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# XGROUP CREATECONSUMER

> Create a new consumer in an existing consumer group.

## Arguments

<ParamField body="key" type="str" required>
  The key of the stream.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="group" type="str" required>
  The consumer group name.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="consumer" type="str" required>
  The consumer name to create.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField type="int">
  Returns 1 if the consumer was created, 0 if it already existed.
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```py Create new consumer theme={"system"}
  result = redis.xgroup_createconsumer("mystream", "mygroup", "consumer1")
  ```
</RequestExample>