Can we we use Kinde just for authentication?
This works fine when we use Google for authentication, but when using native Kinde it will check if the user exists... I don't need that, I'll do verification on my end.
Preferably:
User enters email -> doesn't matter if it exists in Kinde -> user receives an email -> user enters code -> kinde does callback to us -> we verify JWT -> we check if user exists
We don't want user creation via Kinde as we want to integrate it into existing system.
I switched this on but it doesn't seem to make a difference:
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TL;DR: I don't need Kinde to manage users for me
Hi Danslo,
This is an interesting use case and not something Kinde natively supports because Kinde aims to be an all-inclusive auth solution, what you're asking for almost sounds like you're between managed auth and rolling your own. Is there something preventing you from using Kinde for user management as well as authentication?
Thanks, it’s an existing system that we simply want to add auth to
But I think we’ll make an api call on user creation to kinds
A bit of duplication doesn’t hurt
A bit of duplication doesn’t hurt at all! You could leverage Kinde’s webhook feature to sync back from Kinde to your application, and to get started it’s also possible to bulk import users on the Kinde dashboard - maybe you could export your applications existing users and import them into Kinde that way? Food for thought 🙂