# Chapter 2 Creating a user provision

Provisioning a user is the initial step in the process of creating a user account within the bunq platform. This step involves assigning basic user attributes and configurations, such as unique identifiers, contact method, and necessary personal details. By completing this step, you obtain an API Key in order to do actions on-behalf-of the user (such as finalizing the onboarding and then creating monetary accounts, cards, payments etc).

**Endpoint:**

```http
POST /v1/partner-user-provision

{
    "external_uuid": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "pointer": {
        "type": "EMAIL",
        "value": "user@example.com",
        "name": "user@example.com"
    },
    "products": ["USER_VERIFIED"]
}
```

**Parameters:**

| Field           | Type   | Required | Description                                                                                        |
| --------------- | ------ | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `external_uuid` | string | Yes      | Unique identifier for this provision request. Must be a valid UUID.                                |
| `pointer`       | object | Yes      | User identification pointer (email, phone, etc.)                                                   |
| `pointer.type`  | string | Yes      | <p>Type of pointer. </p><p>Can either be:</p><p><code>EMAIL</code>, <code>PHONE\_NUMBER</code></p> |
| `pointer.value` | string | Yes      | The actual pointer value (email address, phone number)                                             |
| `pointer.name`  | string | Yes      | Display name for the pointer                                                                       |
| `products`      | array  | Yes      | List of products to provision for the user. In this case,  `USER_VERIFIED`                         |

**Response:**

```json
{
    "Response": [
        {
            "Id": {
                "id": 123
            }
        }
    ]
}
```

The response contains the `provision_id` used for monitoring. Save this ID for monitoring the provision status.