Setting required action on new keycloak user account - keycloak

Question

I am using a client to create a new keycloak user. Something like this:
keycloak.realm(realm)
.users()
.create(user);
The user variable is a UserRepresentation object, and I'm trying to add an Update Password required action:
user.setRequiredActions(singletonList("Update Password"))
User gets created ok, the problem is that I don't have the required action set
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, should I specify a different value in the required actions list?
Thanks

Answer 1

Figured out what was up.
Keycloak has an enum to represent various user actions:
public static enum RequiredAction {
VERIFY_EMAIL, UPDATE_PROFILE, CONFIGURE_TOTP, UPDATE_PASSWORD, TERMS_AND_CONDITIONS
}
So the value should be "UPDATE_PASSWORD" not "Update password"

Answer 2

To find out all the possible required actions aliases, export your targeted realm as json from the admin interface. In the json you will find the "requiredActions" array in which all the legal actions are listed like so:
"requiredActions": [
{
"alias": "CONFIGURE_TOTP",
"name": "Configure OTP",
"providerId": "CONFIGURE_TOTP",
"enabled": true,
"defaultAction": false,
"priority": 10,
"config": {}
},
{
"alias": "terms_and_conditions",
"name": "Terms and Conditions",
"providerId": "terms_and_conditions",
"enabled": false,
"defaultAction": false,
"priority": 20,
"config": {}
},
Just use the string under the "alias" tag when setting the list of required actions in the code.

Answer 3

Now in Keycloak 8.x you can use
UserResource.toRepresentation().setRequiredActions(...);
to manually trigger an action like "verify email" after changing the loginname.