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Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminCreateUser API

The #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminCreateUser API from Amazon Cognito — 1 operation(s) for #x amz target=awscognitoidentityproviderservice.admincreateuser.

Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminCreateUser API is one of 126 APIs that Amazon Cognito publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a JSON-LD context, a getting-started guide, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 37 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2016-04-18.

Requests are made against 4 base URLs: http://cognito-idp.{region}.amazonaws.com, https://cognito-idp.{region}.amazonaws.com, http://cognito-idp.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn, https://cognito-idp.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn.

1 operations 1 paths 37 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2016-04-18
Base URL
https://cognito-idp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminCreateUser API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (hmac). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • hmac — Amazon Signature authorization v4

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

#X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminCreateUser 1
POST
/#X-Amz-Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminCreateUser
Amazon Cognito Admin Create User
AdminCreateUser 8 params body → 200480481482483484485486

Schemas 37

The contract defines 37 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AdminCreateUserRequest (9 properties), UserType (7 properties), AttributeType (2 properties), MFAOptionType (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MessageActionType
string
ResourceNotFoundException
UnsupportedUserStateException
InvalidLambdaResponseException
AttributeNameType
string
AttributeListType
array
InvalidSmsRoleTrustRelationshipException
UserPoolIdType
string
BooleanType
boolean
UnexpectedLambdaException
UserType
object
A user profile in a Amazon Cognito user pool.
7 properties
InvalidPasswordException
InvalidSmsRoleAccessPolicyException
ClientMetadataType
object
NotAuthorizedException
UsernameType
string
UserStatusType
string
AttributeType
object
Specifies whether the attribute is standard or custom.
2 properties 1 required
UserLambdaValidationException
MFAOptionListType
array
ForceAliasCreation
boolean
DateType
string
MFAOptionType
object
This data type is no longer supported. Applies only to SMS multi-factor authentication (MFA) configurations. Does not apply to time-based one-time password (TO…
2 properties
AdminCreateUserResponse
object
Represents the response from the server to the request to create the user.
1 property
UsernameExistsException
UserNotFoundException
AdminCreateUserRequest
object
Represents the request to create a user in the specified user pool.
9 properties 2 required
PreconditionNotMetException
TooManyRequestsException
StringType
string
PasswordType
string
CodeDeliveryFailureException
AttributeValueType
string
InvalidParameterException
DeliveryMediumListType
array
InternalErrorException
DeliveryMediumType
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

amazon-cognito-x-amz-target-awscognitoidentityproviderservice-admincreateuser-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Amazon Cognito publishes across the network.

Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AddCustomAttributes API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminAddUserToGroup API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminConfirmSignUp API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminDeleteUser API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminDeleteUserAttributes API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminDisableProviderForUser API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminDisableUser API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminEnableUser API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminForgetDevice API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminGetDevice API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminGetUser API
Amazon Cognito #X Amz Target=AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminInitiateAuth API
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