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Creates a new user
editCreates a new user
editCreates a new user.
Request
editPOST /api/v1/users
Responses
edit-
200
-
(
User
) User successfully created -
400
-
(
BasicFailedReply
) * The provided user name is invalid. Check that it is not empty and it does not contain special characters. (code:user.user_name.invalid
) * Some of the provided roles are invalid. (code:user.roles.invalid
) * Some of the provided roles are forbidden. (code:user.roles.forbidden
) * Trying to set a restricted field. (code:user.restricted_field
)Headers
-
x-cloud-error-codes
(string
; allowed values: [user.user_name.invalid
,user.roles.invalid
,user.roles.forbidden
,user.restricted_field
]) - The error codes associated with the response
-
-
409
-
(
BasicFailedReply
) The username is already in use. (code:user.user_name.conflict
)Headers
-
x-cloud-error-codes
(string
; allowed values: [user.user_name.conflict
]) - The error codes associated with the response
-
-
449
-
(
BasicFailedReply
) Elevated permissions are required. (code:root.unauthorized.rbac.elevated_permissions_required
)Headers
-
x-cloud-error-codes
(string
; allowed values: [root.unauthorized.rbac.elevated_permissions_required
]) - The error codes associated with the response
-
To perform this operation, you must be authenticated by means of one of the following methods: apiKey, basicAuth.
Request example
editcurl -XPOST https://{{hostname}}/api/v1/users \ -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ECE_API_KEY" \ -d ' { "builtin" : true, "email" : "string", "full_name" : "string", "metadata" : { "created_at" : "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z", "created_by" : "string", "first_login_at" : "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z", "last_login_at" : "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z", "updated_at" : "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z", "updated_by" : "string" }, "security" : { "elevated_permissions" : { "enabled" : true, "expires_at" : "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, "enabled" : true, "password" : "string", "permissions" : [ "string" ], "roles" : [ "string" ], "security_realm" : { "id" : "string", "type" : "string" } }, "user_name" : "string" } '