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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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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

Dim authAws As 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/
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim port As Integer = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
' Use the same region as specified above.
success = rest.Connect("cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason)
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' 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"
' }
' 

Dim json As 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")

Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = rest.ResponseStatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
    Debug.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jsonResponse As 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"
'   }
' }

Dim Name As String
Dim Value As String

Dim UserEnabled As Boolean = jsonResponse.BoolOf("User.Enabled")
Dim UserUserCreateDate As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserCreateDate")
Dim UserUserLastModifiedDate As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserLastModifiedDate")
Dim UserUserStatus As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.UserStatus")
Dim UserUsername As String = jsonResponse.StringOf("User.Username")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = 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
End While