Create user

POST /v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/Users

Unique chat users within a chat service

Path parameters

  • ServiceSid string Required

    The SID of the Service to create the resource under.

    Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Body

  • Identity string Required

    The identity value that uniquely identifies the new resource's User within the Service. This value is often a username or email address. See the Identity documentation for more details.

  • RoleSid string

    The SID of the Role assigned to the new User.

    Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

  • Attributes string

    A valid JSON string that contains application-specific data.

  • FriendlyName string

    A descriptive string that you create to describe the new resource. This value is often used for display purposes.

Responses

  • 201 application/json

    Created

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    • Access-Control-Allow-Origin string

      Specify the origin(s) allowed to access the resource

    • Access-Control-Allow-Methods string

      Specify the HTTP methods allowed when accessing the resource

    • Access-Control-Allow-Headers string

      Specify the headers allowed when accessing the resource

    • Access-Control-Allow-Credentials boolean

      Indicates whether the browser should include credentials

    • Access-Control-Expose-Headers string

      Headers exposed to the client

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    • sid string | null

      The unique string that we created to identify the User resource.

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^US[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • account_sid string | null

      The SID of the Account that created the User resource.

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • service_sid string | null

      The SID of the Service the resource is associated with.

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^IS[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • attributes string | null

      The JSON string that stores application-specific data. Note If this property has been assigned a value, it's only displayed in a FETCH action that returns a single resource; otherwise, it's null. If the attributes have not been set, {} is returned.

    • friendly_name string | null

      The string that you assigned to describe the resource.

    • role_sid string | null

      The SID of the Role assigned to the user.

      Minimum length is 34, maximum length is 34. Format should match the following pattern: ^RL[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$.

    • identity string | null

      The application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource's User within the Service. This value is often a username or an email address. See access tokens for more info.

    • is_online boolean | null

      Whether the User is actively connected to the Service instance and online. This value is only returned by Fetch actions that return a single resource and null is always returned by a Read action. This value is null if the Service's reachability_enabled is false, if the User has never been online for the Service instance, even if the Service's reachability_enabled is true.

    • is_notifiable boolean | null

      Whether the User has a potentially valid Push Notification registration (APN or GCM) for the Service instance. If at least one registration exists, true; otherwise false. This value is only returned by Fetch actions that return a single resource and null is always returned by a Read action. This value is null if the Service's reachability_enabled is false, and if the User has never had a notification registration, even if the Service's reachability_enabled is true.

    • date_created string(date-time) | null

      The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in RFC 2822 format.

    • date_updated string(date-time) | null

      The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in RFC 2822 format.

    • joined_channels_count integer

      The number of Channels this User is a Member of.

      Default value is 0.

    • url string(uri) | null

      The absolute URL of the User resource.

POST /v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/Users
curl \
 --request POST 'https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Services/{ServiceSid}/Users' \
 --user "username:password" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
 --data 'RoleSid=RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&Identity=jing&Attributes=%7B%22test%22%3A%22test%22%7D&FriendlyName=friendly_name'
Request example
{"RoleSid"=>"RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", "Identity"=>"jing", "Attributes"=>"{\"test\":\"test\"}", "FriendlyName"=>"friendly_name"}
Response examples (201)
{
  "sid": "USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "url": "https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Users/USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "links": {
    "user_channels": "https://chat.twilio.com/v1/Services/ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Users/USaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Channels"
  },
  "identity": "jing",
  "role_sid": "RLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "is_online": true,
  "attributes": null,
  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "service_sid": "ISaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "date_created": "2016-03-24T21:05:19Z",
  "date_updated": "2016-03-24T21:05:19Z",
  "friendly_name": null,
  "is_notifiable": null,
  "joined_channels_count": 0
}