How to create a new user in Java code?

Data Services
1

I am trying to create a user from within our Java backend.
This is what I came up with after digging through code:

UserDocument userDocument = userDocumentFactory.create(new DefaultEMailUserIdentifier(email), lastName, firstName, email);
userDocument.setPassword(password);
Role guestRole = roleRepository.findByIdent(new DefaultRoleIdentifier("guest"));
userDocument.addRole(guestRole);
UserDocument newDocument = userDocumentRepository.save(userDocument);

That seems to work (gives no error), but it’s not possible to log in with the new user. (Log in results in an “Authentication failed” error.)

2

The API you are using is too low level. It does not solve hashing of passwords or other properties of the user. Please use DomainUserPersister or batch operation ADD_DOCUMENT where you need to have a user document that is valid. I would suggest using this user as a template

{
  "id": "-1",
  "SystemProperties": {
    "login": "admin",
    "firstname": "ad",
    "lastname": "min",
    "email": "test.admin@<INTERNAL_LINK>",
    "password": null,
    "passwordRepeat": null,
    "roles": [
      {
        "roleIdent": "systemAdmin"
      },
      {
        "roleIdent": "admin"
      }
    ],
    "salt": null,
    "lastLoginAt": "2020-02-21T13:02:11.701+01:00",
    "failedLoginAt": "",
    "failedLoginAttempts": 0,
    "passwordChangedAt": "2222-01-01T00:00Z",
    "restorePasswordToken": "",
    "passwordTokenCreatedAt": "",
    "createdAt": "2020-02-21T13:01:43.111+01:00",
    "active": true,
    "existing": true,
    "documentId": null,
    "enforcePasswordChange": false
  },
  "CustomProperties": {
    "clientId": "CLIENT-ID"
  }
}
3

Thanks for the answer. I got it working.