JavaScript: Retrieve a user

Gets the current user details if there is an existing session. This method performs a network request to the Supabase Auth server, so the returned value is authentic and can be used to base authorization rules on.

• This method fetches the user object from the database instead of local session.
• This method is useful for checking if the user is authorized because it validates the user's access token JWT on the server.
• Should always be used when checking for user authorization on the server. On the client, you can instead use getSession().session.user for faster results. getSession is insecure on the server.

Parameters

• jwt

  (Optional)

  Takes in an optional access token JWT. If no JWT is provided, the JWT from the current session is used.

Examples

Get the logged in user with the current existing session

const { data: { user } } = await supabase.auth.getUser()

Get the logged in user with a custom access token jwt

const { data: { user } } = await supabase.auth.getUser(jwt)