CognitoIdentityProvider / Client / exceptions / AliasExistsException

AliasExistsException

class CognitoIdentityProvider.Client.exceptions.AliasExistsException

This exception is thrown when a user tries to confirm the account with an email address or phone number that has already been supplied as an alias for a different user profile. This exception indicates that an account with this email address or phone already exists in a user pool that you’ve configured to use email address or phone number as a sign-in alias.

Example

try:
  ...
except client.exceptions.AliasExistsException as e:
  print(e.response)

response

The parsed error response. All exceptions have a top level Error key that provides normalized access to common exception atrributes. All other keys are specific to this service or exception class.

Syntax

{
    'message': 'string',
    'Error': {
        'Code': 'string',
        'Message': 'string'
    }
}

Structure

• (dict) –

  This exception is thrown when a user tries to confirm the account with an email address or phone number that has already been supplied as an alias for a different user profile. This exception indicates that an account with this email address or phone already exists in a user pool that you’ve configured to use email address or phone number as a sign-in alias.

  • message (string) –

    The message that Amazon Cognito sends to the user when the value of an alias attribute is already linked to another user profile.

  • Error (dict) – Normalized access to common exception attributes.

    • Code (string) – An identifier specifying the exception type.

    • Message (string) – A descriptive message explaining why the exception occured.