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UserIdentityService interface
The User Identity service links a user to profiles from an external source (eg: ldap, oauth2 provider, saml) which can identify the user. The profile typically has the following information: name, email-id, uuid, roles, authorizations, scope of accessible resources, expiration time for given access
Signature:
export interface UserIdentityService<I, U>
Example
export class LDAPUserIdentityService implements UserIdentityService<LDAPUserIdentity, UserProfile> { constructor( @repository(UserRepository) public userRepository: UserRepository, @repository(UserIdentityRepository) public userIdentityRepository: UserIdentityRepository, ) {} }
Methods
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| [findOrCreateUser(userIdentity)](/doc/en/lb4/apidocs.authentication.useridentityservice.findorcreateuser.html) | find or create a local user using a profile from an external source |
| [linkExternalProfile(userId, userIdentity)](/doc/en/lb4/apidocs.authentication.useridentityservice.linkexternalprofile.html) | link an external profile with an existing local user id. |