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AWS::Cognito::UserPoolUser

The AWS::Cognito::UserPoolUser resource creates an Amazon Cognito user pool user.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::Cognito::UserPoolUser",
  "Properties" : {
  "DesiredDeliveryMediums" : [ String, ... ],
  "ForceAliasCreation" : Boolean,
  "UserAttributes" : [ AttributeType, ... ],
  "MessageAction" : String,
  "Username" : String,
  "UserPoolId" : String,
  "ValidationData" : [ AttributeType, ...]
  }
}

YAML

Type: AWS::Cognito::UserPoolUser
Properties:
  DesiredDeliveryMediums: 
    - String
  ForceAliasCreation: Boolean
  UserAttributes: 
    - AttributeType
  MessageAction: String
  Username: String
  UserPoolId: String
  ValidationData: 
    - AttributeType

Properties

DesiredDeliveryMediums

Specifies how the welcome message will be sent. For email, specify EMAIL. To use a phone number, specify SMS. You can specify more than one value. The default value is SMS.

Required: No

Type: List of String values

Update requires: Replacement

ForceAliasCreation

Use this parameter only if the phone_number_verified attribute or the email_verified attribute is set to True. Otherwise, it is ignored. The default value is False.

If this parameter is set to True and the phone number or email address specified in the UserAttributes parameter already exists as an alias with a different user, the API call migrates the alias from the previous user to the newly created user. The previous user can no longer log in using that alias.

If this parameter is set to False and the alias already exists, the API throws an AliasExistsException error.

Required: No

Type: Boolean

Update requires: Replacement

UserAttributes

A list of name-value pairs that contain user attributes and attribute values to be set for the user that you are creating. You can create a user without specifying any attributes other than Username. However, any attributes that you specify as required (in CreateUserPool or in the Attributes tab of the console) must be supplied either by you (in your call to AdminCreateUser) or by the user (when signing up in response to your welcome message).

Required: No

Type: List of Amazon Cognito UserPoolUser AttributeType

Update requires: Replacement

MessageAction

Specifies the action you'd like to take for the message. Valid values are RESEND and SUPPRESS.

To resend the invitation message to a user that already exists and reset the expiration limit on the user's account, set this parameter to RESEND. To suppress sending the message, set it to SUPPRESS. You can specify only one value.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

Username

The user name for the user. Username must be unique within the user pool. It must be a UTF-8 string between 1 and 128 characters. You can't change the username.

Required: No

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

UserPoolId

The ID for the user pool where the user will be created.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Update requires: Replacement

ValidationData

The user's validation data. This is a list of name-value pairs that contain user attributes and attribute values that you can use for custom validation, such as restricting the types of user accounts that can be registered. For example, you might choose to allow or disallow user sign-up based on the user's domain.

To configure custom validation, you must create a Pre Sign-up Lambda trigger for the user pool. The Lambda trigger receives the validation data and uses it in the validation process. For more information, see Customizing User Pool Workflows by Using AWS Lambda Triggers in the Amazon Cognito Developer Guide.

Required: No

Type: List of Amazon Cognito UserPoolUser AttributeType

Update requires: Replacement

Return Value

Ref

When the logical ID of this resource is provided to the Ref intrinsic function, Ref returns the name of the user. For example, admin.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.