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Amazon Cognito - Admin Update User Attributes

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Updates the specified user's attributes, including developer attributes, as an administrator. Works on any user.

For custom attributes, you must prepend the custom: prefix to the attribute name.

In addition to updating user attributes, this API can also be used to mark phone and email as verified.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    CkAuthAws authAws = new CkAuthAws();
    authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY");
    authAws.put_SecretKey("AWS_SECRET_KEY");
    // Don't forget to change the region to your particular region. (Also make the same change in the call to Connect below.)
    authAws.put_Region("us-west-2");
    authAws.put_ServiceName("cognito-idp");
    // SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
    rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

    // URL: https://cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    // Use the same region as specified above.
    success = rest.Connect("cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.get_ConnectFailReason());
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //     "UserAttributes": [
    //          {
    //            "Name": "email_verified",
    //            "Value": "true"
    //          },
    //          {
    //            "Name": "email",
    //            "Value": "matt@example.com"
    //          }
    //        ],
    //      "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_yt6WzO3SA",
    //      "Username": "Matt"
    // }
    // 

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[0].Name","email_verified");
    json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[0].Value","true");
    json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[1].Name","email");
    json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[1].Value","matt@example.com");
    json.UpdateString("UserPoolId","us-west-2_yt6WzO3SA");
    json.UpdateString("Username","Matt");

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.0");
    rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminUpdateUserAttributes");
    rest.AddHeader("Accept-Encoding","identity");

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    System.out.println("response status code = " + respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode != 200) {
        System.out.println("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
        System.out.println("Response Header:");
        System.out.println(rest.responseHeader());
        System.out.println("Response Body:");
        System.out.println(sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

    jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false);
    System.out.println(jsonResponse.emit());

    // If successful, the response status code is 200, and the response body is empty JSON "{}"
  }
}