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

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# 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
{start_tabs}
{tab|python}
{generate_code_example(python)|/users:post|example(admin_config=True)}
{tab|js}
More examples and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js).
```js
const zulip = require('zulip-js');
// The user for this zuliprc file must be an organization administrator.
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);
});
```
{tab|curl}
``` curl
curl -X POST {{ 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"
```
{end_tabs}
## Arguments
{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/users:post}
## Response
#### Example response
A typical successful JSON response may look like:
{generate_code_example|/users:post|fixture(200)}
A typical JSON response for when another user with the same
email address already exists in the realm:
{generate_code_example|/users:post|fixture(400)}