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# Create authorized user

> Add a new authorized user to a company.

Required permissions:
 - `authorized_user:create`
 - `member:email:read`



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://app.stainless.com/api/spec/documented/whopsdk/openapi.documented.yml post /authorized_users
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Whop API
  description: >-
    The Whop REST API. Please see
    https://docs.whop.com/developer/api/getting-started for more details.
  termsOfService: https://whop.com/tos-developer-api/
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.whop.com/api/v1
    description: Production Whop API
security: []
tags:
  - name: Products
    description: Products
  - name: Plans
    description: Plans
  - name: Payments
    description: Payments
  - name: Refunds
    description: Refunds
  - name: Disputes
    description: Disputes
  - name: Dispute alerts
    description: Dispute alerts
  - name: Resolution center cases
    description: Resolution center cases
  - name: Checkout configurations
    description: Checkout configurations
  - name: Setup intents
    description: Setup intents
  - name: Payment methods
    description: Payment methods
  - name: Invoices
    description: Invoices
  - name: Promo codes
    description: Promo codes
  - name: Card transactions
    description: Card transactions
  - name: Ledger accounts
    description: Ledger accounts
  - name: Transfers
    description: Transfers
  - name: Withdrawals
    description: Withdrawals
  - name: Payout methods
    description: Payout methods
  - name: Verifications
    description: Verifications
  - name: Payout accounts
    description: Payout accounts
  - name: Topups
    description: Topups
  - name: Users
    description: Users
  - name: Companies
    description: Companies
  - name: Authorized users
    description: Authorized users
  - name: Fee markups
    description: Fee markups
  - name: Members
    description: Members
  - name: Memberships
    description: Memberships
  - name: Leads
    description: Leads
  - name: Entries
    description: Entries
  - name: Shipments
    description: Shipments
  - name: Reviews
    description: Reviews
  - name: Company token transactions
    description: Company token transactions
  - name: Affiliates
    description: Affiliates
  - name: Experiences
    description: Experiences
  - name: Forums
    description: Forums
  - name: Forum posts
    description: Forum posts
  - name: Chat channels
    description: Chat channels
  - name: Support channels
    description: Support channels
  - name: Messages
    description: Messages
  - name: Reactions
    description: Reactions
  - name: Dm members
    description: Dm members
  - name: Dm channels
    description: Dm channels
  - name: Notifications
    description: Notifications
  - name: Courses
    description: Courses
  - name: Course chapters
    description: Course chapters
  - name: Course lessons
    description: Course lessons
  - name: Course students
    description: Course students
  - name: Course lesson interactions
    description: Course lesson interactions
  - name: Apps
    description: Apps
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhooks
  - name: App builds
    description: App builds
  - name: Access tokens
    description: Access tokens
  - name: Account links
    description: Account links
  - name: Files
    description: Files
  - name: Ai chats
    description: Ai chats
  - name: Bounties
    description: Bounties
  - name: Stats
    description: Stats
  - name: Ad campaigns
    description: Ad campaigns
  - name: Ad groups
    description: Ad groups
  - name: Ads
    description: Ads
  - name: Conversions
    description: Conversions
paths:
  /authorized_users:
    post:
      tags:
        - Authorized users
      summary: Create authorized user
      description: |-
        Add a new authorized user to a company.

        Required permissions:
         - `authorized_user:create`
         - `member:email:read`
      operationId: createAuthorizedUser
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                company_id:
                  type: string
                  description: The ID of the company to add the authorized user to.
                  example: biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                role:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizedUserRoles'
                  description: >-
                    The role to assign to the authorized user within the
                    company. Supported roles: 'moderator', 'sales_manager'.
                send_emails:
                  type:
                    - boolean
                    - 'null'
                  description: Whether to send notification emails to the user on creation.
                user_id:
                  type: string
                  description: The ID of the user to add as an authorized user.
                  example: user_xxxxxxxxxxxxx
              required:
                - company_id
                - role
                - user_id
              description: Parameters for CreateAuthorizedUser
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizedUser'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: >-
                          A short string indicating the specific error code,
                          e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid',
                          'invalid_json'
                      param:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
                    required:
                      - type
                      - message
                required:
                  - error
              example:
                error:
                  type: invalid_request_error
                  code: parameter_missing
                  message: 'Missing required parameter: amount.'
                  param: amount
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: >-
                          A short string indicating the specific error code,
                          e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid',
                          'invalid_json'
                      param:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
                    required:
                      - type
                      - message
                required:
                  - error
              example:
                error:
                  type: unauthorized
                  message: Invalid or missing API key
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: >-
                          A short string indicating the specific error code,
                          e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid',
                          'invalid_json'
                      param:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
                    required:
                      - type
                      - message
                required:
                  - error
              example:
                error:
                  type: forbidden
                  message: You do not have permission to access this resource
        '404':
          description: Not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: >-
                          A short string indicating the specific error code,
                          e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid',
                          'invalid_json'
                      param:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
                    required:
                      - type
                      - message
                required:
                  - error
              example:
                error:
                  type: not_found
                  message: Resource not found
        '422':
          description: Verification required
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: >-
                          A short string indicating the specific error code,
                          e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid',
                          'invalid_json'
                      param:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
                    required:
                      - type
                      - message
                required:
                  - error
              example:
                error: null
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                      message:
                        type: string
                      code:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: >-
                          A short string indicating the specific error code,
                          e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid',
                          'invalid_json'
                      param:
                        type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
                    required:
                      - type
                      - message
                required:
                  - error
              example:
                error:
                  type: internal_server_error
                  message: An unexpected error occurred
      security:
        - bearerAuth:
            - authorized_user:create
            - member:email:read
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: |-
            import Whop from '@whop/sdk';

            const client = new Whop({
              apiKey: process.env['WHOP_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });

            const authorizedUser = await client.authorizedUsers.create({
              company_id: 'biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
              role: 'owner',
              user_id: 'user_xxxxxxxxxxxxx',
            });

            console.log(authorizedUser.id);
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from whop_sdk import Whop

            client = Whop(
                api_key=os.environ.get("WHOP_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            authorized_user = client.authorized_users.create(
                company_id="biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
                role="owner",
                user_id="user_xxxxxxxxxxxxx",
            )
            print(authorized_user.id)
        - lang: Ruby
          source: |-
            require "whop_sdk"

            whop = WhopSDK::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")

            authorized_user = whop.authorized_users.create(
              company_id: "biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
              role: :owner,
              user_id: "user_xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
            )

            puts(authorized_user)
components:
  schemas:
    AuthorizedUserRoles:
      type: string
      enum:
        - owner
        - admin
        - sales_manager
        - moderator
        - advertiser
        - app_manager
        - support
        - manager
        - custom
      description: Possible roles an authorized user can have
    AuthorizedUser:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for the authorized user.
          example: ausr_xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        role:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizedUserRoles'
          description: >-
            The permission role assigned to this authorized user within the
            company.
        user:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The unique identifier for the user.
              example: user_xxxxxxxxxxxxx
            name:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
              description: The user's display name shown on their public profile.
              example: John Doe
            username:
              type: string
              description: The user's unique username shown on their public profile.
              example: johndoe42
            email:
              type:
                - string
                - 'null'
              description: >-
                The user's email address. Requires the member:email:read
                permission to access. Null if not authorized.
              example: john.doe@example.com
          required:
            - id
            - name
            - username
            - email
          description: The user account linked to this authorized user record.
        company:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The unique identifier for the company.
              example: biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
            title:
              type: string
              description: The display name of the company shown to customers.
              example: Pickaxe
          required:
            - id
            - title
          description: The company this authorized user has access to.
      required:
        - id
        - role
        - user
        - company
      description: >-
        A user who has been granted administrative access to manage a company's
        dashboard and settings.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      description: >-
        A company API key, company scoped JWT, app API key, or user OAuth token.
        You must prepend your key/token with the word 'Bearer', which will look
        like `Bearer ***************************`
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: auth-scheme

````