Is there any way with kcadm.sh to create an organization and add members in it? #35572

bdovaz · 2024-12-03T14:51:15Z

bdovaz
Dec 3, 2024

I see that it is not reflected in the documentation and I do not know if it is not possible yet or if it is not documented:

https://wjw465150.gitbooks.io/keycloak-documentation/content/server_admin/topics/admin-cli.html

To create the organization I see that it is like this:

./kcadm.sh create organizations -r myRealm -s alias=myAlias -s name=myName -s domains[0]=myDomain

But to add a member even though I think I'm doing it right, it doesn't find the user and I know it exists:

./kcadm.sh create "organizations/{ORGANIZATION_ID}/members" -r myRealm -s id=myUserId

I get: User does not exist

keycloak/services/src/main/java/org/keycloak/organization/admin/resource/OrganizationMemberResource.java

Line 91 in 3645720

throw ErrorResponse.error("User does not exist", Status.BAD_REQUEST);

Answered by nicolashery

Dec 3, 2024

I also ran into this. Got it to work by sending the user ID as the whole request body (-b), instead of JSON (-s id=...). That endpoint is a little odd it says it accepts JSON but really it's just plain text with just the user ID. See #34401

$ kcadm.sh create organizations/b3e797be-3c33-4720-8ece-bb9e6816eeda/members -r example -b 904b6bfa-3bbf-46e7-9fa6-6e10f9be7563

Created new member with id '904b6bfa-3bbf-46e7-9fa6-6e10f9be7563'

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nicolashery · 2024-12-03T20:48:10Z

nicolashery
Dec 3, 2024

I also ran into this. Got it to work by sending the user ID as the whole request body (-b), instead of JSON (-s id=...). That endpoint is a little odd it says it accepts JSON but really it's just plain text with just the user ID. See #34401

$ kcadm.sh create organizations/b3e797be-3c33-4720-8ece-bb9e6816eeda/members -r example -b 904b6bfa-3bbf-46e7-9fa6-6e10f9be7563

Created new member with id '904b6bfa-3bbf-46e7-9fa6-6e10f9be7563'

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andreibancioiu · 2026-10-01T09:26:40Z

andreibancioiu
Oct 1, 2026

A short snippet that acquires the IDs (user and organization) before running kcadm.sh create:

ORG_ID=$(kcadm.sh get organizations -r example -q search="foobar" | jq -r ".[0].id")
ORG_USER=$(kcadm.sh get users -r example -q search="alice@example.org" | jq -r ".[0].id")

kcadm.sh create organizations/${ORG_ID}/members -r example -b ${ORG_USER}

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