Prevent signin on signup

[walim.masmoudi]

Hello,

When a user signup, it automatically authenticates him by executing the login script.

Is it possible to prevent that ? I would like to prevent login as long as the user does not validate his email.

Thanks a lot

[tyf]

Hey @walim.masmoudi !

The easiest way to go about this is to use an Action to block logins without a verified email:

Verifying users in Actions

Problem statement What are my options for verifying a user with Actions during the account creation process? Solution When verifying users after creation, there are two scenarios to consider while the Verification Email template is enabled. 1. Verifying the user immediately after user creation or sign up and preventing login. In this scenario, the user gets a Verification Email sent to them automatically. To prevent unverified users from accessing your app, you need to implement a Post-Log…

[walim.masmoudi]

Thank you for your response.

It it possible to do it with a custom database ? Because i need to call an api endpoint to know if the user has verified his email.

[tyf]

Hey there @walim.masmoudi, sorry for the delayed response here!

@walim.masmoudi

It it possible to do it with a custom database ? Because i need to call an api endpoint to know if the user has verified his email.

You can certainly call an external endpoint from within action code:

How do I call my API from an Action?

Hey, So I’m in the process of trying to add a user to my database using an API call from a “Post User Registration” Action. I have followed this blog post here: and seem to have everything looking good. On top of that when I run the test it says the action was successful. The only problem is that my API is not being called at all even though I have triple checked that the URL is correct. Here is the code I’m working with: import axios from "axios"; exports.onExecutePostUserRegistration = …