Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

StartUserImportJob

Instructs your user pool to start importing users from a CSV file that contains their usernames and attributes. For more information about importing users from a CSV file, see Importing users from a CSV file.

To create a job that you can start with this request, see CreateUserImportJob. To generate a template for your import, see GetCSVHeader.

Request Syntax


{ "JobId": "string", "UserPoolId": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

JobId

The ID of a user import job that you previously created.

To get information about jobs that you can start, see ListUserImportJobs.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 55.

Pattern: import-[0-9a-zA-Z-]+

Required: Yes

UserPoolId

The ID of the user pool that you want to start importing users into.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 55.

Pattern: [\w-]+_[0-9a-zA-Z]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{ "UserImportJob": { "CloudWatchLogsRoleArn": "string", "CompletionDate": number, "CompletionMessage": "string", "CreationDate": number, "FailedUsers": number, "ImportedUsers": number, "JobId": "string", "JobName": "string", "PreSignedUrl": "string", "SkippedUsers": number, "StartDate": number, "Status": "string", "UserPoolId": "string" } }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

UserImportJob

The details of the user import job. Includes logging destination, status, and the Amazon S3 pre-signed URL for CSV upload.

Type: UserImportJobType object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalErrorException

This exception is thrown when Amazon Cognito encounters an internal error.

message: The message returned when Amazon Cognito throws an internal error exception.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service encounters an invalid parameter.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service throws an invalid parameter exception.
reasonCode: The reason code of the exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotAuthorizedException

This exception is thrown when a user isn't authorized.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a not authorized exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

PreconditionNotMetException

This exception is thrown when a precondition is not met.

message: The message returned when a precondition is not met.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

This exception is thrown when the Amazon Cognito service can't find the requested resource.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a resource not found exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyRequestsException

This exception is thrown when the user has made too many requests for a given operation.

message: The message returned when the Amazon Cognito service returns a too many requests exception.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

The following example request starts the requested import job.

Sample Request


POST HTTP/1.1 Host: cognito-idp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com X-Amz-Date: 20230613T200059Z Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br X-Amz-Target: AWSCognitoIdentityProviderService.StartUserImportJob User-Agent: <UserAgentString> Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=<Headers>, Signature=<Signature> Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> { "JobId": "import-mAgUtd8PMm", "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE" }

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:59 GMT Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.0 Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> x-amzn-requestid: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-a1b2-c3d4-EXAMPLE11111 Connection: keep-alive { "UserImportJob": { "CloudWatchLogsRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/example-cloudwatch-logs-role", "CreationDate": 1736442975.904, "FailedUsers": 0, "ImportedUsers": 0, "JobId": "import-mAgUtd8PMm", "JobName": "Customer import", "PreSignedUrl": "https://aws-cognito-idp-user-import-pdx.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/123456789012/us-west-2_EXAMPLE/import-mAgUtd8PMm?X-Amz-Security-Token=[token]&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20241226T193341Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host%3Bx-amz-server-side-encryption&X-Amz-Expires=899&X-Amz-Credential=[credential]&X-Amz-Signature=[signature]", "SkippedUsers": 0, "StartDate": 1736443020.081, "Status": "Pending", "UserPoolId": "us-west-2_EXAMPLE" } }