How to create a user account/resource user via REST?

Summary:

Hi,

I am not an HCM expert so I might conflate a few things here and there. I have a requirement to create users for customers via REST API. Normally, I would create users from My Team —> Users and Roles, and a user account for the person is automatically created in the Security Console as well.

I want to achieve something similar via REST API as well. I came across two APIs for this:

/hcmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/userAccounts

/crmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/resourceUsers

I tried the "resourceUsers" one and while it created a user in the Resource Directory, their "User Account Request Status" is still in "In Progress"