JavaScript SDK registration components
The content on this page deals with a legacy feature of the Akamai Identity Cloud (in this case, the JavaScript SDK). If you are currently an Identity Cloud customer and are using the JavaScript SDK, that SDK is still supported. However, if you’re new to the Identity Cloud the JavaScript SDK is no longer available. Instead, you should use Hosted Login for your login and registration needs.
Registration is composed of four main components:
- Registration user interface
- API client settings
- Flow configurations
- Database schema
Read the following content for more information on each of these components.
All of the above need to be considered when making a change to your Registration experience. For example, adding a field to your registration form will involve updating your flow, your UI markup, and potentially your schema.
Registration user Interface
Akamai provides an out-of-the-box experience with 20+ pre-built screens that drive a best-in-class Akamai experience for the end-user. The screens are built with HTML and JavaScript and neutrally styled with CSS.
JTL (Janrain Templating Language) tags render forms and fields and interact with the flow configuration layer to validate and submit data to the Registration database. The JavaScript SDK leverages Akamai JavaScript libraries and integrates with Akamai JavaScript and RESTful APIs.
The Registration screens are provided by Akamai and then hosted and managed by the customer. They can be easily modified to match the website on which they are hosted, either by overwriting the default CSS files or by adding additional client-side markup to the screens.
See Customize JavaScript SDK logins and registrations for more information on how to modify the UI to meet your needs.
Alternatively, if an entirely customized UI solution is needed, an API-only implementation may be the right solution. It is not required to use screens. The /oauth operations may also be used to develop a custom authentication and registration UI.
API client settings
Each website or application where Registration is implemented is configured with a unique API client, and settings can be defined per API client. These configurations are applied server-side and control site-specific behavior when users interact with the Registration UI, such as:
- Social Login application used for authentication
- Password reset and email verification operations
- Variables included in transactional emails
- Custom field validation rules defined as regular expressions
See Application and API client settings for more information on how to configure API clients for use with your registration experience.
Flow configurations
Flows provide a configuration layer that sits the between client-side elements of the Registration UI and the entity type where user data is stored. Flows define the fields that can be collected by the Registration UI, allowing different data validation rules to be defined across multiple sites all using the same database schema.
A flow is a JSON file hosted by Akamai and managed by the customer with the Configuration API. Flows are designed to be shared by multiple websites for a variety of user experiences, but multiple flows may be needed to support different workflows. See Customize JavaScript SDK logins and registrations for more details.
Database schema (entity type)
Entity types are distinct profile data stores within a Capture application. A JSON schema defines the profile attributes that can be stored for user records within an entity type along with any validation rules or constraints that should be applied globally. The flow defines which fields map to which schema attributes and then applies any validation rules applied there before saving the data to a user record.
Schemas are managed with the/entityType operation.
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