Updated on 2023-09-14 GMT+08:00

Creating an Agency

Function

This API is provided for the administrator to create an agency.

The API can be called using both the global endpoint and region-specific endpoints.

URI

POST /v3.0/OS-AGENCY/agencies

Request Parameters

Table 1 Parameters in the request header

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Content-Type

Yes

String

Fill application/json;charset=utf8 in this field.

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Access token issued to a user to bear its identity and permissions.

For details about the permissions required by the token, see Actions.

Table 2 Parameters in the request body

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

agency

Yes

object

Agency information.

Table 3 agency

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Agency name, which must contain less than or equal to 64 characters.

domain_id

Yes

String

ID of the delegating account.

trust_domain_id

No

String

ID of the delegated account. Either trust_domain_id or trust_domain_name must be specified. If both of them are specified, trust_domain_name takes precedence.

trust_domain_name

No

String

Name of the delegated account. Either trust_domain_id or trust_domain_name must be specified. If both of them are specified, trust_domain_name takes precedence.

description

No

String

Description of the agency, which must contain less than or equal to 255 characters.

duration

No

String

Validity period of the agency. Unit: day. Default value: FOREVER.

Options:

  • FOREVER: The agency has unlimited validity.
  • ONEDAY: The agency is valid for one day.
  • Specific days: The agency has limited validity of, for example, 20 days.

Response Parameters

Table 4 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

agency

object

Agency information.

Table 5 agency

Parameter

Type

Description

create_time

String

Time when the agency was created.

NOTE:

The value is a UTC time in the YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.ssssssZ format, for example, 2023-06-28T08:56:33.710000Z. For details about the date and timestamp formats, see ISO-8601.

description

String

Description of the agency.

domain_id

String

ID of the delegating account.

duration

String

Validity period of the agency. Unit: hour.

  • FOREVER/null: The agency has unlimited validity.
  • 24: The agency is valid for 24 hours.
  • XXX: The agency has limited validity of, for example, 480 hours.

expire_time

String

Expiration time of the agency. null indicates that the agency has unlimited validity.

NOTE:

The value is a UTC time in the YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.ssssssZ format, for example, 2023-06-28T08:56:33.710000Z. For details about the date and timestamp formats, see ISO-8601.

id

String

Agency ID.

name

String

Agency name.

trust_domain_id

String

ID of the delegated account.

trust_domain_name

String

Name of the delegated account.

Example Request

Request to create an agency named IAMAgency with an unlimited validity period for the delegated account whose ID is c2cd82a33fb043dc9304bf72a... and whose name is IAMDomainB

POST https://iam.myhuaweicloud.eu/v3.0/OS-AGENCY/agencies
{
    "agency": {
        "name": "IAMAgency",
        "domain_id": "d78cbac186b744899480f25bd...",
        "trust_domain_id": "c2cd82a33fb043dc9304bf72a...",
        "trust_domain_name": "IAMDomainB",
        "duration": "FOREVER",
        "description": "IAMDescription"
    }
}

Example Response

Status code: 201

The agency is created successfully.

{
    "agency": {
        "description": "IAMDescription",
        "trust_domain_id": "a2cd82a33fb043dc9304bf72a0f...",
        "id": "078ade0fc20010004f8fc0034fad529d",
        "duration": "FOREVER",
        "create_time": "2020-01-20T12:59:20.811642",
        "expire_time": null,
        "domain_id": "d78cbac186b744899480f25bd02...",
        "name": "IAMAgency"
    }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

The agency is created successfully.

400

Invalid parameters.

401

Authentication failed.

403

Access denied.

404

The requested resource cannot be found.

409

A resource conflict occurs.

500

Internal server error.

Error Codes

None