I am trying to pass a custom user field when signing on a user. Here is the array I am signing… $parameters = array( 'nonce' => $nonce, 'external_id' => 'jay', 'email' => 'bugsbunny@betaclub.org', 'username' => 'bugsbunny@betaclub.org…

[image] Jay_Moore: 'add_groups' => 'state_sponsor, status_sponsor, elect_sponsor', You need to drop the space between the commas.

If you have created those fields via the Admin → Customize → User Fields, you need to pass it as $parameters = array( 'nonce' => $nonce, 'external_id' => 'jay', 'email' => 'bugsbunny@betaclub.org', 'username' => 'bugsbunny@betaclub.org…

Curiously I was looking into this last week, and from the looks of it we do not support multi select fields via the DiscourseConnect payload at the moment.

Did some testing and it will populate a multi select field if only a single value is sent. Does not work - ‘custom.user_field_1’ => ‘Pro, Newbie’, Does work - ‘custom.user_field_1’ => ‘Pro’, This is OK for our needs. If that field is editable by the end user they can add other selections as need…

Next question is about add_groups. I have a comma delimited list, but it is not adding user to the groups. $parameters = array( 'nonce' => $nonce, 'external_id' => $sponsor['spid'], 'email' => $sponsor['email'], '…

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Jay_Moore (Jay Moore) February 22, 2022, 8:02pm 3

That worked thanks so much.

Do you know how to populate a multi select field with multiple values?

‘custom.user_field_1’ => ‘Pro, Newbie’,

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