Accessing Cognito Custom Attributes in a post-confirmation lambda function












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I have a post-confirmation lambda function that writes user attribute information to a dynamoDB table. I've managed to get access to standard user attributes fields in the "event" parameter by doing stuff like



event.request.userAttributes.sub


but trying to run



event.request.userAttributes.role //where role is the name of my custom attribute


doesn't seem to work. Anyone know what the proper syntax for this is? And do I need to set any special read permissions for custom attributes? I created this custom attribute a long time after I originally made this user pool, if that changes things.










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    I have a post-confirmation lambda function that writes user attribute information to a dynamoDB table. I've managed to get access to standard user attributes fields in the "event" parameter by doing stuff like



    event.request.userAttributes.sub


    but trying to run



    event.request.userAttributes.role //where role is the name of my custom attribute


    doesn't seem to work. Anyone know what the proper syntax for this is? And do I need to set any special read permissions for custom attributes? I created this custom attribute a long time after I originally made this user pool, if that changes things.










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      I have a post-confirmation lambda function that writes user attribute information to a dynamoDB table. I've managed to get access to standard user attributes fields in the "event" parameter by doing stuff like



      event.request.userAttributes.sub


      but trying to run



      event.request.userAttributes.role //where role is the name of my custom attribute


      doesn't seem to work. Anyone know what the proper syntax for this is? And do I need to set any special read permissions for custom attributes? I created this custom attribute a long time after I originally made this user pool, if that changes things.










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      I have a post-confirmation lambda function that writes user attribute information to a dynamoDB table. I've managed to get access to standard user attributes fields in the "event" parameter by doing stuff like



      event.request.userAttributes.sub


      but trying to run



      event.request.userAttributes.role //where role is the name of my custom attribute


      doesn't seem to work. Anyone know what the proper syntax for this is? And do I need to set any special read permissions for custom attributes? I created this custom attribute a long time after I originally made this user pool, if that changes things.







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          All custom attributes are prefixed with the custom: prefix (Documentation - Custom Attributes).



          Therefore (I'll assume you're using JavaScript here- if not feel free to specify and I can change this example), you'd need to use:



          event.request.userAttributes['custom:role']



          You don't need to set any special read permissions- all the user attributes are returned in the PostConfirmation lambda.






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            All custom attributes are prefixed with the custom: prefix (Documentation - Custom Attributes).



            Therefore (I'll assume you're using JavaScript here- if not feel free to specify and I can change this example), you'd need to use:



            event.request.userAttributes['custom:role']



            You don't need to set any special read permissions- all the user attributes are returned in the PostConfirmation lambda.






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              All custom attributes are prefixed with the custom: prefix (Documentation - Custom Attributes).



              Therefore (I'll assume you're using JavaScript here- if not feel free to specify and I can change this example), you'd need to use:



              event.request.userAttributes['custom:role']



              You don't need to set any special read permissions- all the user attributes are returned in the PostConfirmation lambda.






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                All custom attributes are prefixed with the custom: prefix (Documentation - Custom Attributes).



                Therefore (I'll assume you're using JavaScript here- if not feel free to specify and I can change this example), you'd need to use:



                event.request.userAttributes['custom:role']



                You don't need to set any special read permissions- all the user attributes are returned in the PostConfirmation lambda.






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                All custom attributes are prefixed with the custom: prefix (Documentation - Custom Attributes).



                Therefore (I'll assume you're using JavaScript here- if not feel free to specify and I can change this example), you'd need to use:



                event.request.userAttributes['custom:role']



                You don't need to set any special read permissions- all the user attributes are returned in the PostConfirmation lambda.







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