# Implementing custom user registration with setting default attributes

**URL:** <https://forum.keycloak.org/t/implementing-custom-user-registration-with-setting-default-attributes/22856>\
**Category:** Extending the server\
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.keycloak.org/t/implementing-custom-user-registration-with-setting-default-attributes/22856 "2023-06-23T13:25:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![gediminasre](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/forum.keycloak.org/gediminasre/32/8847_2.png) [@gediminasre](https://forum.keycloak.org/u/gediminasre)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.keycloak.org/t/implementing-custom-user-registration-with-setting-default-attributes/22856/1 "2023-06-23T13:25:43Z")

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Hi, have not found any examples of my case online. Never done it before, so might be missing something. When new user registers their account, I want them to have some attributes set by default.  
My code:

```auto
package org.example;

import org.keycloak.models.KeycloakSession;
import org.keycloak.models.RealmModel;
import org.keycloak.models.UserModel;
import org.keycloak.storage.user.UserRegistrationProvider;

public class CustomUserRegistrationProvider implements UserRegistrationProvider {

  private final KeycloakSession session;

  public CustomUserRegistrationProvider(KeycloakSession session) {
    this.session = session;
  }

  @Override
  public UserModel addUser(RealmModel realm, String username) {
    UserModel user = session.users().addUser(realm, username);
    // Set the default attributes for newly registered
    user.setSingleAttribute("TYPE", "USER");
    user.setSingleAttribute("STATUS", "NOT_REGISTERED");
    return user;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean removeUser(RealmModel realmModel, UserModel userModel) {
    return false;
  }

}

```

Added new file `resources/META-INF/services/org.keycloak.storage.UserRegistrationProvider` with the value of `org.example.CustomUserRegistrationProvider`

Packaged the project, put the .jar file under `\providers` in the Keycloak folder, ran commands kc build, kc start-dev, registered new user and expected to find new attributes created for a user, but it did not work. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![dasniko](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/forum.keycloak.org/dasniko/32/2969_2.png) [@dasniko](https://forum.keycloak.org/u/dasniko)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.keycloak.org/t/implementing-custom-user-registration-with-setting-default-attributes/22856/2 "2023-06-23T13:29:01Z")

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You are using an interface of the User Storage Provider SPI, which is IMHO not suitable for your use case.

I’d recommend to do such things with an event-listener, listening to the REGISTRATION event, then setting the attributes on the user. This way, you are loosely coupled of the auth/registration flow.

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**Author:** ![gediminasre](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/forum.keycloak.org/gediminasre/32/8847_2.png) [@gediminasre](https://forum.keycloak.org/u/gediminasre)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.keycloak.org/t/implementing-custom-user-registration-with-setting-default-attributes/22856/3 "2023-06-24T19:47:47Z")

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Thanks @dasniko for the suggestion. Seems like that on REGISTER event, custom attributes are not persisted. Although on LOGIN event they are.  
If anyone needs, I have solved the issue this way:

```auto
import javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap;
import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
import org.keycloak.authentication.FormContext;
import org.keycloak.authentication.forms.RegistrationUserCreation;

@Provider
public class CustomRegistrationUserCreation extends RegistrationUserCreation {

  private static final String ID = "custom-registration-user-creation";
  private static final String REGISTRATION_STATUS = "user.attributes.REGISTRATION_STATUS";
  private static final String NOT_REGISTERED = "NOT_REGISTERED";
  private static final String USER_TYPE = "user.attributes.USER_TYPE";
  private static final String USER = "USER";

  @Override
  public String getId() {
    return ID;
  }

  @Override
  public String getDisplayType() {
    return "Registration User Creation with default attributes added";
  }

  @Override
  public String getHelpText() {
    return "Adds attributes to user on registration";
  }

  @Override
  public void success(FormContext context) {
    MultivaluedMap<String, String> formData = context.getHttpRequest().getDecodedFormParameters();
    formData.add(REGISTRATION_STATUS, NOT_REGISTERED);
    formData.add(USER_TYPE, USER);
    super.success(context);
  }

}

```

Also `org.keycloak.authentication.FormActionFactory` file needs to be added to META-INF/services