# Create or update a provider user

```
POST 
/users
```

Upserts a provider user. Matching is done using external\_provider\_id. If a matching user exists, updates their settings. Otherwise, provisions a new user. Returns 409 if external\_provider\_id and provider\_email identify different existing users.

## Request[​](#request "Direct link to request")

## Responses[​](#responses "Direct link to Responses")

* 200

The upserted user.

## Operation spec

```json
{
  "method": "post",
  "path": "/users",
  "operationId": "provision-users",
  "requestBody": {
    "required": true,
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Input required to upsert a Nabla Connect user.",
          "properties": {
            "provider_email": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Provider email address. Primary identity key.",
              "minLength": 1
            },
            "external_provider_id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "External provider ID from EHR.",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 256
            },
            "settings": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "specialty": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "kind": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Specialty kind.",
                      "enum": [
                        "ADDICTION_MEDICINE",
                        "PAIN_MEDICINE",
                        "ALLERGY_AND_IMMUNOLOGY",
                        "ANESTHESIOLOGY",
                        "ONCOLOGY",
                        "CARDIOLOGY",
                        "SURGERY",
                        "DERMATOLOGY",
                        "DIABETOLOGY",
                        "ENDOCRINOLOGY",
                        "GENETICS",
                        "GERIATRICS",
                        "GYNECOLOGY",
                        "HEMATOLOGY",
                        "HEPATOLOGY",
                        "GASTROENTEROLOGY",
                        "SPORTS_MEDICINE",
                        "OCCUPATIONAL_MEDICINE",
                        "GENERAL_MEDICINE",
                        "FORENSIC_MEDICINE",
                        "PHYSICAL_MEDICINE_AND_REHABILITATION",
                        "NEPHROLOGY",
                        "NEUROLOGY",
                        "NUTRITION",
                        "DIETETICS",
                        "OPHTHALMOLOGY",
                        "ENT",
                        "PEDIATRICS",
                        "PULMONOLOGY",
                        "PSYCHIATRY",
                        "RHEUMATOLOGY",
                        "RADIOLOGY",
                        "IMMUNOLOGY",
                        "INFECTIOUS_DISEASE",
                        "SEXUAL_MEDICINE",
                        "TOXICOLOGY",
                        "UROLOGY",
                        "MIDWIFE",
                        "EMERGENCY_MEDICINE",
                        "NURSE",
                        "PSYCHOLOGY",
                        "PSYCHOTHERAPY",
                        "INTERNAL_MEDICINE",
                        "FAMILY_MEDICINE",
                        "DENTIST",
                        "VETERINARIAN",
                        "PHYSIOTHERAPY",
                        "CHIROPRACTIC",
                        "OSTEOPATHIC_MEDICINE",
                        "ORTHOPEDICS",
                        "OTHER",
                        "LACTATION_CONSULTANT",
                        "PODIATRY",
                        "GENERAL_PRACTICE",
                        "HOSPITAL_MEDICINE",
                        "BEHAVIORAL_HEALTH",
                        "MENTAL_HEALTH",
                        "SUBSTANCE_USE_DISORDER",
                        "VASCULAR_MEDICINE",
                        "LIFESTYLE_MEDICINE",
                        "PREVENTIVE_MEDICINE",
                        "PUBLIC_HEALTH",
                        "ADOLESCENT_MEDICINE",
                        "WOUND_CARE",
                        "NEUROSURGERY",
                        "PLASTIC_SURGERY",
                        "PALLIATIVE_CARE",
                        "TRANSPLANT_MEDICINE",
                        "OBESITY_MEDICINE",
                        "CASE_MANAGEMENT",
                        "CARE_MANAGEMENT",
                        "CARE_COORDINATION",
                        "SOCIAL_WORK",
                        "PATHOLOGY",
                        "RADIATION_ONCOLOGY",
                        "SLEEP_MEDICINE",
                        "AUDIOLOGY",
                        "REPRODUCTIVE_ENDOCRINOLOGY",
                        "PHARMACIST",
                        "OCCUPATIONAL_THERAPY",
                        "SPEECH_LANGUAGE_PATHOLOGY"
                      ],
                      "example": "GENERAL_PRACTICE",
                      "title": "specialty_kind"
                    },
                    "other_specialty_name": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "nullable": true,
                      "description": "Required when kind is OTHER."
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "kind"
                  ],
                  "title": "provision_user_specialty_request"
                },
                "speech_locale": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "ENGLISH_US",
                    "ENGLISH_UK",
                    "SPANISH_ES",
                    "SPANISH_MX",
                    "FRENCH_FR",
                    "ARABIC_EG",
                    "ARABIC_LB",
                    "ARABIC_MA",
                    "ARABIC_SA",
                    "ARMENIAN_AM",
                    "BENGALI_IN",
                    "CANTONESE_CN",
                    "CROATIAN_HR",
                    "FILIPINO_PH",
                    "GERMAN_DE",
                    "GREEK_GR",
                    "GUJARATI_IN",
                    "HEBREW_IL",
                    "HINDI_IN",
                    "ITALIAN_IT",
                    "JAPANESE_JP",
                    "KHMER_KH",
                    "KOREAN_KR",
                    "MANDARIN_CN",
                    "PERSIAN_IR",
                    "POLISH_PL",
                    "PORTUGUESE_PT",
                    "PUNJABI_IN",
                    "RUSSIAN_RU",
                    "SERBIAN_RS",
                    "TAMIL_IN",
                    "TELUGU_IN",
                    "THAI_TH",
                    "URDU_IN",
                    "VIETNAMESE_VN",
                    "HAITIAN_HT"
                  ],
                  "example": "ENGLISH_US",
                  "title": "speech_locale"
                },
                "secondary_speech_locale": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "ENGLISH_US",
                    "ENGLISH_UK",
                    "SPANISH_ES",
                    "SPANISH_MX",
                    "FRENCH_FR",
                    "ARABIC_EG",
                    "ARABIC_LB",
                    "ARABIC_MA",
                    "ARABIC_SA",
                    "ARMENIAN_AM",
                    "BENGALI_IN",
                    "CANTONESE_CN",
                    "CROATIAN_HR",
                    "FILIPINO_PH",
                    "GERMAN_DE",
                    "GREEK_GR",
                    "GUJARATI_IN",
                    "HEBREW_IL",
                    "HINDI_IN",
                    "ITALIAN_IT",
                    "JAPANESE_JP",
                    "KHMER_KH",
                    "KOREAN_KR",
                    "MANDARIN_CN",
                    "PERSIAN_IR",
                    "POLISH_PL",
                    "PORTUGUESE_PT",
                    "PUNJABI_IN",
                    "RUSSIAN_RU",
                    "SERBIAN_RS",
                    "TAMIL_IN",
                    "TELUGU_IN",
                    "THAI_TH",
                    "URDU_IN",
                    "VIETNAMESE_VN",
                    "HAITIAN_HT"
                  ],
                  "example": "ENGLISH_US",
                  "title": "speech_locale"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "specialty",
                "speech_locale"
              ],
              "title": "provision_user_settings_request"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "provider_email",
            "external_provider_id"
          ],
          "title": "provision_user_request"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "The upserted user.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "provider_email": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "external_provider_id": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "settings": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "specialty": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "kind": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Specialty kind.",
                        "enum": [
                          "ADDICTION_MEDICINE",
                          "PAIN_MEDICINE",
                          "ALLERGY_AND_IMMUNOLOGY",
                          "ANESTHESIOLOGY",
                          "ONCOLOGY",
                          "CARDIOLOGY",
                          "SURGERY",
                          "DERMATOLOGY",
                          "DIABETOLOGY",
                          "ENDOCRINOLOGY",
                          "GENETICS",
                          "GERIATRICS",
                          "GYNECOLOGY",
                          "HEMATOLOGY",
                          "HEPATOLOGY",
                          "GASTROENTEROLOGY",
                          "SPORTS_MEDICINE",
                          "OCCUPATIONAL_MEDICINE",
                          "GENERAL_MEDICINE",
                          "FORENSIC_MEDICINE",
                          "PHYSICAL_MEDICINE_AND_REHABILITATION",
                          "NEPHROLOGY",
                          "NEUROLOGY",
                          "NUTRITION",
                          "DIETETICS",
                          "OPHTHALMOLOGY",
                          "ENT",
                          "PEDIATRICS",
                          "PULMONOLOGY",
                          "PSYCHIATRY",
                          "RHEUMATOLOGY",
                          "RADIOLOGY",
                          "IMMUNOLOGY",
                          "INFECTIOUS_DISEASE",
                          "SEXUAL_MEDICINE",
                          "TOXICOLOGY",
                          "UROLOGY",
                          "MIDWIFE",
                          "EMERGENCY_MEDICINE",
                          "NURSE",
                          "PSYCHOLOGY",
                          "PSYCHOTHERAPY",
                          "INTERNAL_MEDICINE",
                          "FAMILY_MEDICINE",
                          "DENTIST",
                          "VETERINARIAN",
                          "PHYSIOTHERAPY",
                          "CHIROPRACTIC",
                          "OSTEOPATHIC_MEDICINE",
                          "ORTHOPEDICS",
                          "OTHER",
                          "LACTATION_CONSULTANT",
                          "PODIATRY",
                          "GENERAL_PRACTICE",
                          "HOSPITAL_MEDICINE",
                          "BEHAVIORAL_HEALTH",
                          "MENTAL_HEALTH",
                          "SUBSTANCE_USE_DISORDER",
                          "VASCULAR_MEDICINE",
                          "LIFESTYLE_MEDICINE",
                          "PREVENTIVE_MEDICINE",
                          "PUBLIC_HEALTH",
                          "ADOLESCENT_MEDICINE",
                          "WOUND_CARE",
                          "NEUROSURGERY",
                          "PLASTIC_SURGERY",
                          "PALLIATIVE_CARE",
                          "TRANSPLANT_MEDICINE",
                          "OBESITY_MEDICINE",
                          "CASE_MANAGEMENT",
                          "CARE_MANAGEMENT",
                          "CARE_COORDINATION",
                          "SOCIAL_WORK",
                          "PATHOLOGY",
                          "RADIATION_ONCOLOGY",
                          "SLEEP_MEDICINE",
                          "AUDIOLOGY",
                          "REPRODUCTIVE_ENDOCRINOLOGY",
                          "PHARMACIST",
                          "OCCUPATIONAL_THERAPY",
                          "SPEECH_LANGUAGE_PATHOLOGY"
                        ],
                        "example": "GENERAL_PRACTICE",
                        "title": "specialty_kind"
                      },
                      "other_specialty_name": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "nullable": true
                      }
                    },
                    "required": [
                      "kind"
                    ],
                    "title": "provision_user_specialty_response"
                  },
                  "speech_locale": {
                    "nullable": true,
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "ENGLISH_US",
                      "ENGLISH_UK",
                      "SPANISH_ES",
                      "SPANISH_MX",
                      "FRENCH_FR",
                      "ARABIC_EG",
                      "ARABIC_LB",
                      "ARABIC_MA",
                      "ARABIC_SA",
                      "ARMENIAN_AM",
                      "BENGALI_IN",
                      "CANTONESE_CN",
                      "CROATIAN_HR",
                      "FILIPINO_PH",
                      "GERMAN_DE",
                      "GREEK_GR",
                      "GUJARATI_IN",
                      "HEBREW_IL",
                      "HINDI_IN",
                      "ITALIAN_IT",
                      "JAPANESE_JP",
                      "KHMER_KH",
                      "KOREAN_KR",
                      "MANDARIN_CN",
                      "PERSIAN_IR",
                      "POLISH_PL",
                      "PORTUGUESE_PT",
                      "PUNJABI_IN",
                      "RUSSIAN_RU",
                      "SERBIAN_RS",
                      "TAMIL_IN",
                      "TELUGU_IN",
                      "THAI_TH",
                      "URDU_IN",
                      "VIETNAMESE_VN",
                      "HAITIAN_HT"
                    ],
                    "example": "ENGLISH_US",
                    "title": "speech_locale"
                  },
                  "secondary_speech_locale": {
                    "nullable": true,
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "ENGLISH_US",
                      "ENGLISH_UK",
                      "SPANISH_ES",
                      "SPANISH_MX",
                      "FRENCH_FR",
                      "ARABIC_EG",
                      "ARABIC_LB",
                      "ARABIC_MA",
                      "ARABIC_SA",
                      "ARMENIAN_AM",
                      "BENGALI_IN",
                      "CANTONESE_CN",
                      "CROATIAN_HR",
                      "FILIPINO_PH",
                      "GERMAN_DE",
                      "GREEK_GR",
                      "GUJARATI_IN",
                      "HEBREW_IL",
                      "HINDI_IN",
                      "ITALIAN_IT",
                      "JAPANESE_JP",
                      "KHMER_KH",
                      "KOREAN_KR",
                      "MANDARIN_CN",
                      "PERSIAN_IR",
                      "POLISH_PL",
                      "PORTUGUESE_PT",
                      "PUNJABI_IN",
                      "RUSSIAN_RU",
                      "SERBIAN_RS",
                      "TAMIL_IN",
                      "TELUGU_IN",
                      "THAI_TH",
                      "URDU_IN",
                      "VIETNAMESE_VN",
                      "HAITIAN_HT"
                    ],
                    "example": "ENGLISH_US",
                    "title": "speech_locale"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "specialty"
                ],
                "title": "provision_user_settings_response"
              },
              "created_at": {
                "type": "string",
                "format": "date-time"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "provider_email",
              "external_provider_id",
              "settings",
              "created_at"
            ],
            "title": "provision_user_response"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```
