Use AdminCreateUser with an AWS SDK or CLI - AWS SDK Code Examples

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Use AdminCreateUser with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use AdminCreateUser.

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CLI
AWS CLI

To create a user

The following admin-create-user example creates a user with the specified settings email address and phone number.

aws cognito-idp admin-create-user \
    --user-pool-id us-west-2_aaaaaaaaa \
    --username diego \
    --user-attributes Name=email,Value=diego@example.com Name=phone_number,Value="+15555551212" \
    --message-action SUPPRESS

Output:

{
    "User": {
        "Username": "diego",
        "Attributes": [
            {
                "Name": "sub",
                "Value": "7325c1de-b05b-4f84-b321-9adc6e61f4a2"
            },
            {
                "Name": "phone_number",
                "Value": "+15555551212"
            },
            {
                "Name": "email",
                "Value": "diego@example.com"
            }
        ],
        "UserCreateDate": 1548099495.428,
        "UserLastModifiedDate": 1548099495.428,
        "Enabled": true,
        "UserStatus": "FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD"
    }
}
Go
SDK for Go V2
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository. 


import (
	"context"
	"errors"
	"log"

	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cognitoidentityprovider"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cognitoidentityprovider/types"
)

type CognitoActions struct {
	CognitoClient *cognitoidentityprovider.Client
}



// AdminCreateUser uses administrator credentials to add a user to a user pool. This method leaves the user
// in a state that requires they enter a new password next time they sign in.
func (actor CognitoActions) AdminCreateUser(ctx context.Context, userPoolId string, userName string, userEmail string) error {
	_, err := actor.CognitoClient.AdminCreateUser(ctx, &cognitoidentityprovider.AdminCreateUserInput{
		UserPoolId:     aws.String(userPoolId),
		Username:       aws.String(userName),
		MessageAction:  types.MessageActionTypeSuppress,
		UserAttributes: []types.AttributeType{{Name: aws.String("email"), Value: aws.String(userEmail)}},
	})
	if err != nil {
		var userExists *types.UsernameExistsException
		if errors.As(err, &userExists) {
			log.Printf("User %v already exists in the user pool.", userName)
			err = nil
		} else {
			log.Printf("Couldn't create user %v. Here's why: %v\n", userName, err)
		}
	}
	return err
}