Create a new user

post/merchants/{merchantId}/users

Creates a user for the merchantId specified in the path.

To make this request, your API credential must have the following role:

Management API—Users read and write

Endpoint destination URL

https://management-test.adyen.com/v3/merchants/{merchantId}/users

Path Parameters

Required

Optional

Unique identifier of the merchant.

Request Parameters

Required

Optional

The list of account groups associated with this user.

The email address of the user.

The requested login method for the user. To use SSO, you must already have SSO configured with Adyen before creating the user.

Possible values: Username & account, Email, or SSO

Min length: 1Max length: 80

The user's full name.

Allowed length: 1—80 characters.

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The list of roles for this user.

The tz database name of the time zone of the user. For example, Europe/Amsterdam.

Min length: 1Max length: 255

The user's email address that will be their username. Must be the same as the one in the email field.

Response parameters

After submitting a call, you receive a response message to inform you that your request was received and processed.

Depending on the HTTP status code of the response message, it is helpful to build some logic to handle any errors that a request or the system may return.

HTTP Responses

200 - OK
The request has succeeded.
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_linksobject
References to resources connected with this user.
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selfobject
Link to the resource itself.
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hrefstring
accountGroupsarray[string]
The list of account groups associated with this user.
activeboolean
Indicates whether this user is active.
appsarray[string]
Set of apps available to this user
emailstring
The email address of the user.
idstring
The unique identifier of the user.
nameobject
The user's full name.
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firstNamestring
Max length: 80
The first name.
lastNamestring
Max length: 80
The last name.
rolesarray[string]
The list of roles for this user.
timeZoneCodestring
The tz database name of the time zone of the user. For example, Europe/Amsterdam.
usernamestring
Min length: 1Max length: 255
The username for this user.
204 - No Content
The request has been successfully processed, but there is no additional content.
400 - Bad Request
A problem reading or understanding the request.
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detailstring
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
errorCodestring
A code that identifies the problem type.
instancestring
A unique URI that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
invalidFieldsarray[object]
Detailed explanation of each validation error, when applicable.
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messagestring
Description of the validation error.
namestring
The field that has an invalid value.
valuestring
The invalid value.
requestIdstring
A unique reference for the request, essentially the same as pspReference.
responseobject
JSON response payload.
statusinteger
The HTTP status code.
titlestring
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
typestring
A URI that identifies the problem type, pointing to human-readable documentation on this problem type.
401 - Unauthorized
Authentication required.
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detailstring
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
errorCodestring
A code that identifies the problem type.
instancestring
A unique URI that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
invalidFieldsarray[object]
Detailed explanation of each validation error, when applicable.
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messagestring
Description of the validation error.
namestring
The field that has an invalid value.
valuestring
The invalid value.
requestIdstring
A unique reference for the request, essentially the same as pspReference.
responseobject
JSON response payload.
statusinteger
The HTTP status code.
titlestring
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
typestring
A URI that identifies the problem type, pointing to human-readable documentation on this problem type.
403 - Forbidden
Insufficient permissions to process the request.
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detailstring
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
errorCodestring
A code that identifies the problem type.
instancestring
A unique URI that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
invalidFieldsarray[object]
Detailed explanation of each validation error, when applicable.
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messagestring
Description of the validation error.
namestring
The field that has an invalid value.
valuestring
The invalid value.
requestIdstring
A unique reference for the request, essentially the same as pspReference.
responseobject
JSON response payload.
statusinteger
The HTTP status code.
titlestring
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
typestring
A URI that identifies the problem type, pointing to human-readable documentation on this problem type.
422 - Unprocessable Entity
A request validation error.
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detailstring
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
errorCodestring
A code that identifies the problem type.
instancestring
A unique URI that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
invalidFieldsarray[object]
Detailed explanation of each validation error, when applicable.
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messagestring
Description of the validation error.
namestring
The field that has an invalid value.
valuestring
The invalid value.
requestIdstring
A unique reference for the request, essentially the same as pspReference.
responseobject
JSON response payload.
statusinteger
The HTTP status code.
titlestring
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
typestring
A URI that identifies the problem type, pointing to human-readable documentation on this problem type.
500 - Internal Server Error
The server could not process the request.
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detailstring
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
errorCodestring
A code that identifies the problem type.
instancestring
A unique URI that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
invalidFieldsarray[object]
Detailed explanation of each validation error, when applicable.
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messagestring
Description of the validation error.
namestring
The field that has an invalid value.
valuestring
The invalid value.
requestIdstring
A unique reference for the request, essentially the same as pspReference.
responseobject
JSON response payload.
statusinteger
The HTTP status code.
titlestring
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
typestring
A URI that identifies the problem type, pointing to human-readable documentation on this problem type.

Create a new user

Path Parameters

Request Parameters

Response parameters

HTTP Responses

200 - OK

204 - No Content

400 - Bad Request

401 - Unauthorized

403 - Forbidden

422 - Unprocessable Entity

500 - Internal Server Error