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Amazon Cognito - Admin Create User

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Creates a new user in the specified user pool.
Note
This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.
JavaScript
var success = false;

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

var rest = new CkRest();

var authAws = new CkAuthAws();
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/
var bTls = true;
var port = 443;
var 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) {
    console.log("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.ConnectFailReason);
    console.log(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"
// }
// 

var json = new CkJsonObject();
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");

var sbRequestBody = new CkStringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
var sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
console.log("response status code = " + respStatusCode);
if (respStatusCode !== 200) {
    console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
    console.log("Response Header:");
    console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
    console.log("Response Body:");
    console.log(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    return;
}

var jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
console.log(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"
//   }
// }

var Name;
var Value;

var UserEnabled = jsonResponse.BoolOf("User.Enabled");
var UserUserCreateDate = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserCreateDate");
var UserUserLastModifiedDate = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserLastModifiedDate");
var UserUserStatus = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserStatus");
var UserUsername = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.Username");
var i = 0;
var 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;
}