create-cup-client.md

Create an App client in Cognito User Pool

Create Cognito User Pool

Skip this part if you already have a Cognito User Poool. If you followed the Create a Web Interface to bind Smart Lamp to User, you should already have one.

1. Open Amazon Cognito Console

2. Choose Manage User Pools

3. On the top right corner，choose Create a user pool

4. Input a name for your User Pool name，and choose *review defaults

5. Choose Attributes on the left side bar

6. Under How do you want your end users to sign in? select Email address or phone number， and Allow both email addresses and phone numbers (users can choose one)

7. At the bottom of the page，select Next Step to save the attributes

8. On the left side bar，click Review

9. On the Review page, click Create pool

Create a Cognito User Pool Client

If you followed Create a Web Interface to bind Smart Lamp to User, you should already have two clients. Let's create one for Alexa.

You can create multiple clients in Cognito User Pool. Usually, a client represents one application, no matter it is backend application or frontend application. When integrated with Alexa, the Alexa could be considered as a client.

1. On the left navigation bar，select App clients

2. Under App clients，choose Add another app client

3. Enter alexa in App client name

4. keep all the rest defaults and click Create app client

Next, Configure Account Linking Settings