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Directus / @directus/sdk / rest / createUser

Function: createUser() ​

createUser<Schema, TQuery>(item, query?): RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { appearance: (...) | (...); auth_data: (...) | (...); avatar: (...) | (...) | (...); description: (...) | (...); email: (...) | (...); email_notifications: (...) | (...) | (...); external_identifier: (...) | (...); first_name: (...) | (...); id: string; language: (...) | (...); last_access: (...) | (...); last_name: (...) | (...); last_page: (...) | (...); location: (...) | (...); password: (...) | (...); policies: (...) | (...); provider: string; role: (...) | (...) | (...); status: string; tags: (...) | (...); tfa_secret: (...) | (...); theme: (...) | (...); theme_dark: (...) | (...); theme_dark_overrides: (...) | (...); theme_light: (...) | (...); theme_light_overrides: (...) | (...); title: (...) | (...); token: (...) | (...) }, "directus_users" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : { appearance: ...; auth_data: ...; avatar: ...; description: ...; email: ...; email_notifications: ...; external_identifier: ...; first_name: ...; id: ...; language: ...; last_access: ...; last_name: ...; last_page: ...; location: ...; password: ...; policies: ...; provider: ...; role: ...; status: ...; tags: ...; tfa_secret: ...; theme: ...; theme_dark: ...; theme_dark_overrides: ...; theme_light: ...; theme_light_overrides: ...; title: ...; token: ... }>>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { appearance: (...) | (...); auth_data: (...) | (...); avatar: (...) | (...) | (...); description: (...) | (...); email: (...) | (...); email_notifications: (...) | (...) | (...); external_identifier: (...) | (...); first_name: (...) | (...); id: string; language: (...) | (...); last_access: (...) | (...); last_name: (...) | (...); last_page: (...) | (...); location: (...) | (...); password: (...) | (...); policies: (...) | (...); provider: string; role: (...) | (...) | (...); status: string; tags: (...) | (...); tfa_secret: (...) | (...); theme: (...) | (...); theme_dark: (...) | (...); theme_dark_overrides: (...) | (...); theme_light: (...) | (...); theme_light_overrides: (...) | (...); title: (...) | (...); token: (...) | (...) }, "directus_users" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : { appearance: ...; auth_data: ...; avatar: ...; description: ...; email: ...; email_notifications: ...; external_identifier: ...; first_name: ...; id: ...; language: ...; last_access: ...; last_name: ...; last_page: ...; location: ...; password: ...; policies: ...; provider: ...; role: ...; status: ...; tags: ...; tfa_secret: ...; theme: ...; theme_dark: ...; theme_dark_overrides: ...; theme_light: ...; theme_light_overrides: ...; title: ...; token: ... }>>, FieldsWildcard<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { appearance: ...; auth_data: ...; avatar: ...; description: ...; email: ...; email_notifications: ...; external_identifier: ...; first_name: ...; id: ...; language: ...; last_access: ...; last_name: ...; last_page: ...; location: ...; password: ...; policies: ...; provider: ...; role: ...; status: ...; tags: ...; tfa_secret: ...; theme: ...; theme_dark: ...; theme_dark_overrides: ...; theme_light: ...; theme_light_overrides: ...; title: ...; token: ... }, (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)>>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof UnpackList<IfAny<(...), (...), (...)>> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

Defined in: rest/commands/create/users.ts:40

Create a new user.

Type Parameters ​

• Schema

• TQuery extends Query<Schema, DirectusUser<Schema>>

Parameters ​

item ​

Partial<DirectusUser<Schema>>

The user to create

query? ​

TQuery

Optional return data query

Returns ​

RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { appearance: (...) | (...); auth_data: (...) | (...); avatar: (...) | (...) | (...); description: (...) | (...); email: (...) | (...); email_notifications: (...) | (...) | (...); external_identifier: (...) | (...); first_name: (...) | (...); id: string; language: (...) | (...); last_access: (...) | (...); last_name: (...) | (...); last_page: (...) | (...); location: (...) | (...); password: (...) | (...); policies: (...) | (...); provider: string; role: (...) | (...) | (...); status: string; tags: (...) | (...); tfa_secret: (...) | (...); theme: (...) | (...); theme_dark: (...) | (...); theme_dark_overrides: (...) | (...); theme_light: (...) | (...); theme_light_overrides: (...) | (...); title: (...) | (...); token: (...) | (...) }, "directus_users" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : { appearance: ...; auth_data: ...; avatar: ...; description: ...; email: ...; email_notifications: ...; external_identifier: ...; first_name: ...; id: ...; language: ...; last_access: ...; last_name: ...; last_page: ...; location: ...; password: ...; policies: ...; provider: ...; role: ...; status: ...; tags: ...; tfa_secret: ...; theme: ...; theme_dark: ...; theme_dark_overrides: ...; theme_light: ...; theme_light_overrides: ...; title: ...; token: ... }>>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { appearance: (...) | (...); auth_data: (...) | (...); avatar: (...) | (...) | (...); description: (...) | (...); email: (...) | (...); email_notifications: (...) | (...) | (...); external_identifier: (...) | (...); first_name: (...) | (...); id: string; language: (...) | (...); last_access: (...) | (...); last_name: (...) | (...); last_page: (...) | (...); location: (...) | (...); password: (...) | (...); policies: (...) | (...); provider: string; role: (...) | (...) | (...); status: string; tags: (...) | (...); tfa_secret: (...) | (...); theme: (...) | (...); theme_dark: (...) | (...); theme_dark_overrides: (...) | (...); theme_light: (...) | (...); theme_light_overrides: (...) | (...); title: (...) | (...); token: (...) | (...) }, "directus_users" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : { appearance: ...; auth_data: ...; avatar: ...; description: ...; email: ...; email_notifications: ...; external_identifier: ...; first_name: ...; id: ...; language: ...; last_access: ...; last_name: ...; last_page: ...; location: ...; password: ...; policies: ...; provider: ...; role: ...; status: ...; tags: ...; tfa_secret: ...; theme: ...; theme_dark: ...; theme_dark_overrides: ...; theme_light: ...; theme_light_overrides: ...; title: ...; token: ... }>>, FieldsWildcard<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { appearance: ...; auth_data: ...; avatar: ...; description: ...; email: ...; email_notifications: ...; external_identifier: ...; first_name: ...; id: ...; language: ...; last_access: ...; last_name: ...; last_page: ...; location: ...; password: ...; policies: ...; provider: ...; role: ...; status: ...; tags: ...; tfa_secret: ...; theme: ...; theme_dark: ...; theme_dark_overrides: ...; theme_light: ...; theme_light_overrides: ...; title: ...; token: ... }, (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)>>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof UnpackList<IfAny<(...), (...), (...)>> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

Returns the user object for the created user.