Sample code for 30+ languages & platforms
VB.NET

Amazon Cognito - Admin Update User Attributes

See more Amazon Cognito Examples

Updates the specified user's attributes, including developer attributes, as an administrator. Works on any user.

For custom attributes, you must prepend the custom: prefix to the attribute name.

In addition to updating user attributes, this API can also be used to mark phone and email as verified.

Chilkat VB.NET Downloads

VB.NET
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.

' {
'     "UserAttributes": [
'          {
'            "Name": "email_verified",
'            "Value": "true"
'          },
'          {
'            "Name": "email",
'            "Value": "matt@example.com"
'          }
'        ],
'      "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_yt6WzO3SA",
'      "Username": "Matt"
' }
' 

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[0].Name","email_verified")
json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[0].Value","true")
json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[1].Name","email")
json.UpdateString("UserAttributes[1].Value","matt@example.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.AdminUpdateUserAttributes")
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())

' If successful, the response status code is 200, and the response body is empty JSON "{}"