I would also like to use UUIDs for associating data in our system with the users in Auth0. I prefer not to use the user_id as this is affected by the Auth0 account and idP configuration. For instance, if we have to move a tenant to his own Auth0 account, I will prefer not having to update all the da…

You can make use of the uuid NPM package in rules as a quick way to generate a UUID that can then be assigned to each user. I’m including a sample rule that upon user login generates a UUID for the user, if one hasn’t been provided yet. After ensuring that every user is provisioned with a UUID the …

Using another user identifier (UUID) than the user_id

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Using another user identifier (UUID) than the user_id

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