if (!token) {console.error('Failed to obtain bearer token.');return;}await processMembers(teamId, token); // Process member assignments.}main().catch(console.error); // Execute the main function and catch any errors.
Response Example
{"success":true}
Endpoints used
- Get authentication token:
getBearerTokenfunction - Find member by email:
${baseURL}/members?search=${encodedEmail} - Remove member from team:
${baseURL}/teams/${teamId}/members

