Username retrieval
Username retrieval lets registered users retrieve a forgotten username, based on the provision of alternative information in the user record, such as email address, last name, or given name. Depending on how this process is configured, the retrieved username can be emailed to the user or displayed directly.
The REST requests in this section assume that the username is emailed to the user, and that the configuration is similar to that in the example configuration file (samples/example-configurations/self-service/selfservice-username.json):
Example username retrieval configuration
{
"stageConfigs" : [
{
"name" : "userQuery",
"validQueryFields" : [
"mail",
"givenName",
"sn"
],
"identityIdField" : "_id",
"identityEmailField" : "mail",
"identityUsernameField" : "userName",
"identityServiceUrl" : "managed/user"
},
{
"name" : "emailUsername",
"emailServiceUrl" : "external/email",
"emailServiceParameters" : {
"waitForCompletion" : false
},
"from" : "info@admin.org",
"mimeType" : "text/html",
"subjectTranslations" : {
"en" : "Account Information - username"
},
"messageTranslations" : {
"en" : "<h3>Username is:</h3><br />%username%"
},
"usernameToken" : "%username%"
},
{
"name" : "retrieveUsername"
}
],
"storage" : "stateless"
}