From 22c6c19f91d7325c82eddfada696826adad69e5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Cloke Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 08:25:15 -0500 Subject: Fix a regression that mapping providers should be able to redirect users. (#8878) This was broken in #8801. --- docs/sso_mapping_providers.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/sso_mapping_providers.md b/docs/sso_mapping_providers.md index dee53b5d40..ab2a648910 100644 --- a/docs/sso_mapping_providers.md +++ b/docs/sso_mapping_providers.md @@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ A custom mapping provider must specify the following methods: the value of `mxid_localpart`. * `emails` - A list of emails for the new user. If not provided, will default to an empty list. + + Alternatively it can raise a `synapse.api.errors.RedirectException` to + redirect the user to another page. This is useful to prompt the user for + additional information, e.g. if you want them to provide their own username. + It is the responsibility of the mapping provider to either redirect back + to `client_redirect_url` (including any additional information) or to + complete registration using methods from the `ModuleApi`. ### Default SAML Mapping Provider -- cgit 1.4.1