Technical Tip: How to show super admin user via REST API Admin

This article describes that normal API admin could not show super admin user and needs to change profile via CLI:

• Create Admin Profile for REST API Admin with read-write Permissions 'api-rw':

• Create REST API Admin 'api-adm' with newly created Admin Profile 'api-rw'

• Query admin got success status but no admin show here:

curl -k -X 'GET' 'https://<FGT-IP>:443/api/v2/cmdb/system/admin?access_token=<API key>' -H 'accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

{

  "http_method":"GET",

  "size":1,

  "matched_count":0,

  "next_idx":0,

  "revision":"472de3e5186943a752314a08a7d19718",

  "results":[

  ],

  "vdom":"root",

  "path":"system",

  "name":"admin",

  "status":"success",

  "http_status":200,

  "serial":"<FGT SN>",

  "version":"v7.2.6",

  "build":1575

}