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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:08:29+00:00

I am using OpenID authentication in conjunction with traditional register/signin authentication on a site

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I am using OpenID authentication in conjunction with traditional register/signin authentication on a site of mine. When someone signs in for the first time using OpenID, I would like to be able to extract a username for use on the site.

This is easy for some openid identifiers – eg:

http://username.myopenid.com/ http://username.livejournal.com/ http://claimid.com/username

However this isn’t always the case as any URL can essentially be used as an OpenID.

One option is to maintain a list of URL formats as above where I know I can extract a username – and auto-assign a username in the other cases (which can be changed after signing in). Is there any other, more flexible way of extracting a username?

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  1. OpenID has an API for getting user information like a name, email and so on. I’d just use the name if the user allows you to access it.

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