How to add additional signup attributes using AWS Cognito?

Question

So I'm trying to create a signup form using cognito and react and I currently have it working with just email and password required, but I'm wondering if I can have additional fields like first name and surname that the user can enter during the initial registration.

Answer 1

Method 1

Using aws cli, you need to make sure you've CLI configured correctly.

--user-attributes Name="custom:countryOrigin",Value="United Kingdom"

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/cognito-idp/add-custom-attributes.html#examples

Method 2

• To add a custom attribute using the console

• From the navigation bar on the left choose Attributes.

  For each new attribute:

• Choose Add another attribute under Do you want to add custom attributes?.

• Choose the properties for each custom attribute, such as the data Type (string or number), the Name, Min length, and Max length.

• If you want to allow the user to change the value of a custom attribute after the value has been provided by the user, select Mutable.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-settings-attributes.html