Step 8: Create user
POST {{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users
The POST {{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users operation creates the new user resource in the specified environment. The user is associated with the population created in Step 7.
The request body for the POST to create the new user must provide values for these required properties:
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emailThe unique email address for the new user.
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usernameA name for the new user. This name must be unique within the specified environment.
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population.idThe population to associate with the new user resource.
Example Request
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cURL
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C#
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HTTP
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Swift
curl --location --globoff '{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \
--data-raw '{
"email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",
"population": {
"id": "{{appJwtPopID}}"
},
"username": "App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}"
}'
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users")
{
MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
var body = @"{" + "\n" +
@" ""email"": ""somebody@pingidentity.com""," + "\n" +
@" ""population"": {" + "\n" +
@" ""id"": ""{{appJwtPopID}}""" + "\n" +
@" }," + "\n" +
@" ""username"": ""App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}""" + "\n" +
@"}";
request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json);
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users"
method := "POST"
payload := strings.NewReader(`{
"email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",
"population": {
"id": "{{appJwtPopID}}"
},
"username": "App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}"
}`)
client := &http.Client {
}
req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
res, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
defer res.Body.Close()
body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
POST /environments/{{envID}}/users HTTP/1.1
Host: {{apiPath}}
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}
{
"email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",
"population": {
"id": "{{appJwtPopID}}"
},
"username": "App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}"
}
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
.build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"email\": \"somebody@pingidentity.com\",\n \"population\": {\n \"id\": \"{{appJwtPopID}}\"\n },\n \"username\": \"App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}\"\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users")
.method("POST", body)
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
var settings = {
"url": "{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users",
"method": "POST",
"timeout": 0,
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
},
"data": JSON.stringify({
"email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",
"population": {
"id": "{{appJwtPopID}}"
},
"username": "App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}"
}),
};
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});
var request = require('request');
var options = {
'method': 'POST',
'url': '{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users',
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",
"population": {
"id": "{{appJwtPopID}}"
},
"username": "App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}"
})
};
request(options, function (error, response) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(response.body);
});
import requests
import json
url = "{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users"
payload = json.dumps({
"email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",
"population": {
"id": "{{appJwtPopID}}"
},
"username": "App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}"
})
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
$request->setConfig(array(
'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
));
$request->setBody('{\n "email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",\n "population": {\n "id": "{{appJwtPopID}}"\n },\n "username": "App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}"\n}');
try {
$response = $request->send();
if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
echo $response->getBody();
}
else {
echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
$response->getReasonPhrase();
}
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"
url = URI("{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
request.body = JSON.dump({
"email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",
"population": {
"id": "{{appJwtPopID}}"
},
"username": "App_JWT_user_{{\$timestamp}}"
})
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
let parameters = "{\n \"email\": \"somebody@pingidentity.com\",\n \"population\": {\n \"id\": \"{{appJwtPopID}}\"\n },\n \"username\": \"App_JWT_user_{{$timestamp}}\"\n}"
let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8)
var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/users")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.httpBody = postData
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
guard let data = data else {
print(String(describing: error))
return
}
print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}
task.resume()
Example Response
201 Created
{
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62"
},
"environment": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
},
"population": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/populations/b6d6f705-a2a5-4023-9573-7fb5415a0584"
},
"devices": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/devices"
},
"roleAssignments": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/roleAssignments"
},
"password": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/password"
},
"password.reset": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/password"
},
"password.set": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/password"
},
"password.check": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/password"
},
"password.recover": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/password"
},
"linkedAccounts": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/linkedAccounts"
},
"account.sendVerificationCode": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62"
},
"memberOfGroups": {
"href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/users/20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62/memberOfGroups"
}
},
"id": "20d97092-22bb-4bd9-a9f6-e6dc162acb62",
"environment": {
"id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
},
"account": {
"canAuthenticate": true,
"status": "OK"
},
"createdAt": "2025-01-13T22:31:28.773Z",
"email": "somebody@pingidentity.com",
"enabled": true,
"identityProvider": {
"type": "PING_ONE"
},
"lifecycle": {
"status": "ACCOUNT_OK"
},
"mfaEnabled": false,
"population": {
"id": "b6d6f705-a2a5-4023-9573-7fb5415a0584"
},
"updatedAt": "2025-01-13T22:31:28.773Z",
"username": "App_JWT_user_1736807489",
"verifyStatus": "NOT_INITIATED"
}