How to Verify a Cognito User's Email

Verify a Cognito User's Email #

We need to verify a cognito user's email, because otherwise they can't use the forget password and other functionality.

In order to verify a cognito user's email, we have to set their email_verified attribute to true. To set their email_verified attribute to true we can use the admin-update-user-attributes command.

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aws cognito-idp admin-update-user-attributes --user-pool-id YOUR_USER_POOL_ID --username john@gmail.com --user-attributes Name="email_verified",Value="true"

We're using the admin-update-user-attributes command to verify the user's email, however it can be used to update any of the cognito user's attributes.

To make sure the email of the user is verified, run the admin-get-user command.

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aws cognito-idp admin-get-user --user-pool-id YOUR_USER_POOL_ID --username john@gmail.com --query "UserAttributes"

The admin-get-user command returns information about the cognito user, however we've filtered the output to only show the user's attributes, by setting the --query parameter.

Once the user's email_verified attribute is set to true, they can use the forget password functionality and get emails with confirmation codes.

Further Reading #

• AWS CDK Tutorial for Beginners - Step-by-Step Guide
• How does AWS CDK work
• What is a Token in AWS CDK
• CDK Constructs - Complete Guide
• What is an identifier (id) in AWS CDK
• How to use Context in AWS CDK
• How to use Parameters in AWS CDK