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Create an invite

POST/portal/v1/accounts/{accountSlug}/applications/{appSlug}/environments/{envSlug}/identity-invites

Creates a single identity invite in the active Environment and returns it along with a tokenized accept_url. The effective intent is derived server-side from existing identity state — a net-new email becomes activate, an existing identity without active access becomes add_to_app, and password_reset is honored only for an existing identity. An optional role_id + node_id pair (both or neither) seeds an initial role assignment applied at acceptance. Invites expire after 7 days; the email is sent unless send_email: false, in which case the caller delivers accept_url itself. A duplicate pending invite for the same recipient returns 409.

Authentication

Bearer TokenAuthorization

JWT access token. Never send alongside X-API-Key: a request carrying both is refused.

Requires capability env_identities.manageDeveloper Console

Create, invite, edit, and remove identities and assign their roles. Granted through an administrator role in the Admin Workspace; a valid token without it is refused with 403.

Production Environments require production_identities.accessDeveloper Console

Access identities in production Environments. Applies to users only, and only in an Environment marked production: its identities are real end users. API keys and identity principals are exempt.

Request body

application/json

client_idstring Optional

OAuth client ID — determines which app the invite links to. If omitted, uses Canopy hosted fallback.

intentenum Optional

Optional. `activate` (default) creates a net-new identity OR — if an identity with this email already exists in the Account but has no active membership in this App — auto-derives an `add_to_app` invite that adds them to this App without touching their existing password. `password_reset` is the explicit admin-driven credential-rotation flow for an existing identity; it cannot carry a role/node assignment. The legacy `onboard` value is accepted and treated as `activate`.

one of "activate" · "password_reset" · "onboard"

emailstring Required
first_namestring Optional

Required for `activate`. Ignored for `add_to_app` (the existing identity's name wins) and for `password_reset`.

last_namestring Optional

Required for `activate`. Ignored for `add_to_app` and `password_reset`.

role_idstring Optional

Role ID — required if node_id is provided

node_idstring Optional

Node ID — required if role_id is provided

send_emailboolean Optional

Whether Canopy should send the invite email. Set false to suppress delivery and handle it yourself — the API response includes accept_url with the tokenized link. Defaults to true.

Responses

application/json

  • dataIdentityInviteResponseDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

Errors

When the request can't be completed, the response body includes a stable error code you can branch on.

403account.capability_requiredForbidden
When it happens

The signed-in user's administrator roles do not grant the capability this endpoint requires.

Remediation

Ask an account administrator to grant a role carrying the capability named in the Authentication section, then retry.

403environment.production_identities_forbiddenForbidden
When it happens

The Environment is marked production and the caller is a user without production identity access.

Remediation

Manage these people in the Admin Workspace, or ask an administrator to grant the Production Support role, then retry.

Returned object

IdentityInviteResponseDtoView all properties on this resource
Request
curl -X POST "https://auth.canopy-io.com/portal/v1/accounts/{accountSlug}/applications/{appSlug}/environments/{envSlug}/identity-invites" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANOPY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "client_id": "string",
    "intent": "activate",
    "email": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "role_id": "string",
    "node_id": "string",
    "send_email": true
  }'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "intent": "activate",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "role_id": "string",
    "node_id": "string",
    "environment_id": "string",
    "environment_name": "string",
    "has_initial_assignment": false,
    "status": "pending",
    "expires_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "invited_by": "string",
    "created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}
 Related endpoints
GETList invites
GETGet invite summary
POSTBulk-create invites
POSTResend an invite
DELETERevoke an invite
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