FEATURE: API endpoint for inviting an admin

app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb

@@ -288,6 +288,35 @@ class Admin::UsersController < Admin::AdminController
     render json: success_json
   end
 
+  def invite_admin
+
+    email = params[:email]
+    unless user = User.find_by_email(email)
+      name = params[:name] if params[:name].present?
+      username = params[:username] if params[:username].present?
+
+      user = User.new(email: email)
+      user.password = SecureRandom.hex
+      user.username = UserNameSuggester.suggest(username || name || email)
+      user.name = User.suggest_name(name || username || email)
+    end
+
+    user.active = true
+    user.save!
+    user.grant_admin!
+    user.change_trust_level!(4)
+    user.email_tokens.update_all  confirmed: true
+
+    email_token = user.email_tokens.create(email: user.email)
+    Jobs.enqueue(:user_email,
+                    type: :account_created,
+                    user_id: user.id,
+                    email_token: email_token.token)
+
+    render json: success_json
+
+  end
+
   private
 
     def fetch_user

config/routes.rb

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
 
 
     post "users/sync_sso" => "users#sync_sso", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
+    post "users/invite_admin" => "users#invite_admin", constraints: AdminConstraint.new
 
     resources :impersonate, constraints: AdminConstraint.new
 

spec/controllers/admin/users_controller_spec.rb

@@ -427,6 +427,18 @@ describe Admin::UsersController do
 
     end
 
+    context ".invite_admin" do
+      it 'should invite admin' do
+        xhr :post, :invite_admin, name: 'Bill', username: 'bill22', email: 'bill@bill.com'
+        response.should be_success
+
+        u = User.find_by(email: 'bill@bill.com')
+        u.name.should == "Bill"
+        u.username.should == "bill22"
+        u.admin.should == true
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
   it 'can sync up sso' do