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title: Create User Group
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# Create User Group
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/iam/user\_groups
Create a new user group under the specified account.
##### Security
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`SCIM Provisioning``Account Settings Write`
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account\_id: string
Account identifier tag.
maxLength32
minLength32
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name: string
Name of the User group.
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policies: optional array of object {access, permission\_groups, resource\_groups }
Policies attached to the User group
access: "allow"or "deny"
Allow or deny operations against the resources.
One of the following:
"allow"
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"deny"
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permission\_groups: array of object {id }
A set of permission groups that are specified to the policy.
id: string
Permission Group identifier tag.
maxLength32
minLength32
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resource\_groups: array of object {id }
A set of resource groups that are specified to the policy.
id: string
Resource Group identifier tag.
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errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
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result: optional object {id, created\_on, modified\_on, 2 more }
A group of policies resources.
id: string
User Group identifier tag.
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created\_on: string
Timestamp for the creation of the user group
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modified\_on: string
Last time the user group was modified.
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name: string
Name of the user group.
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policies: optional array of object {id, access, permission\_groups, resource\_groups }
Policies attached to the User group
id: optional string
Policy identifier.
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access: optional "allow"or "deny"
Allow or deny operations against the resources.
One of the following:
"allow"
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"deny"
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permission\_groups: optional array of object {id, meta, name }
A set of permission groups that are specified to the policy.
id: string
Identifier of the permission group.
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meta: optional object {category, deprecated, description, 5 more }
Attributes associated to the permission group.
category: optional string
A category used to group permission groups.
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deprecated: optional string
Indicates whether the permission group is deprecated.
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description: optional string
Additional information about the permission group.
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editable: optional string
Indicates whether the permission group can be edited.
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eol\_at: optional string
The planned end-of-life date and time, when provided.
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label: optional string
A label identifying the permission group.
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scopes: optional string
The scope associated with the permission group.
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visibility: optional string
Indicates the permission group’s availability or visibility.
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name: optional string
Name of the permission group.
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resource\_groups: optional array of object {id, scope, meta, name }
A list of resource groups that the policy applies to.
id: string
Identifier of the resource group.
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scope: object {key, objects }
A scope is a combination of scope objects which provides additional context.
key: string
This is a combination of pre-defined resource name and identifier (like Account ID etc.)
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objects: array of object {key }
A list of scope objects for additional context.
key: string
This is a combination of pre-defined resource name and identifier (like Zone ID etc.)
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meta: optional object {key, value }
Attributes associated to the resource group.
key: optional string
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value: optional string
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name: optional string
Name of the resource group.
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### Create User Group
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/iam/user_groups \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"name": "My New User Group"
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
"created_on": "2024-03-01T12:21:02Z",
"modified_on": "2024-03-01T12:21:02Z",
"name": "My New User Group",
"policies": [
{
"id": "f267e341f3dd4697bd3b9f71dd96247f",
"access": "allow",
"permission_groups": [
{
"id": "c8fed203ed3043cba015a93ad1616f1f",
"meta": {
"category": "category",
"deprecated": "deprecated",
"description": "description",
"editable": "editable",
"eol_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
"label": "load_balancer_admin",
"scopes": "com.cloudflare.api.account",
"visibility": "visibility"
},
"name": "Zone Read"
},
{
"id": "82e64a83756745bbbb1c9c2701bf816b",
"meta": {
"category": "category",
"deprecated": "deprecated",
"description": "description",
"editable": "editable",
"eol_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
"label": "fbm_user",
"scopes": "com.cloudflare.api.account",
"visibility": "visibility"
},
"name": "Magic Network Monitoring"
}
],
"resource_groups": [
{
"id": "6d7f2f5f5b1d4a0e9081fdc98d432fd1",
"scope": {
"key": "com.cloudflare.api.account.eb78d65290b24279ba6f44721b3ea3c4",
"objects": [
{
"key": "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.23f8d65290b24279ba6f44721b3eaad5"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"key": "key",
"value": "value"
},
"name": "com.cloudflare.api.account.eb78d65290b24279ba6f44721b3ea3c4"
}
]
}
]
}
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
"created_on": "2024-03-01T12:21:02Z",
"modified_on": "2024-03-01T12:21:02Z",
"name": "My New User Group",
"policies": [
{
"id": "f267e341f3dd4697bd3b9f71dd96247f",
"access": "allow",
"permission_groups": [
{
"id": "c8fed203ed3043cba015a93ad1616f1f",
"meta": {
"category": "category",
"deprecated": "deprecated",
"description": "description",
"editable": "editable",
"eol_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
"label": "load_balancer_admin",
"scopes": "com.cloudflare.api.account",
"visibility": "visibility"
},
"name": "Zone Read"
},
{
"id": "82e64a83756745bbbb1c9c2701bf816b",
"meta": {
"category": "category",
"deprecated": "deprecated",
"description": "description",
"editable": "editable",
"eol_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
"label": "fbm_user",
"scopes": "com.cloudflare.api.account",
"visibility": "visibility"
},
"name": "Magic Network Monitoring"
}
],
"resource_groups": [
{
"id": "6d7f2f5f5b1d4a0e9081fdc98d432fd1",
"scope": {
"key": "com.cloudflare.api.account.eb78d65290b24279ba6f44721b3ea3c4",
"objects": [
{
"key": "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.23f8d65290b24279ba6f44721b3eaad5"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"key": "key",
"value": "value"
},
"name": "com.cloudflare.api.account.eb78d65290b24279ba6f44721b3ea3c4"
}
]
}
]
}
}
```