---
title: "Create or update a user for a backend provider."
method: POST
path: "/ocs/v2.php/apps/user_oidc/api/{apiVersion}/user"
tags: ["user_oidc_provisioning"]
---

# Create or update a user for a backend provider.

`POST /ocs/v2.php/apps/user_oidc/api/{apiVersion}/user`

This endpoint requires admin access

## Path parameters

- `apiVersion` 'v1', required

## Headers

- `OCS-APIRequest` boolean, required

## Request body

- object
  - `providerId` integer, required — Numeric ID of the provider backend
  - `userId` string, required — Provider-specific user identifier
  - `displayName` string, nullable — Optional display name to set for the user
  - `email` string, nullable — Optional email address to set for the user
  - `quota` string, nullable — Optional quota value to set for the user

## Response `200`

The user was created or updated successfully

- object
  - `ocs` object, required
    - `meta` OCSMeta, required
      - `status` string, required
      - `statuscode` integer, required
      - `message` string
      - `totalitems` string
      - `itemsperpage` string
    - `data` object, required
      - `user_id` string, required

## Other responses

- `401` — Current user is not logged in
- `403` — Logged in account must be an admin

## Changes

> 7 revisions in range; 5 could not be searched.

- **2026-02-27** `f9a0442ac006` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/nextcloud/apis/user-oidc/changes/ocs/v2.php/apps/user_oidc/api/:apiVersion/user/post.md)

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