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/
v1
/
users
POST /v1/users
from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Users
from metadata.generated.schema.api.teams.createUser import CreateUserRequest

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

request = CreateUserRequest(
    name="aaron_johnson0",
    displayName="Aaron Johnson",
    email="aaron_johnson0@gmail.com",
    description="Data analyst in the Sales team",
    teams=["Sales"],
    roles=["DataSteward"]
)

user = Users.create(request)
print(f"Created: {user.fullyQualifiedName}")

{
  "id": "77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "name": "aaron_johnson0",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "aaron_johnson0",
  "displayName": "Aaron Johnson",
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982624214,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "email": "aaron_johnson0@gmail.com",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/users/77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "isBot": false,
  "isAdmin": false,
  "allowImpersonation": false,
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": "7a2b921b-f623-4eb5-9736-649788ad842c",
      "type": "team",
      "name": "Sales",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "Sales",
      "displayName": "Sales",
      "deleted": false
    }
  ],
  "personas": [],
  "deleted": false,
  "roles": [
    {
      "id": "761c2bb2-0b77-4bc5-9af9-cf89536d6a12",
      "type": "role",
      "name": "DataSteward",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "DataSteward",
      "displayName": "Data Steward",
      "deleted": false
    }
  ],
  "domains": []
}

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Create a User

Create a new user in your organization.

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Body Parameters

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name
string
required
Username for the user. Must be unique across the organization.
​
email
string
required
Email address of the user. Must be unique across the organization.
​
displayName
string
Human-readable display name for the user.
​
description
string
Description of the user in Markdown format.
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isBot
boolean
default:"false"
Whether this user is a bot account.
​
isAdmin
boolean
default:"false"
Whether this user has admin privileges.
​
teams
array
Array of team fully qualified names to assign the user to.
​
roles
array
Array of role fully qualified names to assign to the user.
​
personas
array
Array of persona references to assign to the user.
​
domain
string
Fully qualified name of the domain to assign for governance purposes.
​
profile
object
Profile information for the user.
POST /v1/users
from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Users
from metadata.generated.schema.api.teams.createUser import CreateUserRequest

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

request = CreateUserRequest(
    name="aaron_johnson0",
    displayName="Aaron Johnson",
    email="aaron_johnson0@gmail.com",
    description="Data analyst in the Sales team",
    teams=["Sales"],
    roles=["DataSteward"]
)

user = Users.create(request)
print(f"Created: {user.fullyQualifiedName}")

{
  "id": "77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "name": "aaron_johnson0",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "aaron_johnson0",
  "displayName": "Aaron Johnson",
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769982624214,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "email": "aaron_johnson0@gmail.com",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/users/77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "isBot": false,
  "isAdmin": false,
  "allowImpersonation": false,
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": "7a2b921b-f623-4eb5-9736-649788ad842c",
      "type": "team",
      "name": "Sales",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "Sales",
      "displayName": "Sales",
      "deleted": false
    }
  ],
  "personas": [],
  "deleted": false,
  "roles": [
    {
      "id": "761c2bb2-0b77-4bc5-9af9-cf89536d6a12",
      "type": "role",
      "name": "DataSteward",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "DataSteward",
      "displayName": "Data Steward",
      "deleted": false
    }
  ],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

Returns the created user object with all specified properties and system-generated fields.

​
Response

​
id
string
Unique identifier for the user (UUID format).
​
name
string
Username.
​
fullyQualifiedName
string
Fully qualified name (same as name for users).
​
displayName
string
Human-readable display name.
​
email
string
Email address of the user.
​
isBot
boolean
Whether this user is a bot account.
​
isAdmin
boolean
Whether this user has admin privileges.
​
teams
array
Teams the user belongs to.
​
roles
array
Roles assigned to the user.
​
personas
array
Personas assigned to the user.
​
domains
array
Domain assignments for governance.
​
version
number
Version number for the entity (starts at 0.1).

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Create or Update (PUT)

Use PUT /v1/users instead of POST to perform an upsert. If a user with the same fullyQualifiedName already exists, it will be updated; otherwise, a new user is created. The request body is the same as POST. 
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/users" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ ... same body as POST ... }'
PUT will not return a 409 conflict error if the entity already exists — it will update the existing entity instead.

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Bulk Create or Update (PUT)

Use PUT /v1/users/bulk to create or update multiple users in a single request. The request body is an array of create request objects. 
curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/users/bulk" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '[
    { "name": "user_one", "email": "user_one@example.com" },
    { "name": "user_two", "email": "user_two@example.com" }
  ]'

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Error Handling

CodeError TypeDescription
400BAD_REQUESTInvalid request body or missing required fields
401UNAUTHORIZEDInvalid or missing authentication token
403FORBIDDENUser lacks permission to create users
409ENTITY_ALREADY_EXISTSUser with same name already exists (POST only)