Class CreateUserCommandProtected

Creates a new IAM user for your Amazon Web Services account.

For information about quotas for the number of IAM users you can create, see IAM and STS quotas in the IAM User Guide.

Example

Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.

import { IAMClient, CreateUserCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; // ES Modules import
// const { IAMClient, CreateUserCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-iam"); // CommonJS import
const client = new IAMClient(config);
const input = { // CreateUserRequest
  Path: "STRING_VALUE",
  UserName: "STRING_VALUE", // required
  PermissionsBoundary: "STRING_VALUE",
  Tags: [ // tagListType
    { // Tag
      Key: "STRING_VALUE", // required
      Value: "STRING_VALUE", // required
    },
  ],
};
const command = new CreateUserCommand(input);
const response = await client.send(command);

Param

CreateUserCommandInput

Returns

CreateUserCommandOutput

See

• CreateUserCommandInput for command's input shape.
• CreateUserCommandOutput for command's response shape.
• config for IAMClient's config shape.

Throws

ConcurrentModificationException (client fault)

The request was rejected because multiple requests to change this object were submitted simultaneously. Wait a few minutes and submit your request again.

Throws

EntityAlreadyExistsException (client fault)

The request was rejected because it attempted to create a resource that already exists.

Throws

InvalidInputException (client fault)

The request was rejected because an invalid or out-of-range value was supplied for an input parameter.

Throws

LimitExceededException (client fault)

The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current Amazon Web Services account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.

Throws

NoSuchEntityException (client fault)

The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.

Throws

ServiceFailureException (server fault)

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

Example

To create an IAM user

// The following create-user command creates an IAM user named Bob in the current account.
const input = {
  "UserName": "Bob"
};
const command = new CreateUserCommand(input);
const response = await client.send(command);
/* response ==
{
  "User": {
    "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Bob",
    "CreateDate": "2013-06-08T03:20:41.270Z",
    "Path": "/",
    "UserId": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
    "UserName": "Bob"
  }
}
*/
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