Does anyone know how can I obtain the “external_id” for a user from the api? I added an external_id at the sso login, but now when I query users, I do not see any “external_id” in the user hash returned by the API. I’m trying to use the external_id as a way to identify users from my database when processing a webhook.
Yes, this can be done by sending an authenticated GET request to https://discourse.example.com/u/by-external/{external_id}.json
This route is documented here: Discourse API Docs.
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And to get the inverse (ie obtain the external_id given a user_id) you can either:
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Use the Discourse Ruby API and call the method: user_sso(user_id)
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Send an authenticated get request to:
https://discourse.example.com/admin/users/{id}.json
and look for hash key [“single_sign_on_record”][“external_id”]
Note that single_sign_on_record (and external_id) is NOT returned by a call to:
https://discourse.example.com/users/{username}.json
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