Can the email alias be referenced as a template variable in the resendConfirmationCode and forgotPassword email templates?

Question

Is there a way to reference the email alias in the the email template for reset password? I am using email as an alias and generating the cognito username (guid). But when the reset password email goes out I would like it to reference the email address rather than the generated username.

To illustrate, this is how the email is generated currently as it references {username}. Your username is aVwe3uyXcc9WbmkKTbNq4i and your temporary password is 1ZVKi@ZL.

I'd like to reference the email alias. Is that variable available to the email template?

I am passing email as the "Username" parameter to both resendConfirmationCode and forgotPassword methods and in both cases the {username} parameter in the template is replaced with the guid username rather than the email alias.

Answer

Can you use the Custom Message Lambda for `CustomMessage_ForgotPassword` case and do a look up in the `event.request.userAttributes` for the appropriate value you need to craft your own message.

reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-lambda-custom-message.html

Can the email alias be referenced as a template variable in the resendConfirmationCode and forgotPassword email templates?

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