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User object

Used to search by user, create new users, get the current user, or request
password reset.

Hierarchy

  • Users

Methods

addOAuth2Data

  • The method adds OAuth2 as an available authentication type for a user. 

    const user = await System.users.search().where(f => f.email. eq('mail@example.com')).first();
const oauth2Record: OAuth2Record =  {externalId: 'someId', providerId: 'someId'}; 
await System.users. addOAuth2Data(user, oauth2Record);

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<void>

create

  • The method is used to initialize a new user.

    For new users, email is a mandatory parameter. When you enter the new user’s data, you need to save the user using the UserItem.save method. 

    const newUser = System.users.create();
newUser.data.email =  'mail@example.com'; 
await newUser.save()

    Returns UserItem

createWithAuthData

  • createWithAuthData(authData: AuthData): UserItem

  • The allows initializing a new user in the Active status with filled out OAuth2 parameters.

    For new users, email is a mandatory parameter. When you enter the new user’s data, you need to save the user using the UserItem.save method. 

    const oauth2Record: OAuth2Record = {externalId: 'someId',  providerId: 'someId'};
const authData: AuthData = {oauth2: [oauth2Record]};  
const newUser = System.users.createWithAuthData(authData);  
newUser.data.email = 'mail@example.com'; 
await newUser.save()

    Parameters

    • authData: AuthData

    Returns UserItem

getCurrentUser

  • The method returns the current user. 

    const currentUser = await System.users.getCurrentUser();

    Returns Promise<CurrentUserItem>

removeOAuth2Data

  • The method deletes OAuth2 as an available authentication type for a user. 

    const user = await System.users.search().where(f => f.email. eq('mail@example.com')).first();
const oauth2Record: OAuth2Record =  {externalId: 'someId', providerId: 'someId'}; 
await System.users. removeOAuth2Data(user, oauth2Record);

    Parameters

    Returns Promise<void>

requestPasswordRecovery

  • requestPasswordRecovery(email: string): Promise<void>

  • The method generates a new link to restore a user’s password.

    and sends it to the email passed as the parameter.

    Parameters

    • email: string

    Returns Promise<void>

search

  • The method is used to search for users.

    To search for items in the collection, use the Search object: 

    const users = await System.users.search()
    .where(f => f. email.eq('email@example.com')) 
    .all();

    Example of searching by a user’s status: 

    const users = await System.users.search()
    .where(u => u.__status.eq(UserStatus.Blocked)) 
    .all();

    Read more about using search in the Manage apps article.

    Returns UserSearch