To create a new identity using the client-fetch Node.js SDK, you can use the Ory Identity Management API. However, the knowledge sources do not provide an example of specifying "Magic Link" as the authentication type at the moment of identity creation. Instead, the authentication method (such as Magic Link or one-time code) is typically configured at the project or flow level, not per identity. Here’s how you can create a new identity using the client-fetch SDK in Node.js:

js import { IdentityApi, Configuration } from "@ory/client-fetch"  const ory = new IdentityApi(   new Configuration({     basePath: "https://<your-ory-project-slug>.<http://projects.oryapis.com|projects.oryapis.com>",     accessToken: process.env.ORY_API_KEY,   }) )  const createIdentityBody = {   schema_id: "<preset://basic>",   traits: {     email: "<mailto:foo@example.com|foo@example.com>",     name: {       first: "foo",       last: "bar",     },   }, }  async function createIdentity() {   try {     const { data } = await ory.createIdentity({ createIdentityBody })     console.log("Created identity with ID:", data.id)   } catch (error) {     console.error("Error creating identity:", error)   } }  createIdentity()

To use "Magic Link" as the authentication method, you must configure your Ory project to use the magic link strategy for login or verification flows. This is not set per identity, but rather in your project’s configuration (for example, in the Ory Console under Authentication settings). The SDK call for creating an identity does not include an option to specify the authentication method directly for that identity. For more details, see the Go SDK example, which is analogous in structure to the Node.js SDK usage [Ory Identity Management Go SDK](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/sdk/go#identity-api). Summary: - Use the SDK to create an identity as shown above. - Configure "Magic Link" as the authentication method in your Ory project settings, not in the identity creation call. If you need to enable Magic Link authentication, refer to your project’s authentication flow configuration. The knowledge sources do not provide a direct way to set Magic Link per identity at creation time.

@chilly-king-10285 Show how to check if an identity already exists

To check if an identity already exists in Ory, you typically need to search for the identity using a unique identifier (such as email). However, the knowledge sources do not provide a direct API endpoint or SDK method for searching identities by traits (like email) using the client-fetch Node.js SDK or the Ory API. The available API methods, such as

getIdentity

, require the identity's unique ID, not a trait value like email [Ory API Reference](https://www.ory.sh/docs/reference/api). If you attempt to create an identity with an email that already exists, Ory will return an error message indicating that an account with the same identifier exists. For example, you may receive an error like:

json {   "id": 4000007,   "text": "An account with the same identifier (email, phone, username, ...) exists already.",   "type": "error" }

or

json {   "id": 4000027,   "text": "An account with the same identifier (email, phone, username, ...) exists already. Please sign in to your existing account to link your social profile.",   "type": "error" }

[UI Error Messages](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/concepts/ui-messages#an-account-with-the-same-identifier-email-phone-username--exists-already-4000007) Summary: - There is no documented way to check for an existing identity by trait (e.g., email) via the SDK or API. - Attempting to create a duplicate identity will result in an error indicating the identity already exists. If you need to avoid this error, you must handle it in your application logic by catching the error response when creating an identity. The knowledge sources do not provide a more direct or efficient method.

The knowledge sources do not provide explicit details on how to inspect or extract detailed error information from the IndentitiesAPI error object when using the client-fetch Node.js SDK. However, they do describe the standard Ory JSON API error format, which includes fields such as

error

,

message

,

code

,

reason

, and more. These fields are present in the error response body returned by the API [Ory API Reference – Error Response](https://www.ory.sh/docs/reference/api). If you are only seeing

{ response: {}, name: "ResponseError" }

when logging the error, it suggests that the error object may contain additional information in a property such as

response.data

or

response.body

, but the knowledge sources do not specify the exact structure for the SDK error object. Summary: - The Ory API returns errors in a standard JSON format with detailed fields. - The knowledge sources do not specify how to access these fields in the client-fetch SDK error object. - If you need to access the error details, you may need to inspect properties like

error.response.data

or similar, but this is not confirmed in the documentation. I'm sorry, but the knowledge sources do not contain enough information to provide a definitive answer on how to extract detailed error information from the IndentitiesAPI error object in the client-fetch Node.js SDK.

Here is how you can use the Ory Permissions (Keto) Go SDK to call the Expand API and list all subjects (such as users) who have access to a specific object. The Expand API is used to expand a subject set (e.g., all users who have a certain permission on an object), but it does not directly list "all permissions an identity has." Instead, it lists all identities that have a specific permission on an object. To list all permissions for a specific identity, you would need to iterate over all possible permissions and objects, which is not directly supported by the Expand API. Below is an example Go code snippet that demonstrates how to use the Expand API to display who has access to an object (e.g., a file):

go package main  import (  "context"  "fmt"  "os"   ory "<http://github.com/ory/client-go|github.com/ory/client-go>" )  func main() {  // Set up authentication context with your Ory API Key  oryAuthedContext := context.WithValue(context.Background(), ory.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("ORY_API_KEY"))   // Define the namespace, object, and relation you want to expand  namespace := "files"  object := "ec788a82-a12e-45a4-b906-3e69f78c94e4"  relation := "access"   configuration := ory.NewConfiguration()  configuration.Servers = []ory.ServerConfiguration{   {    URL: "https://<your-ory-project-slug>.<http://projects.oryapis.com|projects.oryapis.com>", // Replace with your Ory project URL   },  }  client := ory.NewAPIClient(configuration)   // Call the Expand API  result, resp, err := client.PermissionApi.ExpandPermissions(oryAuthedContext).   Namespace(namespace).   Object(object).   Relation(relation).   Execute()  if err != nil {   fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error calling ExpandPermissions: %v\n", err)   fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", resp)   return  }   fmt.Printf("Expand result: %+v\n", result) }

Note: - This example expands the subject set for a specific object and relation (e.g., "who has access to this file?"). - To list all permissions for a specific identity, you would need to query all possible objects and relations and check if the identity is included in the expansion, which is not directly supported by a single API call. For more details and examples, see the [Ory Permissions Go SDK documentation](https://www.ory.sh/docs/keto/sdk/go) and the [Expand API guide](https://www.ory.sh/docs/keto/guides/expand-api-display-who-has-access)[^1]. [^1]: [Expand API: display who has access to an object](https://www.ory.sh/docs/keto/guides/expand-api-display-who-has-access)