diff --git a/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml b/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
index 0a9f7ea7..9f3e9f5f 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pbs-api-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ edition = "2018"
 description = "general API type helpers for PBS"
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 regex = "1.2"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 
 proxmox = { version = "0.11.5", default-features = false, features = [ "api-macro" ] }
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
index 125f67c8..58f5615a 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 use proxmox::api::schema::{ApiStringFormat, Schema, StringSchema};
 use proxmox::const_regex;
 
+#[macro_use]
+mod userid;
+pub use userid::Authid;
+pub use userid::Userid;
+pub use userid::{Realm, RealmRef};
+pub use userid::{Tokenname, TokennameRef};
+pub use userid::{Username, UsernameRef};
+pub use userid::{PROXMOX_GROUP_ID_SCHEMA, PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID_SCHEMA, PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME_SCHEMA};
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR {
     () => {
diff --git a/src/api2/types/userid.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/userid.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/api2/types/userid.rs
rename to pbs-api-types/src/userid.rs
index ed9b5f08..34c7a09f 100644
--- a/src/api2/types/userid.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/userid.rs
@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ use super::PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR;
 // colon separated lists)!
 // slash is not allowed because it is used as pve API delimiter
 // also see "man useradd"
+#[macro_export]
 macro_rules! USER_NAME_REGEX_STR { () => (r"(?:[^\s:/[:cntrl:]]+)") }
+#[macro_export]
 macro_rules! GROUP_NAME_REGEX_STR { () => (USER_NAME_REGEX_STR!()) }
+#[macro_export]
 macro_rules! TOKEN_NAME_REGEX_STR { () => (PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!()) }
+#[macro_export]
 macro_rules! USER_ID_REGEX_STR { () => (concat!(USER_NAME_REGEX_STR!(), r"@", PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR!())) }
+#[macro_export]
 macro_rules! APITOKEN_ID_REGEX_STR { () => (concat!(USER_ID_REGEX_STR!() , r"!", TOKEN_NAME_REGEX_STR!())) }
 
 const_regex! {
diff --git a/src/api2/types/mod.rs b/src/api2/types/mod.rs
index 2adf974e..820d9618 100644
--- a/src/api2/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api2/types/mod.rs
@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@ use crate::{
     config::acl::Role,
 };
 
-#[macro_use]
-mod userid;
-pub use userid::{Realm, RealmRef};
-pub use userid::{Tokenname, TokennameRef};
-pub use userid::{Username, UsernameRef};
-pub use userid::Userid;
-pub use userid::Authid;
-pub use userid::{PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID_SCHEMA, PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME_SCHEMA, PROXMOX_GROUP_ID_SCHEMA};
-
 mod tape;
 pub use tape::*;
 
@@ -37,17 +28,7 @@ pub use file_restore::*;
 mod acme;
 pub use acme::*;
 
-pub use pbs_api_types::{
-    CERT_FINGERPRINT_SHA256_SCHEMA,
-    FINGERPRINT_SHA256_FORMAT,
-    FINGERPRINT_SHA256_REGEX,
-    PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_FORMAT,
-    PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX,
-    PROXMOX_SAFE_ID_REGEX_STR,
-    SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_FORMAT,
-    SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_REGEX,
-    SINGLE_LINE_COMMENT_SCHEMA,
-};
+pub use pbs_api_types::*;
 
 // File names: may not contain slashes, may not start with "."
 pub const FILENAME_FORMAT: ApiStringFormat = ApiStringFormat::VerifyFn(|name| {