Strongloop loopback. Cannot add User instance from explorer

Question

I've created a model (slc loopback:model customer), done 'slc run', and browsed to http://localhost:3000/explorer/. I see both 'customer' and 'User' models. But I cannot figure out how to add an instance to the User model. I select 'Users->Post /Users' and provide the following data

{
  "realm": "",
  "username": "myname",
  "credentials": "secret",
  "challenges": [],
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "emailVerified": false,
  "verificationToken": "",
  "status": "",
  "created": "",
  "lastUpdated": "",
  "id": 0
}

The response is

{
  "error": {
    "name": "ValidationError",
    "status": 422,
    "message": "The `User` instance is not valid. Details: `password` can't be blank (value: undefined).",
    "statusCode": 422,
    "details": {
      "context": "User",
      "codes": {
        "password": [
          "presence"
        ]
      },
      "messages": {
        "password": [
          "can't be blank"
        ]
      }
    },
    "stack": "ValidationError: The `User` instance is not valid. Details: `password` can't be blank (value: undefined).
}

I've tried with other values for the data but cannot figure out how to resolve the 'blank password'. Can anyone point out what I might be missing? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You need to provide a password key (even though it's not listed). Do the same POST /User, but enter these fields in the JSON object instead:

{
  email: "[email protected]",
  password: "foobar"
}

These two specifically are required. The rest of the ones you've shown are optional.