---
title: "Create a new Consumer"
method: POST
path: "/consumers"
tags: ["Consumers"]
---

# Create a new Consumer

`POST /consumers`

Create a new Consumer

## Request body

- Consumer — The Consumer object represents a consumer - or a user - of a Service. You can either rely on Kong as the primary datastore, or you can map the consumer list with your database to keep consistency between Kong and your existing primary datastore.
  - `created_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was created.
  - `custom_id` string, nullable — Field for storing an existing unique ID for the Consumer - useful for mapping Kong with users in your existing database. You must send either this field or `username` with the request.
  - `id` string, nullable
  - `tags` string[] — An optional set of strings associated with the Consumer for grouping and filtering.
  - `updated_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was last updated.
  - `username` string, nullable — The unique username of the Consumer. You must send either this field or `custom_id` with the request.

## Response `201`

Successfully created Consumer

- Consumer — The Consumer object represents a consumer - or a user - of a Service. You can either rely on Kong as the primary datastore, or you can map the consumer list with your database to keep consistency between Kong and your existing primary datastore.
  - `created_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was created.
  - `custom_id` string, nullable — Field for storing an existing unique ID for the Consumer - useful for mapping Kong with users in your existing database. You must send either this field or `username` with the request.
  - `id` string, nullable
  - `tags` string[] — An optional set of strings associated with the Consumer for grouping and filtering.
  - `updated_at` integer, nullable — Unix epoch when the resource was last updated.
  - `username` string, nullable — The unique username of the Consumer. You must send either this field or `custom_id` with the request.

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized

## Changes

> 7 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2025-04-04** `e07a25288f1f` — 2 breaking, 6 info
  - the response property `created_at` became nullable for the status `201`
  - the response property `updated_at` became nullable for the status `201`
  - the request optional property `created_at` became not read-only
  - the request optional property `updated_at` became not read-only
  - …4 more
- **2024-11-26** `99e71588eb61` — 3 breaking, 5 info
  - the response property `custom_id` became nullable for the status `201`
  - the response property `id` became nullable for the status `201`
  - the response property `username` became nullable for the status `201`
  - the request optional property `id` became not read-only
  - …4 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/kong/apis/kong-enterprise-admin-api/changes/consumers/post.md)

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