Example: Create Users with SCIM
To create a user object with SCIM, send a POST request to the Users endpoint.
Required Editions
| Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience |
| Available in: All Editions |
When you create a user object, include all required fields in your request. For a list of required fields, see the User object in the Object Reference.
Here’s an example of creating a user object.
Request:
POST https://mycompany.my.salesforce.com/services/scim/v2/Users/
{
"schemas": [
"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
],
"externalId": "scimUser",
"userName": "scimUser@mycompany.com",
"name": {
"familyName": "Scim",
"givenName": "User"
},
"emails": [
{
"type": "work",
"primary": "true",
"value": "user@mycompany.com"
}
],
"entitlements": [
{
"value": "profile_id"
}
]
}Response:
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
...
{
"schemas": [
"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User",
"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User"
],
"id": "005RM000002FZAlYAO",
"userName": "scimuser@mycompany.com",
"externalId": "scimUser",
"name": {
"formatted": "User Scim",
"familyName": "Scim",
"givenName": "User"
},
"displayName": "User Scim",
"nickName": "scimUser@mycompany.com",
"emails": [
{
"type": "work",
"primary": true,
"value": "user@mycompany.com"
}
],
"photos": [
{
"type": "photo",
"value": "https://mycompany.file.force.com/profilephoto/005/F"
},
{
"type": "thumbnail",
"value": "https://mycompany.file.force.com/profilephoto/005/T"
}
],
"userType": "Standard",
"preferredLanguage": "en_US",
"emailEncodingKey": "UTF-8",
"locale": "en_US",
"timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
"active": true,
"entitlements": [
{
"value": "00eRM000001VtbnYAC",
"$ref": "/Entitlements/00eRM000001VtbnYAC",
"display": "System Administrator",
"type": "Profile",
"primary": true
}
],
"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User": {
"organization": "00DRM000000HOcw2AG"
},
"urn:salesforce:schemas:extension:2.0": {
"alias": "45512346"
},
"meta": {
"created": "2020-10-19T10:11:52Z",
"lastModified": "2020-10-19T16:11:52Z",
"location": "https://mycompany.my.salesforce.com/services/scim/v2/Users/005RM0...",
"resourceType": "User",
"version": "f63f4831a8747d4bd0de70fcca991553be4b2e01"
}
}
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