---
title: "Create admin user"
method: POST
path: "/api/license-manager/users"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Create admin user

`POST /api/license-manager/users`

Allows you to create an admin user by providing an email (mandatory) and name (optional). The email must be in a valid format. The success response will contain the generated `userId` for that user. 

## Permissions

Any user or [API key](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/guides/api-authentication-using-api-keys) must have at least one of the appropriate [License Manager resources](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/license-manager-resources--3q6ztrC8YynQf6rdc6euk3) to be able to successfully run this request. Otherwise they will receive a status code `403` error. These are the applicable resources for this endpoint:

| **Product** | **Category** | **Resource** |
| --------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
| License Manager | Services access control | **Save user** |

You can [create a custom role](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/roles--7HKK5Uau2H6wxE1rH5oRbc#creating-a-role) with that resource or use one of the following [predefined roles](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/predefined-roles--jGDurZKJHvHJS13LnO7Dy):

| **Role** | **Resource** | 
| --------------- | ----------------- | 
| User Administrator - RESTRICTED | Save user |

>❗ Assigning a [predefined role](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/predefined-roles--jGDurZKJHvHJS13LnO7Dy) to users or application keys usually grants permission to multiple [License Manager resources](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/license-manager-resources--3q6ztrC8YynQf6rdc6euk3). If some of these permissions are not necessary, consider creating a custom role instead. For more information regarding security, see [Best practices for using application keys](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/best-practices-api-keys--7b6nD1VMHa49aI5brlOvJm).

To learn more about machine authentication at VTEX, see [Authentication overview](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/guides/authentication).

## Request body

- CreateUserRequest — Request body for creating users.
  - `name` string — Name of the user.
  - `email` string, required — Email of the user.

## Response `200`

Success

- object
  - `id` string — ID of the user.
  - `email` string — Email of the user.
  - `name` string — Name of the user.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request

## Changes

- **2023-10-11** `86441c3dfd15` — 3 info
  - api tag `Users` added
  - api tag `User` removed
  - the request property `name` became optional
- **2023-10-11** `381c1c4a4ead` — 1 breaking, 2 info
  - the request property `name` became required
  - api tag `User` added
  - api tag `Users` removed
- **2023-10-05** `32ac13ae3854` — 2 info
  - api tag `Users` added
  - api tag `User` removed
- **2023-10-05** `c164b01f71e8` — 1 info
  - the request property `name` became optional
- **2022-01-28** `ca8bd421f133` — 2 warning
  - deleted the `path` request parameter `accountName`
  - deleted the `path` request parameter `environment`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/vtex/apis/license-manager-api/changes/api/license-manager/users/post.md)

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