Create an IAM user using an Amazon SDK
The following code examples show how to create an IAM user.
To avoid security risks, don't use IAM users for authentication when developing purpose-built software or working with real data. Instead, use federation with an identity provider such as Amazon IAM Identity Center (successor to Amazon Single Sign-On).
- .NET
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- Amazon SDK for .NET
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. /// <summary> /// Create an IAM user. /// </summary> /// <param name="userName">The username for the new IAM user.</param> /// <returns>The IAM user that was created.</returns> public async Task<User> CreateUserAsync(string userName) { var response = await _IAMService.CreateUserAsync(new CreateUserRequest { UserName = userName }); return response.User; }
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For API details, see CreateUser in Amazon SDK for .NET API Reference.
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- C++
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- SDK for C++
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. Aws::IAM::IAMClient iam(clientConfig); Aws::IAM::Model::CreateUserRequest create_request; create_request.SetUserName(userName); auto create_outcome = iam.CreateUser(create_request); if (!create_outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cerr << "Error creating IAM user " << userName << ":" << create_outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; } else { std::cout << "Successfully created IAM user " << userName << std::endl; } return create_outcome.IsSuccess();
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For API details, see CreateUser in Amazon SDK for C++ API Reference.
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- Go
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- SDK for Go V2
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. // UserWrapper encapsulates user actions used in the examples. // It contains an IAM service client that is used to perform user actions. type UserWrapper struct { IamClient *iam.Client } // CreateUser creates a new user with the specified name. func (wrapper UserWrapper) CreateUser(userName string) (*types.User, error) { var user *types.User result, err := wrapper.IamClient.CreateUser(context.TODO(), &iam.CreateUserInput{ UserName: aws.String(userName), }) if err != nil { log.Printf("Couldn't create user %v. Here's why: %v\n", userName, err) } else { user = result.User } return user, err }
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For API details, see CreateUser
in Amazon SDK for Go API Reference.
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- Java
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- SDK for Java 2.x
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. public static String createIAMUser(IamClient iam, String username ) { try { // Create an IamWaiter object IamWaiter iamWaiter = iam.waiter(); CreateUserRequest request = CreateUserRequest.builder() .userName(username) .build(); CreateUserResponse response = iam.createUser(request); // Wait until the user is created GetUserRequest userRequest = GetUserRequest.builder() .userName(response.user().userName()) .build(); WaiterResponse<GetUserResponse> waitUntilUserExists = iamWaiter.waitUntilUserExists(userRequest); waitUntilUserExists.matched().response().ifPresent(System.out::println); return response.user().userName(); } catch (IamException e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } return ""; }
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For API details, see CreateUser in Amazon SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.
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- JavaScript
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- SDK for JavaScript (v3)
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. Create the client.
import { IAMClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; // Set the AWS Region. const REGION = "REGION"; // For example, "us-east-1". // Create an IAM service client object. const iamClient = new IAMClient({ region: REGION }); export { iamClient };
Create the user.
// Import required AWS SDK clients and commands for Node.js. import { iamClient } from "./libs/iamClient.js"; import { GetUserCommand, CreateUserCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; // Set the parameters. export const params = { UserName: "USER_NAME" }; //USER_NAME export const run = async () => { try { const data = await iamClient.send(new GetUserCommand(params)); console.log( "User " + "USER_NAME" + " already exists", data.User.UserId ); return data; } catch (err) { try { const results = await iamClient.send(new CreateUserCommand(params)); console.log("Success", results); return results; } catch (err) { console.log("Error", err); } } }; run();
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For more information, see Amazon SDK for JavaScript Developer Guide.
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For API details, see CreateUser in Amazon SDK for JavaScript API Reference.
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- SDK for JavaScript (v2)
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. // Load the AWS SDK for Node.js var AWS = require('aws-sdk'); // Set the region AWS.config.update({region: 'REGION'}); // Create the IAM service object var iam = new AWS.IAM({apiVersion: '2010-05-08'}); var params = { UserName: process.argv[2] }; iam.getUser(params, function(err, data) { if (err && err.code === 'NoSuchEntity') { iam.createUser(params, function(err, data) { if (err) { console.log("Error", err); } else { console.log("Success", data); } }); } else { console.log("User " + process.argv[2] + " already exists", data.User.UserId); } });
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For more information, see Amazon SDK for JavaScript Developer Guide.
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For API details, see CreateUser in Amazon SDK for JavaScript API Reference.
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- Kotlin
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- SDK for Kotlin
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Note This is prerelease documentation for a feature in preview release. It is subject to change.
Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. suspend fun createIAMUser(usernameVal: String?): String? { val request = CreateUserRequest { userName = usernameVal } IamClient { region = "AWS_GLOBAL" }.use { iamClient -> val response = iamClient.createUser(request) return response.user?.userName } }
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For API details, see CreateUser
in Amazon SDK for Kotlin API reference.
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- PHP
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- SDK for PHP
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. $uuid = uniqid(); $service = new IAMService(); $user = $service->createUser("iam_demo_user_$uuid"); echo "Created user with the arn: {$user['Arn']}\n"; /** * @param string $name * @return array * @throws AwsException */ public function createUser(string $name): array { $result = $this->iamClient->createUser([ 'UserName' => $name, ]); return $result['User']; }
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For API details, see CreateUser in Amazon SDK for PHP API Reference.
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- Python
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- SDK for Python (Boto3)
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. def create_user(user_name): """ Creates a user. By default, a user has no permissions or access keys. :param user_name: The name of the user. :return: The newly created user. """ try: user = iam.create_user(UserName=user_name) logger.info("Created user %s.", user.name) except ClientError: logger.exception("Couldn't create user %s.", user_name) raise else: return user
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For API details, see CreateUser in Amazon SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.
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- Ruby
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- SDK for Ruby
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Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. # Creates a user. # # @param user_name [String] The name to give the user. # @return [Aws::IAM::User] The newly created user. def create_user(user_name) user = @iam_resource.create_user(user_name: user_name) puts("Created demo user named #{user.name}.") rescue Aws::Errors::ServiceError => e puts("Tried and failed to create demo user.") puts("\t#{e.code}: #{e.message}") puts("\nCan't continue the demo without a user!") raise else user end
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For API details, see CreateUser in Amazon SDK for Ruby API Reference.
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- Rust
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- SDK for Rust
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Note This documentation is for an SDK in preview release. The SDK is subject to change and should not be used in production.
Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. pub async fn create_user(client: &iamClient, user_name: &str) -> Result<User, iamError> { let response = client.create_user().user_name(user_name).send().await?; Ok(response.user.unwrap()) }
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For API details, see CreateUser
in Amazon SDK for Rust API reference.
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- Swift
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- SDK for Swift
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Note This is prerelease documentation for an SDK in preview release. It is subject to change.
Note There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository
. public func createUser(name: String) async throws -> String { let input = CreateUserInput( userName: name ) do { let output = try await client.createUser(input: input) guard let user = output.user else { throw ServiceHandlerError.noSuchUser } guard let id = user.userId else { throw ServiceHandlerError.noSuchUser } return id } catch { throw error } }
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For API details, see CreateUser
in Amazon SDK for Swift API reference.
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For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using IAM with an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.