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Invite the specified MongoDB user to your project.

To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project User Admin role.

Command Syntax
atlas projects invitations invite <email> [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description
email
string
true
Email address that belongs to the user that you want to invite to the project.
Name
Type
Required
Description
-h, --help
false
help for invite
-o, --output
string
false
Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. To see the full output, use the -o json option.
--projectId
string
false
Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.
--role
strings
true
User's roles for the associated project. Valid values include GROUP_CLUSTER_MANAGER, GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_ADMIN, GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_ONLY, GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_WRITE, GROUP_OWNER, and GROUP_READ_ONLY.
--teamId
strings
false
Unique 24-digit string that identifies the team.
Name
Type
Required
Description
-P, --profile
string
false
Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings.

If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.

User '<Username>' invited.
# Invite the MongoDB user with the email user@example.com to the project with the ID 5f71e5255afec75a3d0f96dc with GROUP_READ_ONLY access:
atlas projects invitations invite user@example.com --projectId 5f71e5255afec75a3d0f96dc --role GROUP_READ_ONLY --output json
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