---
title: pingcli pingone users apply
description: Create or update a user
component: pingcli
version: 1.0
page_id: pingcli:command_reference:pingcli_pingone_users_apply
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingcli/1.0/command_reference/pingcli_pingone_users_apply.html
revdate: June 5, 2026
section_ids:
  synopsis: Synopsis
  examples: Examples
  options: Options
  options-inherited-from-parent-commands: Options inherited from parent commands
  more-information: More information
---

# pingcli pingone users apply

Create or update a user

## Synopsis

Idempotently create or update a user looked up by the "username" field in the JSON body within the supplied --environment-id. If no user with the given username exists it is created; if exactly one exists it is updated; if more than one exists the command fails.

```
pingcli pingone users apply [flags]
```

## Examples

```
  # Create or update a user (body supplies username, email, and population)
  pingcli pingone users apply --environment-id <env-id> --from-file user.json

  # Read body from stdin
  pingcli pingone users apply --environment-id <env-id> --from-file - < user.json
```

## Options

```
  -e, --environment-id string   The PingOne environment ID
  -h, --help                    help for apply
  -f, --from-file string        Path to a JSON file containing the request body, or "-" to read from stdin.
  -u, --user-id string          The user ID
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -C, --config string           The relative or full path to a custom Ping CLI configuration file. (default $HOME/.pingcli/config.yaml)
  -D, --detailed-exitcode       Enable detailed exit code output. (default false) 0 - pingcli command succeeded with no errors or warnings. 1 - pingcli command failed with errors. 2 - pingcli command succeeded with warnings.
  -O, --output-format string    Specify the console output format. (default text) Options are: json, ndjson, ndjson-wrapped, text.
  -P, --profile string          The name of a configuration profile to use.
      --debug                   Enable debug output for error messages, including stack traces and transaction IDs. (default false)
      --log-file string         Write logs to a file at the given path. File logging is disabled when not set.
      --log-file-level string   Set the file log level. Options are: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR. (default DEBUG)
      --log-level string        Set the console log level. Options are: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR. (default WARN)
      --no-color                Disable text output in color. (default false)
      --query string            JMESPath expression to filter JSON output. Requires -O json, ndjson, or ndjson-wrapped. Example: --query 'data[?enabled].name'
```

## More information

* [pingcli pingone users](pingcli_pingone_users.html) - Users