Create a new user
POST /api/admin/user-admin
Creates a new user with the given root role.
Request
- application/json
Body
required
createUserSchema
- username stringThe user's username. Must be provided if email is not provided. 
- email stringThe user's email address. Must be provided if username is not provided. 
- name stringThe user's name (not the user's username). 
- password stringPassword for the user 
- rootRole objectrequired- The role to assign to the user. Can be either the role's ID or its unique name. oneOf- MOD1
- MOD2
 integerstring- Possible values: [ - Admin,- Editor,- Viewer,- Owner,- Member]
- sendEmail booleanWhether to send a welcome email with a login link to the user or not. Defaults to true.
- 201
- 400
- 401
- 403
The resource was successfully created.
Response Headers
- location string- The location of the newly created resource. 
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
- id integer requiredThe user id 
- isAPI boolean deprecatedDeprecated in v5. Used internally to know which operations the user should be allowed to perform 
- name string nullableName of the user 
- email stringEmail of the user 
- username string nullableA unique username for the user 
- imageUrl stringURL used for the user profile image 
- inviteLink stringIf the user is actively inviting other users, this is the link that can be shared with other users 
- loginAttempts integerHow many unsuccessful attempts at logging in has the user made 
- emailSent booleanIs the welcome email sent to the user or not 
- rootRole object- Which root role this user is assigned. Usually a numeric role ID, but can be a string when returning newly created user with an explicit string role. oneOf- MOD1
- MOD2
 integerstring- Possible values: [ - Admin,- Editor,- Viewer,- Owner,- Member]
- seenAt date-time nullableThe last time this user logged in 
- createdAt date-timeThe user was created at this time 
- accountType stringA user is either an actual User or a Service Account 
- permissions string[]Deprecated 
- scimId string nullableThe SCIM ID of the user, only present if managed by SCIM 
{
  "id": 123,
  "name": "User",
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "username": "hunter",
  "imageUrl": "https://example.com/242x200.png",
  "inviteLink": "http://localhost:4242/invite-link/some-secret",
  "loginAttempts": 3,
  "emailSent": false,
  "rootRole": 1,
  "seenAt": "2023-06-30T11:42:00.345Z",
  "createdAt": "2023-06-30T11:41:00.123Z",
  "accountType": "User",
  "permissions": [
    "string"
  ],
  "scimId": "01HTMEXAMPLESCIMID7SWWGHN6"
}
The request data does not match what we expect.
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
- id stringThe ID of the error instance 
- name stringThe name of the error kind 
- message stringA description of what went wrong. 
{
  "id": "9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008",
  "name": "ValidationError",
  "message": "The request payload you provided doesn't conform to the schema. The .parameters property should be object. You sent []."
}
Authorization information is missing or invalid. Provide a valid API token as the authorization header, e.g. authorization:*.*.my-admin-token.
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
- id stringThe ID of the error instance 
- name stringThe name of the error kind 
- message stringA description of what went wrong. 
{
  "id": "9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008",
  "name": "AuthenticationRequired",
  "message": "You must log in to use Unleash. Your request had no authorization header, so we could not authorize you. Try logging in at /auth/simple/login."
}
The provided user credentials are valid, but the user does not have the necessary permissions to perform this operation
- application/json
- Schema
- Example (from schema)
Schema
- id stringThe ID of the error instance 
- name stringThe name of the error kind 
- message stringA description of what went wrong. 
{
  "id": "9c40958a-daac-400e-98fb-3bb438567008",
  "name": "NoAccessError",
  "message": "You need the \"UPDATE_ADDON\" permission to perform this action in the \"development\" environment."
}