getAuth()

The request object.

An optional object that can be used to configure the behavior of the getAuth() function. It accepts the following properties:

• secretKey?: A string that represents the Secret Key used to sign the session token. If not provided, the Secret Key is retrieved from the environment variable CLERK_SECRET_KEY.

The type of authentication token(s) to accept. Valid values are:

• 'session_token' - authenticates a user session.
• 'oauth_token' - authenticates a machine request using OAuth.
• 'machine_token' - authenticates a machine request.
• 'api_key' - authenticates a machine request using API keys.

Can be set to:

• A single token type.
• An array of token types.
• 'any' to accept all available token types.

Defaults to 'session_token'.