---
title: "Create a user impersonation link"
method: POST
path: "/admin/users/{user_id}/impersonation-links"
tags: ["Admin"]
---

# Create a user impersonation link

`POST /admin/users/{user_id}/impersonation-links`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.openpo.st/api/v1`
- URL: `https://app.openpo.st/api/v1/admin/users/{user_id}/impersonation-links`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `openpost_session`

Creates a five-minute, one-use sign-in link for a non-admin user. The caller must use an unscoped instance-admin browser session.

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, required: Target user ID

## Response `200`

OK

- CreateUserImpersonationLinkOutputBody
  - `$schema` string, uri: A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.
  - `expires_at` string, required: Link expiration time
  - `url` string, required: One-use private-browser sign-in URL

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity
- `500`: Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/openpo/apis/openpost-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/openpo/apis/openpost-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/openpo/apis/openpost-api/revisions/67d3964458a7?raw)