How to create a user without password?

[vidyarani.nethi]

As per this doc, the password field is mandatory

Auth0 Management API v2

Is there a way to create a basic user without generating a password so that once the user email is verified, the password can be updated to the user’s profile ?

Thanks,
Vidya.

[lihua.zhang]

Hi @vidyarani.nethi ,

Thank you for posting this topic on the Auth0 Community!

We can not create a user without a password on the Auth0 dashboard. However, you can create such users using the bulk user import feature. Here is the doc:

https://auth0.com/docs/manage-users/user-migration/bulk-user-imports

We also have a couple of FAQs related to the bulk import feature, in case they could be helpful for your use case.

How to Bulk Update User Profile Details in the Management API?

Problem statement: Bulk update user profile details such as user_metadata and profile_metadata using the Auth0 Management API and Postman. Solution: We can bulk import users details with Upsert mode turned on to update user details. This article explains the user import schema and the fields that can be bulk imported Steps: Bulk export user details in JSON format using this extension: User Import / Export Extension Make changes to the export file. Import the users with the extension or…

How to Bulk Verify Users

Problem statement: Bulk update users as verified with Auth0 Import/Export Extension and Management API. Solution/Steps: Bulk export user details in JSON format using this extension: User Import / Export Extension [|624x449.00000000000006] Make changes to the export file by updating “user-verified” = “true”. This is the format of the import file: [ {"email":"test@test.com","email_verified":true}, {"email":"test2@test.com","email_verified":true}, ] Import the updated file by callin…

[josiah_devizia]

My general strategy has been to create the single user with a random string as the password. This way the password is unknown to the user, and they are forced to reset their password to log in for the first time.

[lihua.zhang]

Thank you @josiah_devizia for helping with topic!