Modify identity data/metadata through cloud web UI

[adrianrudnik]

It would ease alot of pain points to be able to edit metadata on the web UI and maybe list the real IDs (or just a copy button) for the relevant parts.

This was my very first experience trying to update a single identity and attach a simple flag to its public metadata:

1. Look at the CLI documentation and CLI --help. Did not find anything that fits my beginners glossary of stuff I already know and would fit.

2. Searching for the API documentation, landing at the kratos one https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/reference/api#operation/adminUpdateIdentity, wondering about the endpoint being something like https://www.ory.sh/#operation/adminUpdateIdentity/admin/identities/{id} and the authentication header being Authorization. Wasting alot of time there, not working against the cloud.

3. Going to the cloud account, following one of the links, ending up at the correct, but different(?), api docs at https://www.ory.sh/docs/reference/api#operation/adminUpdateIdentity, listing the correct endpoint https://{project}.projects.oryapis.com/admin/identities/{id}, showing a different header authentication requiring bearer. Got it working.

4. Wondering why there is not PATCH, so I have to copy & paste in all already-known infos from another API endpoint and build my query.

5. Surfing to the identity schema UI to look up my schema_id. It is not the "Customize Identity Schema" text-field. It is not the $id node within the textarea. It is not the data-value UUID I grab manually from the dropdown. It is none listed under "indentities". So I build another query to list all (no filter available?) schemas to manually find the one I need, grab the huge ID from there.

6. I send that. It works.

That required alot of time and documentation for a simple flag that I might want to apply to a small batch of internal users. It would be really cool to have it either in CLI, as PATCH and/or as a simple textarea-editor, editing the plain identity JSON.

[aeneasr]

Hi @adrianrudnik sorry for the late reply - is this still an issue for you?

[adrianrudnik]

@aeneasr Hi, I fixed it with the manual process and documented the steps required to add additional meta tags via cURL, so the issue is fixed for me, the feature itself would be cool though!

[ghost]

Hi, Is it also possible to edit the user email, and change the password on Dashboard?

[aeneasr]

Hey, we're working on this feature next :)

/cc @kmherrmann @jfcurran