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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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

$authAws = New-Object 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/
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
# Use the same region as specified above.
$success = $rest.Connect("cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("ConnectFailReason: " + $rest.ConnectFailReason)
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 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"
# }
# 

$json = New-Object 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")

$sbRequestBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$json.EmitSb($sbRequestBody)
$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$respStatusCode = $rest.ResponseStatusCode
$("response status code = " + $respStatusCode)
if ($respStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
    $("Response Header:")
    $($rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("Response Body:")
    $($sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    exit
}

$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResponse.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)

$jsonResponse.EmitCompact = $false
$($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"
#   }
# }

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