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# Create person

> Creates a new person record in Firstbase using the SCIM 2.0 protocol. Triggers automatic equipment ordering if the person is assigned to an active package. The `userName` field must be a unique email address. Returns 409 if a user with the same `userName` already exists.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /scim/v2/Users
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Firstbase API Specification
  description: Integration endpoints for Firstbase
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: http://localhost:8081
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Catalog
    description: Browse SKUs, brands, and categories
  - name: Inventory
    description: Query and manage inventory items and assets
  - name: Inventory Levels
    description: Configure inventory levels by SKU and warehouse
  - name: Inventory Orders
    description: Create and manage inventory orders
  - name: ITAD
    description: IT asset disposition requests
  - name: New Joiners
    description: Track and remind new joiners
  - name: Offices
    description: Manage office locations
  - name: Orders
    description: Create and track equipment orders
  - name: Packages
    description: Manage equipment packages
  - name: People
    description: Provision and manage users
  - name: Regions
    description: Query regions
  - name: Replacements
    description: Create and manage equipment replacements
  - name: Returns
    description: Create and manage returns
  - name: Shipment
    description: Look up shipments and carriers
  - name: Shipment Notices
    description: Create and manage shipment notices
  - name: Warehouses
    description: Query warehouses
paths:
  /scim/v2/Users:
    post:
      tags:
        - People
      summary: Create person
      description: >-
        Creates a new person record in Firstbase using the SCIM 2.0 protocol.
        Triggers automatic equipment ordering if the person is assigned to an
        active package. The `userName` field must be a unique email address.
        Returns 409 if a user with the same `userName` already exists.
      operationId: createUser
      parameters:
        - name: attributes
          in: query
          description: >-
            Comma-separated SCIM defined attributes to be returned. Required
            attributes are always returned
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: excludedAttributes
          in: query
          description: >-
            Comma-separated SCIM defined attributes to be excluded. Required
            attributes cannot be excluded
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/scim+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserSchema'
            example:
              schemas:
                - urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User
                - urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:firstbase:1.0:User
              userName: jenny.smith@example.com
              name:
                givenName: Jenny
                familyName: Smith
              emails:
                - value: jenny.smith@example.com
                  primary: true
              addresses:
                - type: home
                  primary: true
                  country: US
                  streetAddress: 123 Market St
                  postalCode: '94105'
                  region: CA
                  locality: San Francisco
              phoneNumbers:
                - value: '+15558675309'
                  primary: true
              urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:firstbase:1.0:User:
                packageId: d1b0fd87-5fc9-410c-b641-0b7146896ccd
                startDate: '2026-09-01'
                skipUserActivation: false
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: User has been created
          content:
            application/scim+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserSchema'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicApiHttpErrors'
        '404':
          description: Unable to find organization or package
          content:
            application/scim+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorSchema'
              examples:
                '404':
                  summary: User not found
                  description: '404'
                  value:
                    schemas:
                      - urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error
                    detail: Resource 2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646 not found
                    status: '404'
        '409':
          description: Unable to create user due to conflict
          content:
            application/scim+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorSchema'
              examples:
                '409':
                  summary: A user with this userName already exists
                  description: '409'
                  value:
                    schemas:
                      - urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error
                    detail: Resource already exists
                    scimType: uniqueness
                    status: '409'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: curl
          label: cURL
          source: |-
            curl -sS -X POST 'http://localhost:8081/scim/v2/Users' \
              -H 'Authorization: ApiKey YOUR_API_KEY' \
              -H 'Accept: application/json' \
              -H 'Content-Type: application/scim+json' \
              -d '{
                "schemas": [
                  "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User",
                  "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:firstbase:1.0:User"
                ],
                "userName": "jenny.smith@example.com",
                "name": {
                  "givenName": "Jenny",
                  "familyName": "Smith"
                },
                "emails": [
                  {
                    "value": "jenny.smith@example.com",
                    "primary": true
                  }
                ],
                "addresses": [
                  {
                    "type": "home",
                    "primary": true,
                    "country": "US",
                    "streetAddress": "123 Market St",
                    "postalCode": "94105",
                    "region": "CA",
                    "locality": "San Francisco"
                  }
                ],
                "phoneNumbers": [
                  {
                    "value": "+15558675309",
                    "primary": true
                  }
                ],
                "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:firstbase:1.0:User": {
                  "packageId": "d1b0fd87-5fc9-410c-b641-0b7146896ccd",
                  "startDate": "2026-09-01",
                  "skipUserActivation": false
                }
              }'
components:
  schemas:
    UserSchema:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          description: >-
            SCIM id of the person (Firstbase person UUID). Read-only on
            responses.
          readOnly: true
        addresses:
          type: array
          description: >-
            A physical mailing address for this user. If multiple addresses are
            present, the element that will be used as the user's Firstbase
            address will be selected by the following precedence: type `home`
            marked as `primary`, the first `home` address, the `primary`
            address, otherwise the first provided address.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
        userName:
          type: string
          description: The userName must match the `primary` email address.
          example: jenny.smith@example.com
        emails:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Email addresses for the user. If multiple addresses are present, the
            `primary` will be used, otherwise the first element will be the
            user's Firstbase primary email AND userName.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Email'
        name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
          description: The components of the user's name.
        phoneNumbers:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Phone numbers for the user. The value SHOULD be specified according
            to the format defined in [RFC3966], e.g., 'tel:+1-201-555-0123' If
            multiple phone numbers are present, the `primary` otherwise the
            first element will be the user's Firstbase phone number.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PhoneNumber'
        urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:firstbase:1.0:User:
          type: object
          description: >-
            Firstbase onboarding attributes for the user (package, start date,
            status, CPF, activation).
          properties:
            packageId:
              type: string
              format: uuid
              description: >-
                UUID of the equipment package to assign. If the package has
                automatic ordering enabled, Firstbase may create equipment
                orders when the person is provisioned.
              example: d1b0fd87-5fc9-410c-b641-0b7146896ccd
            startDate:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Person start date (ISO-8601 date, YYYY-MM-DD). Used for
                new-joiner scheduling and related onboarding workflows.
              example: '2022-02-01'
            status:
              type: string
              description: Current status of the resource.
              enum:
                - INVITED
                - ACTIVE
                - INACTIVE
                - DELETED
                - OFFBOARDING
                - CANNOT_REACTIVATE
              example: ACTIVE
            skipUserActivation:
              type: boolean
              description: >-
                When true, Firstbase creates the person without granting App
                User access and without provisioning an Okta login. Use for
                records that should exist for ordering/inventory only. When
                false (default), the person is activated as an App User and can
                receive activation/invite flows.
              example: false
            cpfNumber:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Brazilian CPF tax identifier when required for shipping or
                compliance in supported regions. Digits only; omit when not
                applicable.
              example: 87456236985
          required:
            - skipUserActivation
        schemas:
          type: array
          description: The schemas defining the attributes of the resources.
          example:
            - urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User
            - urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:firstbase:1.0:User
          items:
            type: string
      required:
        - addresses
        - emails
        - id
        - name
        - schemas
        - urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:firstbase:1.0:User
        - userName
    PublicApiHttpErrors:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicApiError'
          description: List of error details.
      required:
        - errors
    ErrorSchema:
      type: object
      description: SCIM error response
      properties:
        schemas:
          type: array
          description: SCIM schema URIs that define this error message
          items:
            type: string
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error detail
        scimType:
          type: string
          description: SCIM error type (when applicable)
        status:
          type: string
          description: HTTP status code for the SCIM error, as a string.
      required:
        - detail
        - schemas
        - status
    Address:
      type: object
      properties:
        country:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The country name component. The value MUST be in ISO 3166-1
            "alpha-2" code format.
          example: US
        locality:
          type: string
          description: The city or locality component.
          example: New York City
        postalCode:
          type: string
          description: The zip code or postal code component.
          example: 10123
        region:
          type: string
          description: The state or region component.
          example: NY
        streetAddress:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The full street address component, which may include house number,
            street name, P.O. box, and multi-line extended street address
            information.  This attribute MAY contain newlines. Only the first 2
            lines will be used.
          example: 123
        primary:
          type: boolean
          description: When true, the address will be the user's mailing address.
          example: true
      required:
        - country
    Email:
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
          description: Email address. The primary email must match `userName`.
          example: jenny.smith@example.com
        primary:
          type: boolean
          description: When true, this is the user's primary email address.
          example: true
      required:
        - value
    Name:
      type: object
      properties:
        familyName:
          type: string
          description: Family name / last name of the person.
          example: Smith
        givenName:
          type: string
          description: Given name / first name of the person.
          example: Jenny
      required:
        - familyName
        - givenName
    PhoneNumber:
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Phone number. Prefer E.164 / RFC3966 format (for example
            `tel:+1-201-555-0123`).
          example: 1+555-867-5309
        primary:
          type: boolean
          description: When true, this is the user's primary phone number.
          example: true
      required:
        - value
    PublicApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of the error
          example: Invalid request
        source:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Entity or field path that caused the error (for example order,
            shipmentNotice, or person:email)
          example: request
      required:
        - detail
        - source
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      description: Prefix the value with "ApiKey" to indicate the custom authorization type
      name: Authorization
      in: header

````