Attach

Attach an identity to the current profile.

Service	Operation
identity	ATTACH

Method Parameters

Parameter	Description
externalId	User ID
authenticationToken	Password or client side token
authenticationType	Type of authentication. Full list of types can be found here.
externalAuthName	The name of the external authentication mechanism (optional, used for custom authentication types)

Usage

http://localhost:3000

C#

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C++

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Objective-C

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Java

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JavaScript

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Dart

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Cloud Code

var externalId = "email@email.com";
var authenticationToken = "email@email.com";
var authenticationType = "Email";
var externalAuthName = "";
var identityProxy = bridge.getIdentityServiceProxy();

var postResult = identityProxy.attach(externalId, authenticationToken, authenticationType, externalAuthName);
if (postResult.status == 200) {
    // Success!
}

Raw

{
    "service": "identity",
    "operation": "ATTACH",
    "data": {
        "externalId": "email@email.com",
        "authenticationToken": "email@email.com",
        "authenticationType": "Email",
        "externalAuthName": ""
    }
}

JSON Response

{
    "status" : 200,
    "data" : null
}

Common Error Code

Status Codes

Code	Name	Description
40211	DUPLICATE_IDENTITY_TYPE	Returned when trying to attach an identity type that already exists for that profile. For instance you can have only one Facebook identity for a profile.
40212	MERGE_PROFILES	Returned when trying to attach an identity type that would result in two profiles being merged into one (for instance an anonymous account and a Facebook account).