# Getting (400) bad request Error when creating a new zoom user via powershell

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-400-bad-request-error-when-creating-a-new-zoom-user-via-powershell/79773>\
**Category:** Users and Groups\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-400-bad-request-error-when-creating-a-new-zoom-user-via-powershell/79773 "2022-12-05T17:11:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![marcin.polanski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/marcin.polanski/32/43532_2.png) [@marcin.polanski](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/marcin.polanski)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-400-bad-request-error-when-creating-a-new-zoom-user-via-powershell/79773/1 "2022-12-05T17:11:25Z")

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This is the cmd i use.  
New-ZoomUser -Action Create -Email [test.user@test.com](mailto:test.user@test.com) -Type basic

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**Author:** ![ojus.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ojus.zoom/32/734_2.png) [@ojus.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ojus.zoom)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-400-bad-request-error-when-creating-a-new-zoom-user-via-powershell/79773/2 "2022-12-05T23:30:56Z")

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@marcin.polanski , Happy to help.

Can you let me know if you have a basic account? If yes, you cannot create users via API then.

If you have a paid account and still facing the issue, can you let me know if it happens only when you are using powershell? Are you able to create a user with a simple cURL request?

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**Author:** ![marcin.polanski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/marcin.polanski/32/43532_2.png) [@marcin.polanski](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/marcin.polanski)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-400-bad-request-error-when-creating-a-new-zoom-user-via-powershell/79773/3 "2022-12-06T15:16:02Z")

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I have an zoom admin account. I am able to create new users via web browser.

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**Author:** ![ojus.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ojus.zoom/32/734_2.png) [@ojus.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ojus.zoom)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getting-400-bad-request-error-when-creating-a-new-zoom-user-via-powershell/79773/4 "2022-12-13T23:51:44Z")

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Can you check if the operation works through postman?