Get User Info
You can fetch user information on the backend as well as on the frontend.
Fetching on the backend#
Using getUserByEmail#
- NodeJS
- GoLang
- Python
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");
}
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)
    //...
}
- Asyncio
- Syncio
from supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.asyncio import get_users_by_email
async def some_func():
    # Note that users_info has type List[User]
    _ = await get_users_by_email("test@example.com")
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")
Using getUserById#
- NodeJS
- GoLang
- Python
- Express
- Hapi
- Fastify
- Koa
- Loopback
- AWS Lambda / Netlify
- Next.js
- NestJS
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)
    // ... 
})
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);
        //...
    }
})
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);
    //....
});
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);
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);
    //....
});
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);
        //....
    }
}
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);
    //....
}
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;
  }
}
- Chi
- net/http
- Gin
- Mux
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)
}
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)
    //...
}
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)
}
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)
}
- FastAPI
- Flask
- Django
from supertokens_python.recipe.session.framework.fastapi import verify_session
from supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.asyncio import get_user_by_id
from supertokens_python.recipe.session import SessionContainer
from 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)
from supertokens_python.recipe.session.framework.flask import verify_session
from supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.syncio import get_user_by_id
from flask import Flask, g
from 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)
from supertokens_python.recipe.session.framework.django.asyncio import verify_session
from supertokens_python.recipe.thirdpartyemailpassword.asyncio import get_user_by_id
from django.http import HttpRequest
from 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)
Fetching on the frontend#
important
The function calls below require no API calls and read directly from the session information stored on the frontend. This makes them very quick.
- ReactJS
- Angular
- Vue
- Plain JavaScript
- React Native
- With React Context
- Without React Context
import React from "react";
import { useSessionContext } from 'supertokens-auth-react/recipe/session'; 
// Your dashboard component
function Dashboard(props: any) {
    let session = useSessionContext();
    if (session.loading) {
        return null;
    }
    let {doesSessionExist, userId, accessTokenPayload} = session;
    // doesSessionExist will always be true if this is wrapped in `<SessionAuth>`
    if (!doesSessionExist) {
        // TODO
    }
    let name = accessTokenPayload.userName;
}
import Session from 'supertokens-auth-react/recipe/session';
async function getUserInfo() {
      if (await Session.doesSessionExist()) {
            let userId = await Session.getUserId();
            let accessTokenPayload = await Session.getAccessTokenPayloadSecurely();
      }
}
- Via NPM
- Via Script Tag
import Session from 'supertokens-web-js/recipe/session';
async function getUserInfo() {
      if (await Session.doesSessionExist()) {
            let userId = await Session.getUserId();
            let accessTokenPayload = await Session.getAccessTokenPayloadSecurely();
      }
}
async function getUserInfo() {
      if (await supertokensSession.doesSessionExist()) {
            let userId = await supertokensSession.getUserId();
            let accessTokenPayload = await supertokensSession.getAccessTokenPayloadSecurely();
      }
}
import SuperTokens from 'supertokens-react-native';
async function getUserInfo() {
      if (await SuperTokens.doesSessionExist()) {
            let userId = await SuperTokens.getUserId();
            let accessTokenPayload = await SuperTokens.getAccessTokenPayloadSecurely();
      }
}
import Session from 'supertokens-web-js/recipe/session';
async function getUserInfo() {
      if (await Session.doesSessionExist()) {
            let userId = await Session.getUserId();
            let accessTokenPayload = await Session.getAccessTokenPayloadSecurely();
      }
}
import Session from 'supertokens-web-js/recipe/session';
async function getUserInfo() {
      if (await Session.doesSessionExist()) {
            let userId = await Session.getUserId();
            let accessTokenPayload = await Session.getAccessTokenPayloadSecurely();
      }
}