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Amazon Cognito - Admin Create User

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Creates a new user in the specified user pool.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

$authAws = chilkat::CkAuthAws->new();
$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/
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
# Use the same region as specified above.
$success = $rest->Connect("cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print "ConnectFailReason: " . $rest->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

# The following JSON is sent in the request body.

# {
#     "DesiredDeliveryMediums" : [ "SMS", "EMAIL" ],	
#     "UserAttributes": [
#          {
#            "Name": "phone_number",
#            "Value": "+16302581871"
#          },
#          {
#            "Name": "email",
#            "Value": "admin@chilkatsoft.com"
#          }
#        ],
#      "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_yt6WzO3SA",
#      "Username": "Matt"
# }
# 

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("DesiredDeliveryMediums[0]","SMS");
$json->UpdateString("DesiredDeliveryMediums[1]","EMAIL");
$json->UpdateString("UserAttributes[0].Name","phone_number");
$json->UpdateString("UserAttributes[0].Value","+16302581871");
$json->UpdateString("UserAttributes[1].Name","email");
$json->UpdateString("UserAttributes[1].Value",'admin@chilkatsoft.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.AdminCreateUser");
$rest->AddHeader("Accept-Encoding","identity");

$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->EmitSb($sbRequestBody);
$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$respStatusCode = $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode();
print "response status code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode != 200) {
    print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
    print $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonResponse = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonResponse->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);

$jsonResponse->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $jsonResponse->emit() . "\r\n";

# Sample JSON response:
# (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

# {
#   "User": {
#     "Attributes": [
#       {
#         "Name": "sub",
#         "Value": "dcd3db0c-32cf-4a33-a6b2-173653f7c0e7"
#       },
#       {
#         "Name": "phone_number",
#         "Value": "+16302581871"
#       },
#       {
#         "Name": "email",
#         "Value": "admin@chilkatsoft.com"
#       }
#     ],
#     "Enabled": true,
#     "UserCreateDate": 1.636407153801E9,
#     "UserLastModifiedDate": 1.636407153801E9,
#     "UserStatus": "FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD",
#     "Username": "matt"
#   }
# }

$UserEnabled = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("User.Enabled");
$UserUserCreateDate = $jsonResponse->stringOf("User.UserCreateDate");
$UserUserLastModifiedDate = $jsonResponse->stringOf("User.UserLastModifiedDate");
$UserUserStatus = $jsonResponse->stringOf("User.UserStatus");
$UserUsername = $jsonResponse->stringOf("User.Username");
$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray("User.Attributes");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->put_I($i);
    $Name = $jsonResponse->stringOf("User.Attributes[i].Name");
    $Value = $jsonResponse->stringOf("User.Attributes[i].Value");
    $i = $i + 1;
}