Is it possible to direct a user to a user flow along with a value that we want to set on a custom attribute? We dont want the user to be able to edit this field, it is ok if they see it.
I would like to have a custom app where the user will fill out some info, the app will validate their info against an internal database and return a value we would like to store in a custom attribute (an internal username).
I would then like to send the user off to a sign up user flow where they can either create a local account or create an account with an external IDP and the custom attribute would be pre populated for them and not editable.
To pre-populate the claim, set it as an input field on the form.
To make it non-editable, copy it to a readonly claim and display the readonly claim as an output.
To pass the data, make the whole flow a sign-up flow.
You can call a REST API in the flow to validate the data. Store the return value in an extension attribute.
Then ask the user if they want to federate with an external IDP.
If so, do the federation and add the value to the social account.
If not, create a local account and add the value.
You would have to create an external account beforehand.
I figured out you can send back custom errors from a rest API. What I am ending up doing is gathering the data from the user, sending it to a custom API for validation, then if it validates properly, the API returns the custom attribute.
If the validation fails I can return errors to the B2C that will be shown on the sign up page.
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I'm using the ready to use User Flow available for SignUpIn. I've figure out it's possible to pass the email using the querystring parameter login_hint, but the focus stays on the email field and my customer wants to avoid an additional 'tab' in order to speedup the login process.
I also found a sample which splits a login journey in two steps, but I can't find a way to go directly to the second step, as it uses csrf in order to validate the flow started from Azure AD B2C.
Questions:
1-Is it possible to mark email as readonly when passing a value from login_hint querystring parameter?
2-In case question #1 it's not possible, is it possible to set the focus to the password field?
3-using the custom CIAM User Flow, can I go directly to the second assuming I already know the email?
This sample shows how.
Get the login_hint via {OIDC:LoginHint}
Make a readonly claim
Copy login_hint to readonly
Set the readonly as an input claim in the signin/up
When i read the documentation from microsoft for Azure B2C, it mentions that we can collect user attributes during the sing up flow.
I have a requirement where i need to get a input from the user during the sign in flow. Other than the username and password entered during the sign in, i need the user to enter another field.
Is there an option to do the above in the sign in flow?
You need to use a custom policy.
It will allow you to add any extra pages and/or logic to any journey.
Samples: https://github.com/azure-ad-b2c/samples
Another way of collecting user input (eg. an additional field in the sign-up form) during sign-up without using custom policies is as follows:
In the Azure B2C set up an additional User Attribute of the type String
In the specific sign-in flow require this User Attribute to be collected.
If needed, you can customize the wording and default values used in the form by supplying a language override in the specific flow.
After users has done the sign up I want to set some information and receive it in the token when they sign in.
In order to do that I am using custom attributes and setting the value using GraphAPI.
The way I add the custom attributes is as described here:
In your Azure AD B2C tenant, select User flows.
Select your policy (for example, "B2C_1_SignupSignin") to open it.
Select User attributes and then select the custom attribute (for example, "ShoeSize"). Click Save.
Select Application claims and then select the custom attribute.
Click Save.
Those attributes should not be a concern of the user so I am not doing the step number 3 and here is where the problem comes.
I am able to set/get the value of the custom attribute using Graph API but the attribute is not present in the token. If I do the step number 3 then the custom attribute appears in the token.
Is there any workaround to achieve having the custom attributes in the token without having them in the sign up screen?
The link above also says:
The custom attribute is now available in the list of User attributes
and for use in your user flows. A custom attribute is only created the
first time it is used in any user flow, and not when you add it to the
list of User attributes.
Which I believe is the reason why I can't see the attribute in the token, but I though that after setting it with GraphAPI and being able to read it, it would be in the token.
It's not true.
Based on my test, if we don't do the step number 3 but do the step number 4, the custom attribute won't appear in sign up page but still can be included in the token.
Please make sure that you have updated the custom attribute for the signed-in user and use the same user to sign in with that user flow where you didn't do the step number 3 but did the step number 4.
Kindly check it.
We have a problem where individual user are registered to our application but with permission to see a single set of data. These are all setup as local accounts.
At the moment each user is associated with a single set of data.
We now need to be able to link different sets of data to the same user.
After or during login the user would be presented with the options that are linked to their account and it would remember this throughout their session.
We would also need to be able to add new permissions to an account through an API.
What is the best way of achieving this through Azure B2C ideally without using custom policies if possible.
If you want to insert a page during the authentication journey (sign in) which reads the users access ability, and then allow the user to choose one of these options, and then issue that choice in the token, you will need a custom policy. I am assuming that this list could be different for each user ("options that are linked to their account").
If that list of options is stored on the user object, then it needs to be read from the user, and a dynamic radio box selection be presented to the user.
You need to create a comma delimited list and insert it into a claim, if its already stored as comma delimited, or some other delimited list, then you are already good to go. Otherwise youll need to have B2C send the data to a Rest api to build a comma delimited list.
That claim needs to be shown on the page after 'sign in' in a text box via B2C (hidden with CSS), where javascript on your custom HTML page (configured in B2C) builds a radio box from that list in the hidden text box.
Then the javascript needs to record the choice into another B2C rendered text box. You should then verify at B2C or via Rest api whether the submitted value was valid.
Then issue that value into the token.
I setup a password reset flow using Azure B2C and local Azure accounts that uses the user's email address and verification code. However, my client would like to have a password reset email sent to the user based on the user name, not email address. The user email would be looked-up behind the scenes and an email sent that would include a link to the password reset page as shown in the flow below.
After reading a gazillion articles on custom Azure B2C policies, I'm struggling to convince myself if it is possible to do what the client is asking for using Azure B2C.
In the sample password reset flow shown below, some of the areas I'm struggling with include:
Is it possible to create custom pages in the password reset flow such as the page in Step 4 that displays the user's masked email address, or the information page in Step 7?
Is there built-in functionality to look-up a user's email address and Active Directory Object ID based on their user name or would I have to call out to a custom Azure Function and use the Graph API to do this?
Is it possible to create and send a custom email that includes a hyperlink to the password reset page that includes the user's Active Directory Object ID as a query string parameter so the password reset page knows which user's password is being reset?
At the moment, it seems like it would be easier to create a completely custom ASP.NET MVC app to handle the requirements than it would be to use Azure B2C custom policies, but that isn't really a path I want to go down.
Is it possible to create custom pages in the password reset flow?
Yes you can create your own custom password reset user flow using azure active
directory B2C
In your case if you want to figure out your custom page you could
refer here
Is there built-in functionality to look-up a user's email address and
Active Directory Object ID based on their user name or would I have
to call out to a custom Azure Function and use the Graph API to do
this?
Using Microsoft Graph REST API you could fetch your user
information.
In your case you could use
List users
Get a user
To access user information you could also refer here in a great
details
Is it possible to create and send a custom email that includes a
hyperlink to the password reset page that includes the user's Active
Directory Object ID as a query string parameter so the password reset
page knows which user's password is being reset?
You can use the company branding feature to customize the
content of verification emails for resetting password.
Note : For better clarity you could check the Azure AD B2C: Frequently asked
questions (FAQ) before final work around Which definitely guide you to
define ultimate go ahead.
Update
As per Microsoft document right now you cannot create according to your sample exactly. See the screen shot there is and important remarks.
Thank you.
This GitHub project covers the case you describe. Still needs a lot of understanding about custom flows to get it working.
https://github.com/yoelhor/aadb2c-verification-link