Users API

Creating a User

POST /v2/users/

Fields

Name	Description	Default	Valid Values	Example Values
guid	The UAA guid of the user to create.			guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45
default_space_guid	The guid of the default space for apps created by this user.
admin	Whether the user is an admin (Use UAA instead).

Request

Headers

Authorization: bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoidWFhLWlkLTEwIiwiZW1haWwiOiJlbWFpbC01QHNvbWVkb21haW4uY29tIiwic2NvcGUiOlsiY2xvdWRfY29udHJvbGxlci5hZG1pbiJdLCJhdWQiOlsiY2xvdWRfY29udHJvbGxlciJdLCJleHAiOjE0MjIzMjM1Mjh9.zB_gsLvVtAatZV3PdCHQY_I6nZnn_Dy6ynhD36Zf9NA
Host: example.org
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cookie: 

Route

POST /v2/users

Body

{
  "guid": "guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45"
}

cURL

curl "https://api.[your-domain.com]/v2/users" -d '{
  "guid": "guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45"
}' -X POST \
	-H "Authorization: bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoidWFhLWlkLTEwIiwiZW1haWwiOiJlbWFpbC01QHNvbWVkb21haW4uY29tIiwic2NvcGUiOlsiY2xvdWRfY29udHJvbGxlci5hZG1pbiJdLCJhdWQiOlsiY2xvdWRfY29udHJvbGxlciJdLCJleHAiOjE0MjIzMjM1Mjh9.zB_gsLvVtAatZV3PdCHQY_I6nZnn_Dy6ynhD36Zf9NA" \
	-H "Host: example.org" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
	-H "Cookie: "

Response

Headers

Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Location: /v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45
X-VCAP-Request-ID: 2edee994-6388-47c9-8f95-f2bcf0f86c3a
Content-Length: 1019
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff

Status

201 Created

Body

{
  "metadata": {
    "guid": "guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45",
    "url": "/v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45",
    "created_at": "2015-01-20T01:52:08+00:00",
    "updated_at": null
  },
  "entity": {
    "admin": false,
    "active": false,
    "default_space_guid": null,
    "spaces_url": "/v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45/spaces",
    "organizations_url": "/v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45/organizations",
    "managed_organizations_url": "/v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45/managed_organizations",
    "billing_managed_organizations_url": "/v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45/billing_managed_organizations",
    "audited_organizations_url": "/v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45/audited_organizations",
    "managed_spaces_url": "/v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45/managed_spaces",
    "audited_spaces_url": "/v2/users/guid-ffb6d245-1725-4f24-8c38-1645dc2b0b45/audited_spaces"
  }
}