Rocket.chat: How to add fields to the users?

[elgriego]

I would like to add fields to the user registration!

The registration only ask for and user name & email.

I try but I can't do it :S

[UPDATE]

What i try is adding fields in the registerUser.coffe :

userData =
email: formData.email
password: formData.pass
lastname: 'lastName'

But it does not work :S, I get an error on meteor terminal:

Error: A method named 'registerUser' is already defined
at livedata_server.js:1542:15
at Function._.each._.forEach (packages/underscore/underscore.js:113:1)
at [object Object]._.extend.methods (livedata_server.js:1538:7)
at Object.Meteor.methods (server/lib/debug.js:33:2)
at server/methods/registerUser.js:2:1
at server/methods/registerUser.js:22:1

[rodrigok]

@RocketChat/core what do you think about this issue?

[Johann-Snapp]

@elgriego,

Actually, userData (where you're trying to add the lastname) is passed to Accounts.createUser which is a meteor function and which won't save extra data.
Just have a look a bit below, I think you can do something like: RocketChat.models.Users.setName userId, formData.name

[engelgabriel]

We should have a way to define extra fields for the registration form (similar to the settings?), but I can imagined it getting much more complex very soon, as admin will want to configure validations, etc.

But I agree, we should have some easy way to add more fields.

[geekgonecrazy]

Related: #2046

[timkinnane]

related #2048

[timkinnane]

@RocketChat/core I'm working on this issue with @nazclarion. We're wondering where in mongo is the best place for user field extensions - A) in the user document, B) nested in a property of user (like custom-fields), C) in a seperate collection?

I’m not sure what that means for migrations with different versions / branches. If we populate custom fields then build a version that doesn’t have this package, are there DB migrations that would remove the changes?

Speaking of validations etc, I'd like to work towards a more unified approach to encourage consistency with admin controls and settings pages, which is kinda lacking at present.
I've looked into how other Meteor projects do that and found a possible approach, using a few packages together to provide schemas for auto-building forms. Maybe there's some packages already doing this? e.g.

aldeed:simple-schema combined with aldeed:collection2. Then possible to also use aldeed:autoform to generate form UI straight from the collection schema, no template markup required.

OR

More manual, less prescriptive approach could just be providing a front end validator to all packages, something like Parsley.js.

Thoughts?

[engelgabriel]

It would also be useful to have these "About me"/"Role" fields be searchable from a system-wide search feature that searches among all chats and user profiles, so that I could search for expertise within my organization using the search feature.

[engelgabriel]

I would also like this feature, synced from ldap. Essentially, the additional fields could be added to 'User Data Field Map' under Admin -> LDAP. Any hints on where to start?

[engelgabriel]

@cbrummitt, @VirtuaCreative, @estadtherr, @meilinger, @joetm, @Schoaf, @svenschumacher, @gongled, @jcardila @acaronmd lets use this issue to track your request from https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/2046

[engelgabriel]

@timkinnane and @rodrigok can we have a chat about this on our demo server?

[sirchojin]

I agree it is needed, together with #2135 :)

[rodrigok]

Add fields in registration process was done here https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/4073

[chellem]

+1

[geekgonecrazy]

@RocketChat/core is there anything needed done on this? From what I can tell #4073 should have resolved this.

[graywolf336]

@geekgonecrazy Documentation on how it works and how to use it.

[engelgabriel]

https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Docs/issues/221

[shaharido1]

Hey, i'm trying to add some customFields using the api/v1/users.update method.

It seems that my HTTP calls are successful (e.g. i'm managing to update the "name" field; or add complete new users). nonetheless, it seems that i can't update (or add) customField - as it doesn't appear in the user data on mongoDB.

 var options = {
        url: url +"/api/v1/users.update",
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {
            "X-Auth-Token": credentials.authToken,
            "X-User-Id": credentials.userId,
            "Content-type": "application/json"
        },
        form: {userId: userId, data: {customFields: {twitter:"something"}, name: "ido try"}}
    }
request(options, function(err, res, body) {
        var bodyParse= JSON.parse(body)
        console.log(bodyParse)
    })

[Syirrus]

@shaharido1 I'm having the same problem. Were you able to resolve this?

[sampaiodiego]

have you guys correctly configured the Custom Fields under Administration > Accounts > Registration?

[Syirrus]

@sampaiodiego I have not. I just added the fields manual to my document i.e.

"_id" : "Giek2324dsd",
"customFields" : {
"situation" : "I was hurt by a person.",
"amount" : "50",
"isShowing" : false
}

So I have to add the custom fields in the admin section and then the API (users.update) will work?

Syirrus

[sampaiodiego]

So I have to add the custom fields in the admin section and then the API (users.update) will work?

Yes, exactly

[Syirrus]

@sampaiodiego I added the custom fields as such to the Admin section:

{
"bounty" : {
"situation": "text",
"willPay": "text",
"isShowing": false
}
}

I'm POSTing to my url and get the following return:

[all of my JSON data for "_id"]
"success": true

But, when I look at my "bounty" key it's exactly the same
I've checked my variable types and all is consistent with what I added in the Custom Section.

Any ideas?

[Syirrus]

@sampaiodiego nevermind I took a break and looked at what I was doing and figured it out. Sorry for bothering you and thank you for your response earlier!

[shaharido1]

Hey @Syirrus I also missed the part of adding the fields to the registration tab. Maybe it's worth to add it to the docs, as it's not very intuitive..

[FF-Ibb-PD]

How can i add the field i created to my info sidebar?

Is it possible to make this deleteable or changeable by the administrator?
Like I can change a users name and password and but not the custom fields.

[shaharido1]

I don't think that you can change it from the GUI (only through the rest API).

[FF-Ibb-PD]

I had a look into the pull request and figured out, that you should see the fields if you have view-full-other-user-info, which seems not to work with my server right now.
I can change the custom field i created but it's not possible for me to have insight in them.
Maybe @sampaiodiego could have a look at this issue?

Also: is it possible to declare single fields as public, so that you can choose if fields should be visible for everyone, not just for administrators?

[localguru]

Same problem here. Add custom fields to Accounts/Custom Fields, but don't see them in user's profile. view-full-other-user-info is enabled for admin and users.

[magicbelette]

Same problem with RocketChat 0.56.0. Users can see/update custom fields in their own profile but it's not displayed for others even with view-full-other-user-info enabled.

Any leads ?

[lakhandewnani]

I have a scenario in my case where I need to have a custom field as a list in which I could insert as well as delete elements . Which type of custom field I should create ?

[vfxpandit]

Use this syntax to display custom fields in profile
http://rocketchat/admin/Accounts

Custom Fields to Show in User Info >>
[{"Designation": "designation"}, {"Department": "department"}]

Registration >> Custom Fields
sample json format for add custom fields

{
   "designation": {"type": "text",
       "required": false,
       "minLength": 2,
       "maxLength": 100}, 
   "department": {"type": "text",
       "required": false,
       "minLength": 2,
       "maxLength": 100}
}

To update custom fields though Rest API
"data": {"name": name, "email": email, "customFields": {"designation": 'Artist', 'department': 'Modeling'}}}

[piotrkochan]

@vfxpandit I've added custom fields and there is no fields visible in user profile (user can't set field).