Get supabase `user` server side in next.js

vegan_vicky

I am attempting to get the current logged in supabase user while server side. I have attempted to use const user = supabase.auth.user(); but I always get a null response. I have also attempted const user = supabase.auth.getUserByCookie(req) but it also returns null . I think because I am not sending a cookie to the api when calling it from the hook. I have tried passing the user.id from the hook to the api but the api is not receiving the...

Originally asked by Brenton Beltrami on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

If you need to get the user in server-side, you need to set the Auth Cookie in the server using the given Next.js API. // pages/api/auth.js import { supabase } from "../path/to/supabaseClient/definition"; export default function handler(req, res) { if (req.method === "POST") { supabase.auth.api.setAuthCookie(req, res); } else { res.setHeader("Allow", ["POST"]); res.status(405).json({ message: `Method ${req.method} not allowed`, }); } } This endpoint needs to be called every time the state of the user is changed, i.e. the events SIGNED_IN and SIGNED_OUT You can set up a useEffect in _app.js or probably in a User Context file. // _app.js import "../styles/globals.css"; import { supabase }...

Full answer by Sreekesh Iyer: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/70663596 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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