User management

Overview

Users are at the core of every authentication flow. Each SuperTokens recipe interacts with users in a way or another. They get created either from the recipe sign up flow, through the migration API or because of direct SDK calls.

Prerequisites

This section assumes that you are familiar with basic SuperTokens concepts like recipes, sessions and authentication methods. If not, please refer to the quickstart guide first.

Customization

Besides the common actions which you can use to manage users, you can also integrate different features which allow you extend the user functionality.

Common actions

See how to create, update and delete users.

User Metadata

Learn how to include additional data to each user.

Allow users to update their data

Implement a series of steps that enable users to change their credentials.

Account deduplication

Prevent the creation of multiple accounts with the same email ID.