rest_cannot_create_user - know how to allow rest to create users?

[amityweb]

I know this is probably not related to code on here, but I can't find a solution online.

Using this code:

$user = [
    'username' => 'myusername',  
    'email' => 'user@email.co.uk',
    'password' => 'password',
];
$wordpress = wpClient();
$user = $wordpress->users()->save($user);

I get this error:

Client error: `POST https://mysite.co.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/users` resulted in a `401 Unauthorized` response:
{"code":"rest_cannot_create_user","message":"Sorry, you are not allowed to create new users.","data":{"status":401}}

[angelxmoreno]

Are you using the user login password or an application password? They are not the same thing. Take a look at https://wprestclient.readthedocs.io/en/latest/misc/application-password/ which talks about how to get an application password

[amityweb]

This issue was such a long time ago I have no idea. I can't recall what website or how I fixed it.

Does it usually take 16 months for a reply 😂. Just close this now please so you can spend time improving response times 😃

But thanks for replying anyway, it's better than no reply!

[angelxmoreno]

@amityweb apologies for the confusing. I am not part of this project. I recently used it and came across a few issue. No "license use" was the biggest turn off. I ended up creating my own https://github.com/angelxmoreno/WPRestClient

I replied to your comment because i had the same issue and resolved it and just wanted to share the wealth.

[amityweb]

Ahh ok, no problem, I thought you were part of the dev team. Sorry if my comment sounded negative! I DO thank you for replying! But I dont even remember the issue anymore or what website 😂.