RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Create user without password for OAuth2 login
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Description
Is there a way to create users via the REST API (users.create) without password? These users need to be able to log in via a custom OAuth2 provider which doesn't work if a user has a password set.
I know that users are created implicitly upon first login via OAuth2 but in this scenario I don't get the user ID from RocketChat which I need to trigger updates from a foreign system later. That's why my plan is to create users in RocketChat manually before they start using RocketChat.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the REST API users.create entry point and the OAuth2 user-provisioning flow. Determine how a user could be created without a password while remaining usable for OAuth2 login, and verify that the resulting user ID supports later updates from the foreign system.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api, authentication
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100