Can we rely on ID value inside data or should we go with externalId as unique identifier record

[ashikajith]

Hi, All. I'm in the middle of integrating BoxyHQ Jackson with my Rails application, and Jackson is connected to the JumpCloud SCIM events Identity Management.
Below is the webhook payload I'm receiving for Group while making any updates to the titles from the IdP side

## parameters
{
  "id": "c77ec57c-5632-4066-9a3b-4135014acb41" ,
  "payload": {
    "event": "group.updated",
    "tenant": "demo",
    "product": "Federal",
    "directory_id": "fdead6e1-676f-4968-8f79-3d9b633e579d",
    "data": {
      *"id": "69c82360-eac4-429-b47e-1bb70a338fb1" ,*      <-- highlighted
      "name": "Team A",
      "raw": {
        "displayName": "Team A",
        *"externalId": "657320387301000196568f",*      <-- highlighted
        "schemas": [
          "urn: ietf: params: scim:schemas: core: 2.0:Group"
        ],
        "members": 0,
        "id": "69c82360-eac4-42e9-b47e-1bb70a338fb1"
      }
    }
  }，
  "webhook_endpoint": "http://localhost:4000/jackson/webhook",
  "created_at": "2023-12-1115:41: 42.853Z" ,
  "status_code": 200,
  "delivered": true,
}

Maybe I was wrong, but I noticed that I was getting different data["id] values for the same record after updating the group title in IdP, but the externalId was still the same. However, I am unable to reproduce the issue anymore.
The question is,

Can I rely on the parameter data["id"], or should I go with data["raw"]["externalId"] as a unique identifier for the records present in the IdP. Will there be any scenario where we receive different data["id"] for the sameexternalId

[devkiran]

@ashikajith data["id"] should be unique for a group within Jackson, so you can rely on it. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[ashikajith]

Thanks for confirming ⚡