Docs

updateEmailAddress()

Updates an EmailAddress.

function updateEmailAddress(
  emailAddressId: string,
  params: UpdateEmailAddressParams,
): Promise<EmailAddress>
  • Name
    primary?
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Whether or not to set the email address as the user's primary email address.

  • Name
    verified?
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Whether or not the email address is verified.

Example

Let's start with an EmailAddress object that looks like this:

_EmailAddress {
  id: 'idn_123',
  emailAddress: 'testclerk123@gmail.com',
  verification: _Verification {
    status: 'verified',
    strategy: 'from_oauth_google',
    externalVerificationRedirectURL: null,
    attempts: null,
    expireAt: null,
    nonce: null,
  },
  linkedTo: [
    _IdentificationLink {
      id: 'idn_123',
      type: 'oauth_google',
    },
  ],
}

Let's update the email address to be unverified:

const emailAddressId = 'idn_123'

const params = { verified: false }

const response = await clerkClient.emailAddresses.updateEmailAddress(emailAddressId, params)

console.log(response)
/*
_EmailAddress {
  id: 'idn_123',
  emailAddress: 'testclerk123@gmail.com',
  verification: null,
  linkedTo: []
}
*/

As you can see in the response, the email address is now unverified.

Backend API (BAPI) endpoint

This method in the SDK is a wrapper around the BAPI endpoint PATCH/email_addresses/{email_address_id}. See the BAPI reference for more information.

Feedback

What did you think of this content?

Last updated on