# User\_metadata not being populated on signup using Auth0.js

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/user-metadata-not-being-populated-on-signup-using-auth0-js/8539>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** user\_metadata, signup\
**Created:** [October 20, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/user-metadata-not-being-populated-on-signup-using-auth0-js/8539 "2017-10-20T22:55:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![david11](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/User_font_awesome.svg/768px-User_font_awesome.svg.png) [@david11](https://community.auth0.com/u/david11)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/user-metadata-not-being-populated-on-signup-using-auth0-js/8539/1 "2017-10-20T22:55:46Z")

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Hi,  
I’ve followed the API documentation here at [Authentication API - Auth0 Docs](https://auth0.com/docs/api/authentication#signup) in order to specify custom user\_metadata at the point of signing up a new user. My code looks like this:

```
auth0.signup({
                connection: 'Username-Password-Authentication',
                email: emailAddress,
                password: password,
                user_metadata: { 
                        first_name: firstName, 
                        last_name: lastName, 
                        mobile_number: mobileNumber 
                }
 }

```

The call succeeds, but when I look at the newly created user in the Auth0 Management Console, the user\_metadata for that user is empty.

Could somebody help shed some light on why this isn’t working as expected?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/user-metadata-not-being-populated-on-signup-using-auth0-js/8539/2 "2018-03-02T05:57:04Z")

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