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Creates a new useredit

Creates a new user.

Requestedit

POST /api/v1/users

Request bodyedit

(User) (required) The user to create

Responsesedit

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 exampleedit

curl -XPOST https://{{hostname}}/api/v1/users \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey $ECE_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-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"
}
'
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