Ability to trigger resend of account activation email via REST API

[niftythree]

Hi there,

We are seeing examples of users creating an account (triggering an account activation email to be sent), but then choose not to activate their account, returning at a later date to try and sign into their account again without realising that they haven't activated their account. If this happens on the website, it's not generally too much of a problem because they're provided with a link to resend an activation email when they attempt to login.

However, users are now more frequently accessing our app, so we would like to also provide the option for them to resend the activation email via the REST API. Is this something that can be implemented into the REST API via an additional endpoint?

Thanks.

[imath]

Thanks for your report @niftythree once again, I agree: ​https://github.com/buddypress/BP-REST/issues/490

[niftythree]

Thank you @imath 🙂

[espellcaste]

I plan to work on this feature.

[espellcaste]

provided with a link to resend an activation email when they attempt to login.

I just realized this is not a core feature. Maybe we should add it.

@niftythree I have a ​pull request ready.

But I'd like a second opinion on the schema of the response. Currently, I'm only returning this if the resend action is successful:

{
  "sent": true
}

I don't think we need to return the whole signup object. Only if it failed and/or if it succeded. Thoughts?

[niftythree]

Hi @espellcaste

Thanks for the update.

We're not sure if you were wanting an opinion from us, but we agree with your approach. 🙂

[espellcaste]

@niftythree That's correct. I'd like an opinion about the returned schema/response. The example provided, to me, is sufficient.

[niftythree]

Thanks @espellcaste. We agree that the schema/response is sufficient. Thanks for your work on this.

[espellcaste]

Thanks! That's going to be bundled with the next release.

​https://github.com/buddypress/BP-REST/issues/490