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POST
/
v1
/
chat
/
users
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.botpress.cloud/v1/chat/users \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-bot-id: <x-bot-id>' \
  --data '
{
  "tags": {},
  "integrationName": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "pictureUrl": "<string>",
  "properties": {},
  "attributes": {}
}
'
{
  "user": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "tags": {},
    "name": "<string>",
    "pictureUrl": "<string>",
    "properties": {},
    "attributes": {}
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

​
x-bot-id
string
required

Bot id

​
x-integration-id
string

Integration id

​
x-integration-alias
string

Integration alias

Body

application/json

User data

​
tags
object
required

Tags for the User

​
integrationName
string
deprecated

[DEPRECATED] To create a User from within a bot, call an action of the integration instead.

Maximum string length: 200
​
name
string

Name of the user

Maximum string length: 200
​
pictureUrl
string

URI of the user picture

Maximum string length: 40000
​
properties
object

EXPERIMENTAL - Optional shared properties that can be accessed and modified by both the bot and any of its integrations.

​
attributes
object
deprecated

DEPRECATED - Use properties instead.

Response

Returns a User object if creation succeeds. Returns an Error otherwise

​
user
object
required

The user object represents someone interacting with the bot within a specific integration. The same person interacting with a bot in slack and messenger will be represented with two different users.

Last modified on March 20, 2026