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getUserOauthAccessToken()

Retrieve the corresponding OAuth access token for a user that has previously authenticated with a particular OAuth provider.

function getUserOauthAccessToken(
  userId: string,
  provider: `oauth_${OAuthProvider}`,
): Promise<OauthAccessToken[]>

Parameters

  • Name
    userId
    Type
    string
    Description

    The ID of the user to retrieve the OAuth access token for.

  • Name
    provider
    Type
    oauth_${OAuthProvider}
    Description

    The OAuth provider to retrieve the access token for.

Example

Note

Learn how to get the userId and other properties.

const userId = 'user_123'

const provider = 'oauth_google'

const response = await clerkClient.users.getUserOauthAccessToken(userId, provider)

console.log(response)
/*
[
  _OauthAccessToken {
    provider: 'oauth_google',
    token: 'ya29...',
    publicMetadata: {},
    label: null,
    scopes: [
      'email',
      'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email',
      'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile',
      'openid',
      'profile'
    ],
    tokenSecret: undefined
  }
]
*/

You can also explore the example that demonstrates how this method retrieves a social provider's OAuth access token, enabling access to user data from both the provider and Clerk.

Backend API (BAPI) endpoint

This method in the SDK is a wrapper around the BAPI endpoint GET/users/{user_id}/oauth_access_tokens/{provider}. See the BAPI reference for more information.

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