We are trying to match the sign ups in our forum with our app sign ups.
In my opinion, it seems easier to populate a database when the SSO happens, but this wasn’t implemented yet.
So, is it possible to get the user’s external_id used in SSO through the Discourse API?
Here is a standard Json for a random user:
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"theme_key": theme_key,
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},
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{
"name": group_name,
"display_name": display_name
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}
],
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"name": name,
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"created_at": created_at,
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"username": username,
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},
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{
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}
],
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"can_send_private_message_to_user": true,
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}