Emails not allowed as usernames

ServiceStack Authentication
1

I have been using emails as the main username for simplicity:

    const client = new JsonServiceClient(environment.apiUrl);
    let req = new Register();
    
    req.email = this.registerForm.get("email").value;
    req.userName = req.email;
    req.firstName = this.registerForm.get("name").value;
    req.password = this.registerForm.get("password").value;

    let response = await client.post(req);

This used to work as long as the email didn’t contain a + symbol. It seems now after updating to 5.4 every email is rejected as a username for having invalid characters.

Is there any way to have the users email address as their username and support all characters that are valid in email? Do I have to make my own Register implementation or is this already available functionality?

2

This hasn’t changed, the Email should only be populated in the Email property, then leave the UserName empty and you’ll be able to authenticate with the Email/Password.

3

OK, I didn’t realise this was possible. If I don’t pass the username field it returns error that username cannot be blank but I just tried passing empty string and this actually works. Thanks.

4

Actually it only worked the first time, second time I get: User '' already exists

const client = new JsonServiceClient(environment.apiUrl);
let req = new Register();

req.email = this.registerForm.get("email").value;
req.userName = "";
req.firstName = this.registerForm.get("name").value;
req.password = this.registerForm.get("password").value;

let response = await client.post(req);

How do I do typescript request with blank username?

5

The Register forms of http://mvc.netcore.io, http://mvc.servicestack.net, GitHub - ServiceStackApps/HttpBenchmarks: A HTTP Apache Benchmarks analyzer and exporter etc. all register using Email and no UserName

Username should just be unset, not an empty string.

6

You must think I am crazy but I did that before and it gave error username must be supplied but now I just tried it and it worked. No idea what is going on, I think I am under attack by gremlins.

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