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Refiner ACTION

Identify User

Identify a user with user ID or email. If the user does not exist, a new one will be created. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Refiner account once, then configure and run Identify User from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "refiner-identify-user",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    refiner: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    userId: "User ID",
    email: "Email",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Identify User inputs
Property Type Description
userId User ID string
The ID of the user to identify or track events for.
Optional Dynamic
email Email string
The email address of the user to identify or track events for.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
refiner-identify-user
Version
0.0.2
App
Refiner
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes