Change portal login ID using API.

[Former Member]

Can anybody let me know how to go about changing the login ID of portal users from the API.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Which user ID? If you mean the one the user logs in with, this can't be changed. You could copy if, but there is no standard API to copy users - you would need to create a new user and then set all their attributes and add their groups and roles through reading the original user.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Michael,

We have a custom app where admins can change the UME users. All the users login with email ID. And admin will be able to change the email ID's (which inturn should change the portal login ID). Can you put some light on how I should do this. Is there a work around ?

Thanks

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

The user ID is the primary key. It can't be changed. As I said, you'll need to copy the user and then delete the old one.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Did you also say, we can't copy user via API ? I need to automate the copy.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

You will need to copy using the steps I mentioned - there is no simple API.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

How can I copy the password ?

[Former Member]

How to copy the password?

[Former Member]

You can't. You will need to set it to something new.