B2C edit profile API connector

Question

Hello,

I have activated the user flow for "profile editing", but I need it to call an API connector as the "signup and signin" user flow does. I need this in order to validate a field in the dialog which needs to be checked by my application. Also, I need this flow to pass the value "after" the profile was edited, so I can save it. How do I achieve this? With the "signup and signin" I used the API connectors "before creating user" and "before including application claims in token". Here I would expect something like "before editing profile" and "after editing profile".

Thank you,
Claudio.

Answer 1

Hi @Claudio • Thank you for reaching out.

Unfortunately, as of now, the API connector is available only for Signup/Sign-in user flows and not for Profile Editing user flow. To achieve this, you need to switch to B2C custom policy and add RESTful technical profile to be used as API connector.

You can then add orchestration step in the Profile Edit user journey to invoke the RESTful technical profile, as shown below:

<OrchestrationStep Order="8" Type="ClaimsExchange">  
	<ClaimsExchanges>  
		<ClaimsExchange Id="RESTfulApiExchange" TechnicalProfileReferenceId="yout-RESTful-technical-profile" />  
	</ClaimsExchanges>  
</OrchestrationStep>  

You may also consider posting an idea at the User Voice portal for supporting API Connector in Profile Editing User flows. This is monitored by the product team for feature enhancements.

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