My current project is in AWS, using Cognito and microservices with Lambda. We have designed the microservices using DDD and are in the process of implementing basic functionality.
However, there is a business need for users of the API to be able to be categorised into the client company that they work for, and only be able to access data for that client company as well as any role-based authentication we will have.
This isn't a full multi-tenant solution as every user will be working with the same website, but their account will have been associated with a particular client.
Everything I have read about doing something like this in AWS suggests using one user role or pool per client and associating users with it when they are created, however we do not want to do this, as the clients typically consist of 2-3 users and there are many clients. This would quickly become unmaintainable in terms of number of user pools.
I tried to think of ways around this issue using "conventional" means, such as adding a domain service into the architecture which was solely designed to add client data to each request by a particular user by calling into the user microservice, but this seems overly complex. I also considered changing the architecture to include basic user and role information in each microservice, but that seems messy.
My question is are there any officially supported ways to add data into an AWS Cognito profile programmatically, and in such a way that this could be changed through a front-end website by a client admin after the account has been created? Even if it's just a clientId field in the token.
If not, then what would anybody who has experienced a similar issue recommend as an alternative to the user pools suggestion.
Thank you.
EDIT:
I have also been investigating several ways to do this using attributes on Cognito profiles, as mentioned here. It seems like this is the way to do more or less what I'm trying to achieve, but I'd still like to hear about alternatives or advice.