AttachParentWithIdentity

Attach a parent identity to the current profile. Create if necessary.

Service	Operation
identity	ATTACH_PARENT_WITH_IDENTITY

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)
forceCreate	Whether to create the profile if it does not exist

Usage

http://localhost:3000

C#

string externalId = "email@email.com";
string authenticationToken = "email@email.com";
AuthenticationType authenticationType = AuthenticationType.Email;
string externalAuthName = "";
bool forceCreate = true;
SuccessCallback successCallback = (response, cbObject) =>
{
    Debug.Log(string.Format("Success | {0}", response));
};
FailureCallback failureCallback = (status, code, error, cbObject) =>
{
    Debug.Log(string.Format("Failed | {0}  {1}  {2}", status, code, error));
};

_bc.IdentityService.AttachParentWithIdentity(externalId, authenticationToken, authenticationType, externalAuthName, forceCreate, successCallback, failureCallback);

C++

const char *externalId = "email@email.com";
const char *authenticationToken = "email@email.com";
AuthenticationType authenticationType = AuthenticationType::Email;
const char *externalAuthName = "";
bool forceCreate = true;
_bc->getIdentityService()->attachParentWithIdentity(externalId, authenticationToken, authenticationType, externalAuthName, forceCreate, this);

Objective-C

NSString *externalId = @"email@email.com";
NSString *authenticationToken = @"email@email.com";
AuthenticationTypeObjc authenticationType = [AuthenticationTypeObjc Email];
NSString *externalAuthName = @"";
bool forceCreate = true;
BCCompletionBlock successBlock;      // define callback
BCErrorCompletionBlock failureBlock; // define callback

[[_bc identityService] attachParentWithIdentity:externalId
        authenticationToken:authenticationToken
         authenticationType:authenticationType
           externalAuthName:externalAuthName
                forceCreate:forceCreate
            completionBlock:successBlock
       errorCompletionBlock:failureBlock
                   cbObject:nil];

Java

String externalId = "email@email.com";
String authenticationToken = "email@email.com";
AuthenticationType authenticationType = AuthenticationType.Email;
String externalAuthName = "";
boolean forceCreate = true;
this; // implements IServerCallback

_bc.getIdentityService().attachParentWithIdentity(externalId, authenticationToken, authenticationType, externalAuthName, forceCreate, this);

public void serverCallback(ServiceName serviceName, ServiceOperation serviceOperation, JSONObject jsonData)
{
    System.out.print(String.format("Success | %s", jsonData.toString()));
}
public void serverError(ServiceName serviceName, ServiceOperation serviceOperation, int statusCode, int reasonCode, String jsonError)
{
    System.out.print(String.format("Failed | %d %d %s", statusCode,  reasonCode, jsonError.toString()));
}

JavaScript

var externalId = "email@email.com";
var authenticationToken = "email@email.com";
var authenticationType = "_bc.identity.authenticationType.email;
var externalAuthName = "";
var forceCreate = true;

_bc.identity.attachParentWithIdentity(externalId, authenticationToken, authenticationType, externalAuthName, forceCreate, result =>
{
    var status = result.status;
    console.log(status + " : " + JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
});

Dart

var  externalId = "email@email.com";
var  authenticationToken = "email@email.com";
var  authenticationType = AuthenticationType.email;
var  externalAuthName = "";
var  forceCreate = true;

ServerResponse result = await _bc.identityService.attachParentWithIdentity(externalId:externalId, authenticationToken:authenticationToken, authenticationType:authenticationType, externalAuthName:externalAuthName, forceCreate:forceCreate);

if (result.statusCode == 200) {
    print("Success");
} else {
    print("Failed ${result.error['status_message'] ?? result.error}");
}

Cloud Code

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

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

Raw

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

JSON Response

{
    "status": 200,
    "data": {
        "profileId": "1234-1234-1234-1234",
        "newUser": false
    }
}