Support for unique phone numbers, find user by phone number in Identity

[ayodejii]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe the problem.

I am trying to create users with unique phone numbers.

I know it's already mentioned here in this issue 25368 and many others, but I think it makes sense to have it now.

Describe the solution you'd like

As suggested in the issue I referenced above, I think there could be a provided flag when creating a user, to enforce this (or not):

await userManager.CreateAsync(user, request.Password, requireUniquePhoneNumber = true) // default could be false

or whichever way you guys deem clean.

Then a FindByPhonenumber method in the userManager.

Additional context

In some countries, user identity is tied to their phone numbers, so some apps require users to register with them.

[ahmed-abdelrazek]

#59444 (comment)

[mguinness]

To clarify, previous poster is requesting an additional property be added to the UserOptions class as part of this change. Hard to discern from just a screenshot.

[ahmed-abdelrazek]

@mguinness yes it's my idea on how requiring unique phone number for user might work which is the same as how requiring unique email works