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POST
/
api
/
v2
/
bloodhound-users
Create a New User
curl --request POST \
  --url https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/bloodhound-users \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "first_name": "<string>",
  "last_name": "<string>",
  "email_address": "jsmith@example.com",
  "principal": "<string>",
  "roles": [
    123
  ],
  "saml_provider_id": "<string>",
  "sso_provider_id": {
    "int32": 123,
    "valid": true
  },
  "is_disabled": true,
  "secret": "<string>",
  "needs_password_reset": true
}
'
import requests

url = "https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/bloodhound-users"

payload = {
    "first_name": "<string>",
    "last_name": "<string>",
    "email_address": "jsmith@example.com",
    "principal": "<string>",
    "roles": [123],
    "saml_provider_id": "<string>",
    "sso_provider_id": {
        "int32": 123,
        "valid": True
    },
    "is_disabled": True,
    "secret": "<string>",
    "needs_password_reset": True
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    first_name: '<string>',
    last_name: '<string>',
    email_address: 'jsmith@example.com',
    principal: '<string>',
    roles: [123],
    saml_provider_id: '<string>',
    sso_provider_id: {int32: 123, valid: true},
    is_disabled: true,
    secret: '<string>',
    needs_password_reset: true
  })
};

fetch('https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/bloodhound-users', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/bloodhound-users",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'first_name' => '<string>',
    'last_name' => '<string>',
    'email_address' => 'jsmith@example.com',
    'principal' => '<string>',
    'roles' => [
        123
    ],
    'saml_provider_id' => '<string>',
    'sso_provider_id' => [
        'int32' => 123,
        'valid' => true
    ],
    'is_disabled' => true,
    'secret' => '<string>',
    'needs_password_reset' => true
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/bloodhound-users"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email_address\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"principal\": \"<string>\",\n  \"roles\": [\n    123\n  ],\n  \"saml_provider_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sso_provider_id\": {\n    \"int32\": 123,\n    \"valid\": true\n  },\n  \"is_disabled\": true,\n  \"secret\": \"<string>\",\n  \"needs_password_reset\": true\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/bloodhound-users")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email_address\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"principal\": \"<string>\",\n  \"roles\": [\n    123\n  ],\n  \"saml_provider_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sso_provider_id\": {\n    \"int32\": 123,\n    \"valid\": true\n  },\n  \"is_disabled\": true,\n  \"secret\": \"<string>\",\n  \"needs_password_reset\": true\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://your-tenant.bloodhoundenterprise.io/api/v2/bloodhound-users")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email_address\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"principal\": \"<string>\",\n  \"roles\": [\n    123\n  ],\n  \"saml_provider_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sso_provider_id\": {\n    \"int32\": 123,\n    \"valid\": true\n  },\n  \"is_disabled\": true,\n  \"secret\": \"<string>\",\n  \"needs_password_reset\": true\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "deleted_at": {
      "time": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "valid": true
    },
    "saml_provider_id": {
      "int32": 123,
      "valid": true
    },
    "sso_provider_id": {
      "int32": 123,
      "valid": true
    },
    "AuthSecret": {
      "id": 123,
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "deleted_at": {
        "time": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "valid": true
      },
      "digest_method": "<string>",
      "expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "totp_activated": true
    },
    "roles": [
      {
        "id": 123,
        "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "deleted_at": {
          "time": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "valid": true
        },
        "name": "<string>",
        "description": "<string>",
        "permissions": [
          {
            "id": 123,
            "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "deleted_at": {
              "time": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
              "valid": true
            },
            "authority": "<string>",
            "name": "<string>"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "first_name": {
      "string": "<string>",
      "valid": true
    },
    "last_name": {
      "string": "<string>",
      "valid": true
    },
    "email_address": {
      "string": "<string>",
      "valid": true
    },
    "principal_name": "<string>",
    "last_login": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "is_disabled": true,
    "eula_accepted": true
  }
}
{
  "http_status": 400,
  "timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
  "request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "errors": [
    {
      "context": "clients",
      "message": "The JSON payload could not be unmarshalled."
    }
  ]
}
{
  "http_status": 401,
  "timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
  "request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "errors": [
    {
      "context": "login",
      "message": "Unauthorized"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "http_status": 403,
  "timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
  "request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "errors": [
    {
      "context": "clients",
      "message": "You do not have permission to access this resource"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "http_status": 429,
  "timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
  "request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "errors": [
    {
      "context": "middleware",
      "message": "Too many requests. Please try again later."
    }
  ]
}
{
  "http_status": 500,
  "timestamp": "2024-02-19T19:27:43.866Z",
  "request_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "errors": [
    {
      "context": "clients",
      "message": "The request could not be handled due to an unexpected database error."
    }
  ]
}
Applies to BloodHound Enterprise and CE

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Authorization: Bearer $JWT_TOKEN

Headers

​
Prefer
string
default:wait=30

Prefer header, used to specify a custom timeout in seconds using the wait parameter as per RFC7240. Passing in wait=-1 bypasses all timeout limits when the feature is enabled.

Pattern: ^wait=(-1|[0-9]+)$

Body

application/json

The request body for creating a user

​
first_name
string
​
last_name
string
​
email_address
string<email>
​
principal
string
​
roles
integer<int32>[]
​
saml_provider_id
string
deprecated

Deprecated. Use sso_provider_id instead.

​
sso_provider_id
object

ID of the SSO provider for this user

​
is_disabled
boolean
​
secret
string
​
needs_password_reset
boolean

Response

OK

​
data
object