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+AuthController:
+
+```php
+
+use CodeIgniter\Restful\ResourceController;
+use CodeIgniter\Shield\Models\UserModel;
+use CodeIgniter\Shield\Entities\User;
+
+class AuthController extends ResourceController
+{
+	//Post
+	public function register()
+	{
+		$rules = [
+			"username" => "required|is_unique[users.username]", 
+			"email" => "required|valid_email|is_unique[auth_identities.secret]",  // gets written to secret field in user table
+			"password" => "required" // gets written to secret 2 field in user table
+		];
+
+		if (!$this->validate($rules)) {
+			$response = [
+				"status" => false,
+				"message"  => $this->validator->getErrors(),
+				"data" => []
+			];
+		} else {
+			$userObject = new UserModel(); // coming from Shield
+			$userEntityObject = new User([
+				"username" => $this->request->getVar("username"),
+				"email" => $this->request->getVar("email"),
+				"password" => $this->request->getVar("password")
+			]);
+			$userObject->save($userEntityObject);
+			$response = [
+				"status" => true,
+				"message" => "User saved successfully",
+				"data" => []
+			]
+		}
+		return $this->respondCreated($response);
+	}	
+}
+```
+
+Note: shield stores users in auth_identies. Email address should be stored in field secret.
+
+https://onlinewebtutorblog.com/codeigniter-4-restful-api-using-shield-authentication/
+
+
+
+My version:
+```php
+use CodeIgniter\Restful\ResourceController;
+use CodeIgniter\Shield\Models\UserModel;
+use CodeIgniter\Shield\Entities\User;
+
+class AuthController extends ResourceController
+{
+	//Post
+	public function register()
+	{
+		$rules = [
+			"username" => "required|is_unique[users.username]", 
+			"email" => "required|valid_email|is_unique[auth_identities.secret]",  // gets written to secret field in user table
+			"password" => "required" // gets written to secret 2 field in user table
+		];
+
+		if (!$this->validate($rules)) {
+			return $this->respondCreated([
+				"status" => false,
+				"message"  => $this->validator->getErrors(),
+				"data" => []
+			]
+		);
+			
+		$um = new UserModel(); // coming from Shield
+		$userEntity = new User([
+			"username" => $this->request->getVar("username"),
+			"email" => $this->request->getVar("email"),
+			"password" => $this->request->getVar("password")
+		]);
+		$um->save($userEntity);
+		
+		return $this->respondCreated( [
+			"status" => true,
+			"message" => "User saved successfully",
+			"data" => []
+		]);
+	}
+
+}
+```