# create\_user

Create a new user on the Rubrik cluster

```python
create_user(self, username, password, first_name=None, last_name=None, email_address=None, contact_number=None timeout=15):
```

## Arguments

| Name     | Type | Description                                   | Choices |
| -------- | ---- | --------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| username | str  | The username for the user you wish to create. |         |
| password | str  | The password for the user you wish to create. |         |

## Keyword Arguments

| Name            | Type | Description                                                                                                  | Choices | Default |
| --------------- | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------- |
| first\_name     | str  | The first name of the user you wish to create.                                                               |         | None    |
| last\_name      | str  | The last name of the user you wish to create.                                                                |         | None    |
| email\_address  | str  | The email address of the user you wish to create.                                                            |         | None    |
| contact\_number | str  | The contact number of the user you wish to create.                                                           |         | None    |
| timeout         | int  | The number of seconds to wait to establish a connection the Rubrik cluster before returning a timeout error. |         | 15      |

## Returns

| Type | Return Value                                                                   |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| str  | No change required. The user '`username`' already exists on the Rubrik cluster |
| dict | The full API response from `POST /internal/user`.                              |

## Example

```python
import rubrik_cdm
rubrik = rubrik_cdm.Connect()

username = "python-sdk-user"
password = "RubrikPythonSDK"

create_user = rubrik.create_user(username, password)
```