SSO Login with Discourse

[simon]

@suraj96100singh

I would like to know if there is any API or method available that can provide me with user data, such as a user ID or token, which I can send to the Discourse API.

You can use the external_id that you have set in the DiscourseConnect payload to make an API request to Discourse. That request will return the full user Object.

Finding a user by their identity provider 'external ID'

This guide explains how to find a Discourse user based on their external_id from an identity provider using API calls. Required user level: Administrator When using an external authentication system, Discourse keeps track of two user ids: the Discourse user_id, and an external_id from the identity provider. If you need to lookup a Discourse user based on the external_id, this howto article is for you! Below, you’ll learn how to perform this operation. API S…