how to additional fields to register user

[MichaelSowah]

How do I add additional fields such as user role, phone number, etc to register a user?

[agordn52]

Hi @MichaelSowah, the API supports registration with an email, username and password.

WPUserRegisterResponse wpUserRegisterResponse = await WPJsonAPI.instance
      .api((request) => request.wpRegister(
         email: email,
         password: password,
         username: username
      ));

Once they are logged in, you could then call the API to update the user's phone number.
If it's the 'billing phone number' field, you could use the below API method or shippingPhone for the 'shipping phone number'.

WCCustomerUpdatedResponse wcCustomerUpdatedResponse = await WPJsonAPI.instance
        .api((request) => request.wcUpdateCustomerInfo(
            userToken,
            billingPhone: billingPhone
        ));

Re. the role, the API currently doesn't support that.
We can add it to the backlog of things to do, might have a quick turnaround on this for you.

[MichaelSowah]

Thanks, I would really appreciate that especially the ability to pass the role of the user eg: customer, admin, etc.
At least an optional parameter/field for the dev to pass the user role will be very great for me please as I have different users with different roles creating accounts on my app...how possible is this and what's likely the timeline for adding the role parameter/field?

[agordn52]

Hi @MichaelSowah, v3.1.2 supports the ability to add/remove roles.

Add a new role to a user

WPUserAddRoleResponse wpUserAddRoleResponse = await WPJsonAPI.instance
        .api((request) => request.wpUserAddRole(
            userToken,
            role: "customer" // e.g. customer, subscriber
        ));

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Remove role from a user

WPUserRemoveRoleResponse wpUserRemoveRoleResponse = await WPJsonAPI.instance
        .api((request) => request.wpUserRemoveRole(
            userToken,
            role: "customer" // e.g. customer, subscriber
        ));

You'll need to update your WordPress plugin WP JSON API to v3.1.0.

[MichaelSowah]

great, I updated my plugin