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aws cognito-idp — Configure an Amazon Cognito user pool and its users and groups and authenticate them. More informati

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Problem

How to use the aws cognito-idp command: Configure an Amazon Cognito user pool and its users and groups and authenticate them. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/>.

Solution

aws cognito-idp — Configure an Amazon Cognito user pool and its users and groups and authenticate them. More information: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/>.

Create a new Cognito user pool:

aws cognito-idp create-user-pool --pool-name {{name}}

List all user pools:

aws cognito-idp list-user-pools --max-results {{10}}

Delete a specific user pool:

aws cognito-idp delete-user-pool --user-pool-id {{user_pool_id}}

Create a user in a specific pool:

aws cognito-idp admin-create-user --username {{username}} --user-pool-id {{user_pool_id}}

List the users of a specific pool:

aws cognito-idp list-users --user-pool-id {{user_pool_id}}

Delete a user from a specific pool:

aws cognito-idp admin-delete-user --username {{username}} --user-pool-id {{user_pool_id}}

Code Snippets

Create a new Cognito user pool

aws cognito-idp create-user-pool --pool-name {{name}}

List all user pools

aws cognito-idp list-user-pools --max-results {{10}}

Delete a specific user pool

aws cognito-idp delete-user-pool --user-pool-id {{user_pool_id}}

Create a user in a specific pool

aws cognito-idp admin-create-user --username {{username}} --user-pool-id {{user_pool_id}}

List the users of a specific pool

aws cognito-idp list-users --user-pool-id {{user_pool_id}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/aws cognito-idp

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