Overview
X Social Connection does not retrieve the user’s email attribute by default.
There is a Rule template, “Get email address from Twitter,” that hits X API to get the email attribute. The Rule uses access_token and access_token_secret in the user.identities array. However, these two values are not visible in event.user.identities array in Actions.
This article details how can this Rule be migrated to Actions.
Applies To
- Social Connection
- X / Twitter
- Actions
Cause
The event.user.identities array in Actions does not have the Identity Provider’s access_token and access_token_secret information.
Solution
Using Management API in Actions is the only available approach.
NOTE: Management API has lower late limits than Authentication API. Call this API conditionally to avoid unnecessary rate limit consumption.
This Management API endpoint returns access_token and access_token_secret:
