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Amazon Cognito - Admin Create User

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Creates a new user in the specified user pool.

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bool success = false;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

Chilkat.AuthAws authAws = new Chilkat.AuthAws();
authAws.AccessKey = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY";
authAws.SecretKey = "AWS_SECRET_KEY";
//  Don't forget to change the region to your particular region. (Also make the same change in the call to Connect below.)
authAws.Region = "us-west-2";
authAws.ServiceName = "cognito-idp";
//  SetAuthAws causes Chilkat to automatically add the following headers: Authorization, X-Amz-Date
rest.SetAuthAws(authAws);

//  URL: https://cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
//  Use the same region as specified above.
success = rest.Connect("cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
//  Generate Code to Create JSON

//  The following JSON is sent in the request body.

//  {
//      "DesiredDeliveryMediums" : [ "SMS", "EMAIL" ],	
//      "UserAttributes": [
//           {
//             "Name": "phone_number",
//             "Value": "+16302581871"
//           },
//           {
//             "Name": "email",
//             "Value": "admin@chilkatsoft.com"
//           }
//         ],
//       "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_yt6WzO3SA",
//       "Username": "Matt"
//  }
//  

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("DesiredDeliveryMediums[0]","SMS");
json.UpdateString("DesiredDeliveryMediums[1]","EMAIL");
json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[0].Name","phone_number");
json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[0].Value","+16302581871");
json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[1].Name","email");
json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[1].Value","admin@chilkatsoft.com");
json.UpdateString("UserPoolId","us-west-2_yt6WzO3SA");
json.UpdateString("Username","Matt");

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/x-amz-json-1.0");
rest.AddHeader("X-Amz-Target","AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.AdminCreateUser");
rest.AddHeader("Accept-Encoding","identity");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonResponse = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(jsonResponse.Emit());

//  Sample JSON response:
//  (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

//  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

//  {
//    "User": {
//      "Attributes": [
//        {
//          "Name": "sub",
//          "Value": "dcd3db0c-32cf-4a33-a6b2-173653f7c0e7"
//        },
//        {
//          "Name": "phone_number",
//          "Value": "+16302581871"
//        },
//        {
//          "Name": "email",
//          "Value": "admin@chilkatsoft.com"
//        }
//      ],
//      "Enabled": true,
//      "UserCreateDate": 1.636407153801E9,
//      "UserLastModifiedDate": 1.636407153801E9,
//      "UserStatus": "FORCE_CHANGE_PASSWORD",
//      "Username": "matt"
//    }
//  }

string Name;
string Value;

bool UserEnabled = jsonResponse.BoolOf("User.Enabled");
string UserUserCreateDate = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserCreateDate");
string UserUserLastModifiedDate = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserLastModifiedDate");
string UserUserStatus = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserStatus");
string UserUsername = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.Username");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("User.Attributes");
while (i < count_i) {
    jsonResponse.I = i;
    Name = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.Attributes[i].Name");
    Value = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.Attributes[i].Value");
    i = i + 1;
}