# Zoom API- Create user with Custom attribute value

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-user-with-custom-attribute-value/129730>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [March 11, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-user-with-custom-attribute-value/129730 "2025-03-11T19:46:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![swapna.cheguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@swapna.cheguri](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/swapna.cheguri)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-user-with-custom-attribute-value/129730/1 "2025-03-11T19:46:43Z")

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I have a couple of custom attributes that are already defined from the UI. Now, when I create a user using POST /users api, I am trying to also pass the custom attributes list along with other standard attributes. It is giving me a success how ever, only standard attributes are set and custom attributes are being ignored. Is this an expected functionality or am I doing something wrong here?

{  
“action”: “create”,  
“user\_info”: {  
“email”: “[t.test@corp.primerica.com](mailto:t.test@corp.primerica.com)”,  
“first\_name”: “t”,  
“last\_name”: “test”,  
“display\_name”: “t Test”,  
“type”: 2

},  
“custom\_attributes”: [  
{  
“key”: “cbf\_{0}&&&&cbf\_7vdvdz4fsiksjjacz9k9ra”,  
“name”: “UserId”,  
“value”: “XX111”  
}  
]  
}

I also tried creating the user first and then applying a PATCH to add the values for custom attributes and this works. But this approach will be two API calls.

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-user-with-custom-attribute-value/129730/2 "2025-03-13T00:52:41Z")

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Hi @swapna.cheguri  
Thanks for reaching out to us.  
This is the way our API is designed and you can not add custom\_attributes upon user creation

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**Author:** ![swapna.cheguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@swapna.cheguri](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/swapna.cheguri)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-user-with-custom-attribute-value/129730/3 "2025-03-13T14:19:28Z")

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Thanks Elisa for the confirmation.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-api-create-user-with-custom-attribute-value/129730/4 "2025-03-14T14:20:18Z")

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Closed on March 14, 2025, 2:20pm UTC

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