# Create, Update and Read a Workspace User

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Create a Google Workspace user, update their surname, and retrieve the user.

[在 Open Flow 中使用](https://console.openflow.run/flows?importUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Foomol-lab%2Fawesome-workflow-templates%2F5b4ebb0d2fbb329baf98dfe4b5d5ae6331e19984%2Fworkflows%2Fcreate-update-read-workspace-user%2Ftemplates%2Fcreate-update-read-workspace-user.openflow.json)

*   [Open Flow JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/5b4ebb0d2fbb329baf98dfe4b5d5ae6331e19984/workflows/create-update-read-workspace-user/templates/create-update-read-workspace-user.openflow.json)
*   [n8n JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/5b4ebb0d2fbb329baf98dfe4b5d5ae6331e19984/workflows/create-update-read-workspace-user/templates/create-update-read-workspace-user.n8n.json)

![Create, Update and Read a Workspace User 在 Open Flow 中的工作流程截圖](https://openflow.run/_astro/preview-light.Dtt8EEkM_30x29.webp)

Create a Google Workspace user, update their surname, and retrieve the user.

## Setup

Enable the Google Admin SDK Directory API for your Workspace. Use an administrator account with permission to create, update and read users.

In Open Flow, create a secret Variable containing a JSON text body with the new user’s `primaryEmail`, `name.givenName`, `name.familyName`, and `password`, and bind it to **Create the user** → **Body**. For example, replace each placeholder in `{"primaryEmail":"person@example.invalid","name":{"givenName":"First","familyName":"Last"},"password":"REPLACE_WITH_PASSWORD"}`. Obtain a current OAuth access token with scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user` and bind it to the Bearer token inputs of all three HTTP nodes. Access tokens expire; obtain a new one before it expires. Set the desired new family name in **Update the surname**.

In n8n, connect the G Suite Admin credential to all three nodes and configure the domain, username, names and initial password in **G Suite Admin**, then set the updated surname in **G Suite Admin1**.

## Behavior

The workflow creates one user, updates that same user’s surname, and reads their final record. Open Flow returns the full API record; n8n’s default Get output returns its simplified user fields. The account and any changes may remain if an operation fails or its response is lost. Inspect the Workspace directory before retrying; the workflow does not retry writes.

Inspiration & credits

## Changes to the source

*   Replace the source account and password with user configuration. Open Flow uses the Google Directory API with a manually supplied short-lived OAuth token; n8n retains its G Suite Admin connection.

Adapted from [Create, update, and get a user using the G Suite Admin node](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/ae8cf6dc5b873cbb4f74587aa9180ed3a9f70682/workflows/Manual/0455_Manual_Gsuiteadmin_Create_Triggered.json) in [Zie619/n8n-workflows](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows). The source export does not identify a separate template author or license.

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## 設定需求

*   Workspace administrator with Directory API user access

*   google workspace
*   admin
*   user

[在 GitHub 查看](https://github.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/blob/5b4ebb0d2fbb329baf98dfe4b5d5ae6331e19984/workflows/create-update-read-workspace-user/README.md)