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createUser #

Creates a new user.


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createUser(kuid, body, [options]);

Property Type Description
kuid
string
User kuid
body
object
User content & credentials
options
object
Query options

If the kuid is null, Kuzzle will generate an ID.

body #

The body property must contain two objects:

  • content: Contains the list of profile ids to attach the user to and potential additional information. At least the profileIds must be supplied. Any other attribute can be added. Make sure to update the user mapping collection to match your custom attributes.
  • credentials: Describes how the new administrator can be authenticated. This object must contain one or more properties, named after the target authentication strategy to use. Each one of these properties are objects containing the credentials information, corresponding to that authentication strategy.

Example:

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{
  content: {
    profileIds: [
      'default'
    ],
    firstName: 'John',
    lastName: 'Doe'
  },
  credentials: {
    local: {
      username: 'admin',
      password: 'myPassword'
    }
  }
}

options #

Property Type
(default)
Description
queuable
boolean

(true)
If true, queues the request during downtime, until connected to Kuzzle again
refresh
boolean

(false)
If set to wait_for, Kuzzle will not respond until the created user is indexed

Resolves #

A User object containing information about the newly created user.

Usage #

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try {
  const response = await kuzzle.security.createUser('jdoe', {
    content: {
      profileIds: [ 'default' ]
    },
    credentials: {
      local: {
        username: 'jdoe',
        password: 'password'
      }
    }
  });
  console.log(response);
  /*
  User {
    _id: 'john.doe',
    content:
      { profileIds: [ 'default' ],
        firstName: 'John',
        lastName: 'Doe',
        fullName: 'John Doe',
        _kuzzle_info:
          { author: '-1',
            createdAt: 1561379086534,
            updatedAt: null,
            updater: null } } }
   */
} catch (e) {
  console.error(e);
}