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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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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

authAws = Chilkat::CkAuthAws.new()
authAws.put_AccessKey("AWS_ACCESS_KEY")
authAws.put_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.put_Region("us-west-2")
authAws.put_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 != true)
    print "ConnectFailReason: " + rest.get_ConnectFailReason().to_s() + "\n";
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# 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 = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
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 = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
if (success != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
print "response status code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
if (respStatusCode != 200)
    print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print rest.responseHeader() + "\n";
    print "Response Body:" + "\n";
    print sbResponseBody.getAsString() + "\n";
    exit
end

jsonResponse = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(false)
print jsonResponse.emit() + "\n";

# 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 < count_i
    jsonResponse.put_I(i)
    Name = jsonResponse.stringOf("User.Attributes[i].Name")
    Value = jsonResponse.stringOf("User.Attributes[i].Value")
    i = i + 1
end