---
title: "Register as a new user (if allowed)"
method: POST
path: "/register"
tags: ["Authentication"]
---

# Register as a new user (if allowed)

`POST /register`

Does not use authentication. Requires username, password and email.

## Query parameters

- `username` string
- `password` string
- `email` string
- `fullname` string

## Request body

- RegisterRequest
  - `username` string, required
  - `password` string, required — hash('sha256', password) Deprecated: for privacy, send this in a form or JSON request body instead of the query string (query values land in server/proxy logs and browser history). Query-string support is retained for backward compatibility.
  - `email` string, required
  - `fullname` string

## Response `200`

Success or error

- SuccessResponse
  - `success` string

## Other responses

- `400` — HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401` — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403` — HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `500` — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

## Changes

- **2026-07-22** `e8e6b266ea29` — 1 breaking, 7 info
  - removed the media type `multipart/form-data` from the request body
  - api operation id `register` was added
  - the `query` request parameter `email` became optional
  - the `query` request parameter `password` became optional
  - …4 more
- **2026-07-21** `2ff18e50dcc1` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `success` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-07-20** `531d5bc1344e` — 1 info
  - `query` request parameter `password` was deprecated
- **2026-07-17** `9abb9bf6d3bf` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - removed the request body
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-07-08** `29c9c9906bf6` — 1 info
  - added optional request body

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/register/post.md)

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