Method: accounts.users.create
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Creates a Merchant Center account user. Executing this method requires admin access.
HTTP request
POST https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/accounts/v1/{parent=accounts/*}/users
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
parent |
string
Required. The resource name of the account for which a user will be created. Format: accounts/{account}
|
Query parameters
| Parameters |
userId |
string
Required. The email address of the user (for example, john.doe@gmail.com).
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of User.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of User.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
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Last updated 2025-07-31 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-07-31 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: accounts.users.create\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nCreates a Merchant Center account user. Executing this method requires admin access.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/accounts/v1/{parent=accounts/*}/users`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `parent` | `string` Required. The resource name of the account for which a user will be created. Format: `accounts/{account}` |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `userId` | `string` Required. The email address of the user (for example, `john.doe@gmail.com`). |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [User](/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.users#User).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of [User](/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.users#User).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content`\n\nFor more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](/identity/protocols/OAuth2)."]]
