Example of how to create a SugarCRM User via REST

create_user.rb

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

require 'digest/md5'
require 'rubygems'
require 'sugarcrm'

SugarCRM.connect("http://localhost:8888/sugarcrm", "admin", "letmein", :debug => true)

user                  = SugarCRM::User.new
user.email1           = "[email protected]"
user.user_name        = "test_user"
user.user_hash        = Digest::MD5.hexdigest("Password123!") # 2c103f2c4ed1e59c0b4e2e01821770fa
user.last_name        = "Doe"
user.status           = "Active"
user.employee_status  = "Active"
user.team_count       = 1
user.team_name        = "Global"
user.save! 

# set_entry: Request:
# {
#   "session": "87932a67e55c905270017cf3ced72e95",
#   "module_name": "Users",
#   "name_value_list": {
#     "user_name": {"name":"user_name","value":"test_user"},
#     "last_name": {"name":"last_name","value":"Doe!"},
#     "status": {"name":"status","value":"Active"},
#     "team_count": {"name":"team_count","value":1},
#     "team_name": {"name":"team_name","value":"Global"},
#     "email1": {"name":"email1","value":"[email protected]"},
#     "user_hash":{"name":"user_hash","value":"2c103f2c4ed1e59c0b4e2e01821770fa"},
#     "employee_status":{"name":"employee_status","value":"Active"}
#   }
# }