zulip/templates/zerver/api/create-user.md

Create a user

Create a new user in a realm.

Note: The requesting user must be an administrator.

POST {{ api_url }}/v1/users

Usage examples

• curl
• Python
• JavaScript

curl {{ api_url }}/v1/users \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    -d "email=newbie@zulip.com" \
    -d "full_name=New User" \
    -d "short_name=newbie" \
    -d "password=temp"

#!/usr/bin/env python

import zulip

# You need a zuliprc-admin with administrator credentials
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc-admin")

# Create a user
print(client.create_user({
    'email': 'newbie@zulip.com',
    'password': 'temp',
    'full_name': 'New User',
    'short_name': 'newbie'
}))

More examples and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js). ```js const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// You need a zuliprc-admin with administrator credentials const config = { zuliprc: 'zuliprc-admin', };

zulip(config).then((client) => { // Create a user const params = { email: 'newbie@zulip.com', password: 'temp', full_name: 'New User', short_name: 'newbie' }; client.users.create(params).then(console.log); });

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## Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|arguments.json|create-user.md}

## Response

#### Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{ 'result':'success', 'msg':'' }

A typical JSON response for when another user with the same
email address already exists in the realm:

{ 'msg':"Email 'newbie@zulip.com' already in use", 'result':'error' }

{!invalid-api-key-json-response.md!}