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Get User Info

There are several ways to fetch information about a user:

• Using their user ID, you can get their email ID, time joined, and metadata that is saved in the user metadata recipe.
• If the user logged in via a third party providers, you can get their profile info in the post sign up override along with the provider's access token. You can save this information in the user metadata recipe for later retrieval.
• Lastly, you can get the user's session information and access token payload from their session handle (offline mode), or from the currently logged in session object (online mode).

Fetching information using the user's email

NodeJS

You can get a user's information on the backend using the getUsersByEmail and getUserById functions:

import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";
async function getUserInfo() {    // Note that usersInfo has type User[]    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    let usersInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUsersByEmail("test@example.com");}

GoLang

You can get a user's information on the backend using the GetUsersByEmail and GetUserById functions:

import (    "fmt"
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword")
func main() {
    // Note that usersInfo has type User[]    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    usersInfo, err := thirdpartyemailpassword.GetUsersByEmail("test@example.com")    if err != nil {        // TODO: Handle error        return    }    fmt.Println(usersInfo)    //...}

Python

Asyncio

from supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.asyncio import get_users_by_email
async def some_func():    # Note that users_info has type List[User]    users_info = await get_users_by_email("test@example.com")    print(users_info)

Syncio

from supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.syncio import get_users_by_email
# Note that users_info has type List[User]# You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki users_info = get_users_by_email("test@example.com")

Fetching information using the user's ID

Using the getUserById function

NodeJS

Express

import express from "express";import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import { verifySession } from "supertokens-node/recipe/session/framework/express";import { SessionRequest } from 'supertokens-node/framework/express';
let app = express();app.get("/get-user-info", verifySession(), async (req: SessionRequest, res) => {    let userId = req.session!.getUserId();    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    let userInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUserById(userId)    // ... })

Hapi

import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import { verifySession } from "supertokens-node/recipe/session/framework/hapi";import Hapi from "@hapi/hapi";import { SessionRequest } from "supertokens-node/framework/hapi";
let server = Hapi.server({ port: 8000 });
server.route({    path: "/get-user-info",    method: "get",    options: {        pre: [            {                method: verifySession()            },        ],    },    handler: async (req: SessionRequest, res) => {        let userId = req.session!.getUserId();        // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki        let userInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUserById(userId);        //...    }})

Fastify

import Fastify from "fastify";import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import { verifySession } from "supertokens-node/recipe/session/framework/fastify";import { SessionRequest } from 'supertokens-node/framework/fastify';
const fastify = Fastify();
fastify.post("/like-comment", {    preHandler: verifySession(),}, async (req: SessionRequest, res) => {    let userId = req.session!.getUserId();    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    let userInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUserById(userId);    //....});

Koa

import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import { verifySession } from "supertokens-node/recipe/session/framework/awsLambda";import { SessionEvent } from "supertokens-node/framework/awsLambda";
async function getUserInfo(awsEvent: SessionEvent) {    let userId = awsEvent.session!.getUserId();    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    let userInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUserById(userId);    //....};
exports.handler = verifySession(getUserInfo);

Loopback

import KoaRouter from "koa-router";import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import { verifySession } from "supertokens-node/recipe/session/framework/koa";import { SessionContext } from "supertokens-node/framework/koa";
let router = new KoaRouter();
router.get("/get-user-info", verifySession(), async (ctx: SessionContext, next) => {    let userId = ctx.session!.getUserId();    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    let userInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUserById(userId);    //....});

AWS Lambda / Netlify

import { inject, intercept } from "@loopback/core";import { RestBindings, MiddlewareContext, get, response } from "@loopback/rest";import  ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import { verifySession } from "supertokens-node/recipe/session/framework/loopback";import Session from "supertokens-node/recipe/session";import { SessionContext } from "supertokens-node/framework/loopback";
class GetUserInfo {    constructor(@inject(RestBindings.Http.CONTEXT) private ctx: MiddlewareContext) {}    @get("/get-user-info")    @intercept(verifySession())    @response(200)    async handler() {        let userId = ((this.ctx as any).session as Session.SessionContainer).getUserId();        // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki        let userInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUserById(userId);        //....    }}

Next.js

import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import { superTokensNextWrapper } from 'supertokens-node/nextjs'import { verifySession } from "supertokens-node/recipe/session/framework/express";import { SessionRequest } from "supertokens-node/framework/express";
export default async function likeComment(req: SessionRequest, res: any) {    await superTokensNextWrapper(        async (next) => {            await verifySession()(req, res, next);        },        req,        res    )
    let userId = req.session!.getUserId();    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    let userInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUserById(userId);    //....}

NestJS

import { Controller, Post, UseGuards, Request, Response } from "@nestjs/common";import { AuthGuard } from './auth/auth.guard';import { Session } from './auth/session.decorator';import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import { SessionRequest } from "supertokens-node/framework/express";
@Controller()export class ExampleController {  @Post('example')  @UseGuards(new AuthGuard()) // For more information about this guard please read our NestJS guide.  async postExample(@Request() req: SessionRequest, @Session() session: Session, @Response({passthrough: true}) res: Response): Promise<boolean> {    let userId = session.getUserId();    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    let userInfo = await ThirdPartyEmailPassword.getUserById(userId);     //....    return true;  }}

GoLang

Chi

import (    "fmt"    "net/http"
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/session"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword")
func main() {    _ = http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {        session.VerifySession(nil, getUserInfoAPI).ServeHTTP(rw, r)    })}
func getUserInfoAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {    sessionContainer := session.GetSessionFromRequestContext(r.Context())
    userID := sessionContainer.GetUserID()    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    userInfo, err := thirdpartyemailpassword.GetUserById(userID)    if err != nil {        // TODO: Handle error        return    }    fmt.Println(userInfo)}

net/http

import (    "fmt"    "net/http"
    "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/session"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/session/sessmodels"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword")
func main() {    router := gin.New()    router.GET("/getuserinfo", verifySession(nil), getUserInfoAPI)}
func verifySession(options *sessmodels.VerifySessionOptions) gin.HandlerFunc {    return func(c *gin.Context) {        session.VerifySession(options, func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {            c.Request = c.Request.WithContext(r.Context())            c.Next()        })(c.Writer, c.Request)        // we call Abort so that the next handler in the chain is not called, unless we call Next explicitly        c.Abort()    }}
func getUserInfoAPI(c *gin.Context) {    sessionContainer := session.GetSessionFromRequestContext(c.Request.Context())
    userID := sessionContainer.GetUserID()
    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    userInfo, err := thirdpartyemailpassword.GetUserById(userID)    if err != nil {        // TODO: Handle error        return    }    fmt.Println(userInfo)    //...}

Gin

import (    "fmt"    "net/http"
    "github.com/go-chi/chi"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/session"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword")
func main() {    r := chi.NewRouter()    r.Get("/getuserinfo", session.VerifySession(nil, getUserInfoAPI))}
func getUserInfoAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {    sessionContainer := session.GetSessionFromRequestContext(r.Context())
    userID := sessionContainer.GetUserID()    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    userInfo, err := thirdpartyemailpassword.GetUserById(userID)    if err != nil {        // TODO: Handle error        return    }    fmt.Println(userInfo)}

Mux

import (    "fmt"    "net/http"
    "github.com/gorilla/mux"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/session"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword")
func main() {    router := mux.NewRouter()    router.HandleFunc("/getuserinfo", session.VerifySession(nil, getUserInfoAPI)).Methods(http.MethodGet)}
func getUserInfoAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {    sessionContainer := session.GetSessionFromRequestContext(r.Context())
    userID := sessionContainer.GetUserID()    // You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    userInfo, err := thirdpartyemailpassword.GetUserById(userID)    if err != nil {        // TODO: Handle error        return    }    fmt.Println(userInfo)}

Python

FastAPI

from supertokens_python.recipe.session.framework.fastapi import verify_sessionfrom supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.asyncio import get_user_by_idfrom supertokens_python.recipe.session import SessionContainerfrom fastapi import FastAPI, Depends
app = FastAPI()
@app.post('/get_user_info_api') async def get_user_info_api(session: SessionContainer = Depends(verify_session())):    user_id = session.get_user_id()
    # You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    _ = await get_user_by_id(user_id)

Flask

from supertokens_python.recipe.session.framework.flask import verify_sessionfrom supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.syncio import get_user_by_idfrom flask import Flask, gfrom supertokens_python.recipe.session import SessionContainer
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/update-jwt', methods=['POST']) @verify_session()def get_user_info_api():    session: SessionContainer = g.supertokens 
    user_id = session.get_user_id()
    # You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    _ = get_user_by_id(user_id)

Django

from supertokens_python.recipe.session.framework.django.asyncio import verify_sessionfrom supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.asyncio import get_user_by_idfrom django.http import HttpRequestfrom supertokens_python.recipe.session import SessionContainer
@verify_session()async def get_user_info_api(request: HttpRequest):    session: SessionContainer = request.supertokens 
    user_id = session.get_user_id()
    # You can learn more about the `User` object over here https://github.com/supertokens/core-driver-interface/wiki    _ = await get_user_by_id(user_id)

Using the user metadata recipe

Checkout the user metadata recipe docs which shows you how to save and fetch any JSON object against the user's ID. You can use this to save information like the user's name (first_name and last_name) or any other field associated with the user.

Getting information from the user's session

The user's session contains their user ID and the session's payload. You can access this on the backend and frontend as well as whilst the user is online or offline.

More information about this can be found in the session docs.

Getting the user's third party provider information and access token

If the user used a third party provider to login, you can access their info via SuperTokens as shown below. You can then save the OAuthTokens in your own db or in SuperTokens (using the user metadata recipe) and use them to fetch / change info about the logged in user from the third party provider

NodeJS

import SuperTokens from "supertokens-node";import ThirdPartyEmailPassword from "supertokens-node/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword";import Session from "supertokens-node/recipe/session";
SuperTokens.init({    appInfo: {        apiDomain: "...",        appName: "...",        websiteDomain: "..."    },    supertokens: {         connectionURI: "...",     },    recipeList: [        ThirdPartyEmailPassword.init({            override: {                functions: (originalImplementation) => {                    return {                        ...originalImplementation,                        // override the thirdparty sign in / up API                        thirdPartySignInUpPOST: async function(input) {                            if (originalImplementation.thirdPartySignInUpPOST === undefined) {                                throw Error("Should never come here");                            }
                            // TODO: Some pre sign in / up logic
                            let response = await originalImplementation.thirdPartySignInUpPOST(input);
                            if (response.status === "OK") {                                if (response.createdNewUser) {                                    // TODO: some post sign up logic                                } else {                                    // TODO: some post sign in logic                                }                            }
                            return response;                        }                    }                }            }        }),        Session.init({ /* ... */ })    ]});

GoLang

import (    "fmt"
    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/thirdparty/tpmodels"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/recipe/thirdpartyemailpassword/tpepmodels"    "github.com/supertokens/supertokens-golang/supertokens")
func main() {
    supertokens.Init(supertokens.TypeInput{        RecipeList: []supertokens.Recipe{            thirdpartyemailpassword.Init(&tpepmodels.TypeInput{                Override: &tpepmodels.OverrideStruct{                    Functions: func(originalImplementation tpepmodels.RecipeInterface) tpepmodels.RecipeInterface {                                                originalThirdPartySignInUp := *originalImplementation.ThirdPartySignInUp
                        // override the thirdparty sign in / up function                        (*originalImplementation.ThirdPartySignInUp) = func(thirdPartyID, thirdPartyUserID, email string, oAuthTokens tpmodels.TypeOAuthTokens, rawUserInfoFromProvider tpmodels.TypeRawUserInfoFromProvider, userContext supertokens.UserContext) (tpepmodels.SignInUpResponse, error) {
                            resp, err := originalThirdPartySignInUp(thirdPartyID, thirdPartyUserID, email, oAuthTokens, rawUserInfoFromProvider, userContext)                            if err != nil {                                return tpepmodels.SignInUpResponse{}, err                            }
                            if resp.OK != nil {                                user := resp.OK.User                                fmt.Println(user)
                                // This is the response from the OAuth tokens provided by the third party provider                                fmt.Println(resp.OK.OAuthTokens["access_token"])                                // other tokens like the refresh_token or id_token are also                                 // available in the OAuthTokens object.
                                // This gives the user's info as returned by the provider's user profile endpoint.                                fmt.Println(resp.OK.RawUserInfoFromProvider.FromUserInfoAPI["first_name"])
                                // This gives the user's info from the returned ID token                                 // if the provider gave us an ID token                                fmt.Println(resp.OK.RawUserInfoFromProvider.FromIdTokenPayload["first_name"])                            }
                            return resp, err                        }
                        return originalImplementation                    },                },            }),        },    })}

Python

from supertokens_python import init, InputAppInfofrom supertokens_python.recipe import thirdpartyemailpasswordfrom supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.interfaces import APIInterface, ThirdPartyAPIOptions, EmailPasswordAPIOptions, ThirdPartySignInUpPostOkResult, EmailPasswordSignInPostOkResult, EmailPasswordSignUpPostOkResultfrom typing import Union, Dict, Any, Listfrom supertokens_python.recipe.thirdparty.provider import Providerfrom supertokens_python.recipe.emailpassword.types import FormField
def override_thirdpartyemailpassword_apis(original_implementation: APIInterface):    original_thirdparty_sign_in_up_post = original_implementation.thirdparty_sign_in_up_post        async def thirdparty_sign_in_up_post(provider: Provider, code: str, redirect_uri: str, client_id: Union[str, None], auth_code_response: Union[Dict[str, Any], None],                                         api_options: ThirdPartyAPIOptions, user_context: Dict[str, Any]):        # call the default behaviour as show below        result = await original_thirdparty_sign_in_up_post(provider, code, redirect_uri, client_id, auth_code_response, api_options, user_context)                if isinstance(result, ThirdPartySignInUpPostOkResult):            if result.created_new_user:                pass # TODO: some post sign up logic            else:                pass # TODO: some post sign in logic                return result
    original_implementation.thirdparty_sign_in_up_post = thirdparty_sign_in_up_post    return original_implementation
init(    app_info=InputAppInfo(api_domain="...", app_name="...", website_domain="..."),    framework='...',     recipe_list=[        thirdpartyemailpassword.init(            override=thirdpartyemailpassword.InputOverrideConfig(                functions=override_thirdpartyemailpassword_apis            )        )    ])