How to Convert an Okta User to the Federated Provider Type using Java SDK

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Affected page(s): https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/users/#request-example-convert-a-user-to-a-federated-user https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/users/#provider-object https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/How-to-convert-Okta-user-to-Federated-provider-type?language=en_US#:~:text=To%20convert%20a%20user%20to,the%20FEDERATION%20as%20provider%20parameter.

Describe the problem(s): Able to convert Okta user into Federated user through Postman by setting a query parameter provider to FEDERATION. However, not able to do it programmatically as resetPasswod(Boolean sendEmail) in SDK doesnt accept provider parameter. How can we do it using java sdk? I did see in your migration documentation that resetPassword(Provider provider, Boolean sendEmail) has been deprecated. Whats an alternative solution to convert Okta user into a Federated user?

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[brianduffield-okta]

@oksanaspecter Thanks for the feedback. I'll work with our engineering and SDK teams to get an update for you.

[oksanaspecter]

Thank you. I ended up calling Okta API directly as the work around

 String url = "/api/v1/users/" + oktaId + "/lifecycle/reset_password";
    Map<String,String> queryParameters = new HashMap<>();
    queryParameters.put("sendEmail", "false");
    queryParameters.put("provider", "FEDERATION");
    oktaClient.http().setQueryParameters(queryParameters).post(url, VoidResource.class);

But still would like to know how can i leverage SDK library going forward.

[arvindkrishnakumar-okta]

@oksanaspecter Currently, the Java SDK does NOT have a direct way to supply this query parameter provider for the resetPassword(...) a.k.a. generateResetPasswordToken(...) API because the public documentation (and OpenAPI spec) based on which the SDK is generated does not list this (https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/users/#request-parameters-16).

We will work this out with the team that owns this API and update you.

Glad to know you found a workaround until then.

[arvindkrishnakumar-okta]

Created internal ticket - OKTA-794001 for reference.

cc: @brianduffield-okta

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