Teams: Bulk Remove Members (JavaScript)

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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 add
$ async 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
1{"success":true}

Endpoints used

  1. Get authentication token: getBearerToken function
  2. Find member by email: ${baseURL}/members?search=${encodedEmail}
  3. Remove member from team: ${baseURL}/teams/${teamId}/members