# Activate a user

Activate the user identified by the user_id path parameter.

By default, any new users created will be automatically activated. This operation needs to be used only if the user was previously de-activated using the _userDeactivate_ operation, or if the user was de-activated automatically after multiple incorrect login attempts.

Endpoint: POST /users/{user_id}/activate
Version: 3.63.5
Security: auth_token, api-key

## Path parameters:

  - `user_id` (string, required)
    The unique identifier for the user.

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string)
    When present helps to identify and fix the problem.

  - `syntaxErrors` (object)
    Is returned as part of an HTTP error response whenever a syntax error is detected. A list of the fields together with their syntax error will be provided.

  - `syntaxErrors.invalidFields` (array)

  - `syntaxErrors.invalidFields.params` (array)

  - `syntaxErrors.invalidFields.fieldName` (string)

  - `syntaxErrors.invalidFields.error` (string)
    Enum: "REQUIRED", "HAS_TEXT", "REQUIRES", "SIZE", "RANGE", "IN", "NOT_IN", "REGEX", "EXACTLY", "AT_LEAST", "AT_MOST", "ALL_OR_NONE"

## Response 404 fields (application/json):

  - `code` (string)

  - `message` (string)

## Response default fields (application/json):

  - `code` (string)

  - `message` (string)


## Response 204 fields

## Response 401 fields

## Response 403 fields

## Response 429 fields

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## Response 503 fields