Create User with Username and Password Only

[podcoder]

I would like to signup a user with username and password only.
But, if I extend the ParseUser class, I need to pass three parameters i.e username, password and email.

class TestUser extends ParseObject implements ParseCloneable {
  TestUser() : super("_User");
  TestUser.clone() : this();

  @override
  TestUser clone(Map<String, dynamic> map) => TestUser.clone()..fromJson(map);

  static const String keyUsername = "username";
  static const String keyPassword = "password";

  String get username => get<String>(keyUsername);
  set username(String username) => set<String>(keyUsername, username);

  String get password => get<String>(keyPassword);
  set password(String password) => set<String>(keyPassword, password);
}

I was able to achieve the functionality I want as follow:

  Future _createUser() async {
    var user = TestUser()..set('username', 'sky12')..set('password', '123456');
    await user.save();
  }

I was wondering if there is a better approach to accomplish this task by extending ParseUser class. Because it will enable me to take full advantages of already implement functionalities.

[fischerscode]

I thought, setting an email is required in order to create a user on the parse server.
But it seems like it is optional, as creating a new user without an email works from the dashboard.

I recommend you to extend your custom class on ParseUser and not on ParseObject.
In the constructor you can set email to null.

The only problem is, that this SDK does currently not support running the signUp() function without and email address due to this if-block. (login() works)

As a workaround you can either provide a dummy email (like user@example.com) or you create the new user first and login afterwards.