# Create User

<mark style="color:orange;">`POST`</mark> /v3/users

## Request

The details below help you form your HTTP requests to this endpoint.

### Headers

You may need to provide specific headers.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>x-consumer-custom-id</td><td>string</td><td>true</td><td>Consumer data with the format "channel:vendorId"</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Body

You must provide a JSON payload.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>firstName</td><td>string</td><td>true</td><td>User's first name</td></tr><tr><td>lastName</td><td>string</td><td>true</td><td>User's last name</td></tr><tr><td>email</td><td>string</td><td>true</td><td>Users email address to authenticate with</td></tr><tr><td>password</td><td>string</td><td>false</td><td>User password to authenticate with</td></tr><tr><td>resetPassword</td><td>boolean</td><td>false</td><td>Determines if password reset e-mail will be send</td></tr><tr><td>locale</td><td>string</td><td>false</td><td>Language part of the user locale, not the full locale.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Response

The details below help you understand the responses you could get from this endpoint.

### Samples

Below are samples of responses, with tabs corresponding to returned status code.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```javascript
{
    "data": {
        "userId": "5a319511a86980001d602095",
        "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VySWQiOiI1YTk..."
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400" %}

```javascript
{
    "error": {
        "statusCode": 400,
        "code": "UserAlreadyExists",
        "message": "User already exists with email ex@example.com",
        "data": {}
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="409" %}

```javascript
{
    "error": {
        "statusCode": 409,
        "code": "UserAlreadyExists",
        "message": "The user already exists",
        "data": {}
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Schema

The response's schema is outlined below.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>data</td><td>object</td><td>false</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>data.userId</td><td>string</td><td>true</td><td>User id</td></tr><tr><td>data.token</td><td>string</td><td>true</td><td>User authorization token</td></tr></tbody></table>


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