Signing up users in a custom page

[languid crypt]

Looking at the docs, there are only examples of how to log an existing user in, but not about how to sign up a user. Is this do-able from our frontend?

https://payloadcms.com/docs/authentication/operations#access

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[jade needle]

found this: https://discord.com/channels/967097582721572934/1247503973963923507 appears that you are supposed to create a custom sign up page if you need it

[mild otter]

A "signup" is just a create call to the user collection with the necessary data using either REST or Local API: https://payloadcms.com/docs/local-api/overview#collection-create

There's nothing specifically special there that needs to be explained further I would think. It's just a create