sketchwork
started a topic on Thu, 13 August 2015 at 2:24 PM
Hi there,
I was wondering if there is any way for the user to change their email address with an API call? I know you can add username and password to a semi-anon account, but what if the user just wants to change their email address?
Thanks again,
Justin
3 Comments
Brendan Vanous said on Thu, 13 August 2015 at 6:07 PM
Hi Justin,
No, the problem is that if this is available, account hijacking becomes much more difficult for titles to manage, since the attacker can change the email address. We give you, as the developer/publisher of the title, the ability to change a user's email address at any time in the Game Manager though, so you can still manage these requests from your community.
Brendan
sketchwork said on Fri, 14 August 2015 at 12:12 AM
Makes perfect sense. One thing though. I tried to change the email in the game manager, but for some reason it won't change. I unlocked it, changed it, re locked it, submitted it. I then get the message that everything was saved successfully, but the emai address keeps changing back. Is this a known bug? Thanks, Justin.
Brendan Vanous said on Fri, 14 August 2015 at 12:17 AM
Hi again,
The order of operations should be:
Unlock
Change the email to what you need it to be
Save
That works in my test application. The only way it would reject this is if the email address isn't valid, or is already associated with another account in your Studio's Publisher ID space (accounts are shared for all titles within your Studio).
Brendan
