Request for getter for Custom User ID

[svenjacobs]

The SDK currently provides the ability to set a Custom User ID via Batch.Profile.identify(). However, there is no API to read this value or verify whether it has been set.

Due to a technical issue on our side, we have a significant number of profiles with missing Custom User IDs. We need to resolve this by setting the Custom User ID again during app initialization. To do this efficiently without incurring unnecessary API calls to our systems, we require the ability to read the value on the client side.

Please provide a getter method for the Custom User ID to allow verification of its existence before re-setting it.

[arnaud-roland]

Hi @svenjacobs,

This API actually already exists in the User module: getIdentifier

That said, it's a legacy MEP (Mobile Engagement Platform) API — it relies on locally stored data, which is why it lives in the User module rather than the Profile module. Because of this, it may be deprecated in a future release.

The concern is that if we introduce another way to associate an installation with a profile outside of the SDK, the identifier returned by this API could become inaccurate.

have a nice day

[svenjacobs]

Thanks for the information. Will you provide a similar getter for the Profile module in the future? How are we supposed to find out if the custom user ID was set after the legacy API has been removed?

[arnaud-roland]

This isn't part of our current roadmap for now, but we are actively thinking about how to design an API to expose profile information from the SDK. If the legacy API is ever removed, there's a good chance an equivalent will be available in the Profile module.

[arnaud-roland]

Either way, this would be shipped as part of a major SDK release, as it would be a breaking change.