Synchronise ABBYY FlexiCapture AD accounts from command line / scheduled task

Symptoms

You want to force update of FlexiCapture AD users/groups, either from command line or scheduled task so that this sync can be scheduled.

Cause

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Resolution

To do this, send the following request via the appropriate software (Powershell, Postman, cURL, etc.):

http://urlToMonitoring/winauth/ActiveDirectory/SynchronizeGroups

Parameters:

• Server – Active Directory domain name
• IsWindowsAuthentication – Windows authentication on an Active Directory server
• UserName – user name to connect to Active Directory
  • Note: This parameter is not applied if IsWindowsAuthentication=true
• Password – user password
  • Note: This parameter is not applied if IsWindowsAuthentication=true
• SearchGroups – group search
• SearchGroupsUsers – allows searching for users in groups
• SearchSubGroups – allows searching for subgroups in groups
• Query – search bar to search for groups and users in Active Directory

Example Powershell command:

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://localhost/FlexiCapture12/Monitoring/winauth/ActiveDirectory/SynchronizeGroups' -Method 'POST' -useDefaultCredentials -Body "Server=<ADPath>&IsWindowsAuthentication=true&SearchGroups=true&SearchGroupsUsers=true&SearchSubGroups=true&Query=<groupName>" -ContentType "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Source / related articles:

1. https://help.abbyy.com/en-us/flexicapture/12/admin_guide/users_ad/
2. https://support.abbyy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011692079
3. https://support.abbyy.com/hc/en-us/articles/12656578371603-How-to-sync-Active-Directory-users-with-a-CURL-request