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POST
/
users
/
{userID}
/
identifiers
Create a login identifier for a user
curl --request POST \
  --url https://backendapi.corbado.io/v2/users/{userID}/identifiers \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "identifierType": "email",
  "identifierValue": "<string>",
  "status": "pending"
}'
{
  "identifierID": "ide-4693224802260150919",
  "type": "email",
  "value": "jane@doe.com",
  "status": "pending",
  "userID": "usr-4693224802260150919"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Basic authentication is used to authenticate requests to the Backend API. The username is the project ID and the password is the API secret.

The project ID and API secret can be found in the Developer Panel.

Path Parameters

​
userID
string
required

Unique identifier of the user. Format: usr-<number>.

Example:

"usr-4693224802260150919"

Body

application/json
​
identifierType
enum<string>
required
Available options:
email,
phone,
username
​
identifierValue
string
required
​
status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
pending,
primary,
verified

Response

Identifier has been created.

​
identifierID
string
required

Unique identifier of the login identifier.

Example:

"ide-4693224802260150919"

​
type
enum<string>
required
Available options:
email,
phone,
username
​
value
string
required

Value of the identifier (here email address).

Example:

"jane@doe.com"

​
status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
pending,
primary,
verified
​
userID
string
required

Unique identifier of the user.

Example:

"usr-4693224802260150919"