Account Plugin #

The Account Plugin can be used to add custom behavior during the account lifecycle. The following are methods to manage account data:

Flow overview #

In this section we’ll demonstrate the Account Plugin’s flow by going through an example use case. Consider a scenario where a player creates an account for an early development game.

• Account Creation
• Account Login
• Account Update
• Account Deletion

Account creation #

When a player attempts to log in, authenticateOrCreate is called. There are two possible scenarios after confirming the player’s identity with the third party provider:

• If the player does not have an existing account, onAccountCreate is called and the returned account information is stored in the accounts database. After successful account creation, onAccountCreated is called. Then onAccountLogin is called.
• If the player does have an existing Pragma Account, only onAccountLogin is called.

onAccountCreate must return a PragmaAccount object to write an account to the database. If this function throws an exception or nothing is returned, then an account will not be made.

override suspend fun onAccountCreate(
    idProviderAccount: IdProviderAccount
  ): PragmaAccount {
        if (idProviderAccount.displayName.length < 3) {
              throw PragmaException(
                  PragmaError.AccountService_Unauthorized,
                  "The display name is too short."
              )
        }
        if (idProviderAccount.displayName.length > 32) {
              throw PragmaException(
                  PragmaError.AccountService_Unauthorized,
                  "The display name is too long."
              )
        }
    return PragmaAccount(idProviderAccount.displayName)
}

override suspend fun onAccountCreated(pragmaAccount: PragmaAccount) {
    val betaAccessGroupId = UUID.fromString("6a7f81ec-42d2-4874-9a8e-092dd79c2627")
    pragmaAccount.addGroup(betaAccessGroupId)
}

Account login #

After a player has been authenticated, onAccountLogin is called. The player’s account information is sent as a parameter.

override suspend fun onAccountLogin(pragmaAccount: PragmaAccount) {
    if (pragmaAccount.getTags().any { it.tag == "suspicious-activity" }) {
        throw PragmaException(
            PragmaError.AccountService_Unauthorized,
            "This account is flagged for suspicious activity."
        )
    }
}

Account update #

When there is a request to update a player’s account information, onAccountUpdate is called. Here you can add custom logic to filter display names or reject certain display names.

override suspend fun onAccountUpdate(pragmaAccount: PragmaAccount) {
    if (pragmaAccount.getDisplayName().length > 32) {
        pragmaAccount.setDisplayName(pragmaAccount.getDisplayName().substring(0, 32))
    }
}

Account deletion #

When an operator deletes an account, onAccountDelete is called. Pragma Engine removes all standard account information. You’ll need to remove any additional account data you have stored. After successful account deletion, onAccountDeleted is called.

override suspend fun onAccountDelete(pragmaAccount: PragmaAccount) {
    val leaderboardGameShardId = UUID.fromString(
        "9c9efd2e-a7bd-4374-85b2-4a37d48db7b8"
    )
    val socialIdentity = pragmaAccount.getSocialIdentity() ?: return
    val playerGameIdentity = socialIdentity
        .gameIdentities
        .firstOrNull { it.gameShardId == leaderboardGameShardId }
        ?: return
    val result = service.requestRpc(
        LeaderboardRpc.DeletePlayerDataServiceV1Request.newBuilder()
            .setPlayerId(playerGameIdentity.pragmaPlayerId.toFixed128())
            .build(),
        LeaderboardRpc.DeletePlayerDataServiceV1Response::class)
    // ...
}

Create an account #

The onAccountCreate function is called after account authentication, but before creation of a Pragma Social account. When onAccountCreate returns a PragmaAccount object, an account is created. Account creation can be prevented by throwing an exception.

The IdProviderAccount data class contains unique account information from an identity provider:

Update a player’s display name #

Players can update their display name by calling the AccountRpc.UpdateDisplayNameV1Request Player endpoint; the default Account Plugin prevents players from modifying their display name.

For more information on how players can edit their display name, see the Social Player Portal page.

We recommend adding custom logic to restrict when players can update their display name. To prevent players from editing their display name entirely, throw the PragmaException from your custom Account Plugin.

override suspend fun updateDisplayName(
    requestedDisplayName: String,
    pragmaAccount: PragmaAccount
) {
    pragmaAccount.setDisplayName(requestedDisplayName)
    
    throw PragmaException(
        PragmaError.AccountService_DisplayNameUpdateNotAllowed,
        "Display name updating is not allowed"
    )
}

Only the Player endpoint calls the AccountPlugin.updateDisplayName method; the Operator, Partner, and Service endpoints do not call updateDisplayName.

View display name last updated timestamp #

One restriction that can be set is how often a player can update their display name. To view when the player’s display name was last updated call pragmaAccount.getDisplayNameLastUpdated().

Pragma Account object #

The PragmaAccount is a mutable object that represents the current state of the player’s account information. Any changes made on the PragmaAccount object are saved.

All get requests are lazy loaded.

Create a custom Account Plugin #

To build off existing Account Plugin features, you’ll need to do the following:

1. Implement the Account Plugin
2. Configure your Account Plugin

Implement the Account Plugin #

To build your custom Account Plugin, you’ll need to implement the AccountPlugin interface:

class DemoAccountPlugin(
  val service: Service, 
  val contentDataNodeService: ContentDataNodeService
) : AccountPlugin {}

Configure the Account Plugin #

To enable your custom Account Plugin, you’ll need to add this config in your yaml:

social:
  pluginConfigs:
    AccountService.accountPlugin:
      class: "demo.account.DemoAccountPlugin"