`ExternalAccount`

The ExternalAccount object is a model around an identification obtained by an external provider (e.g. an OAuth provider such as Google).

External account must be verified, so that you can make sure they can be assigned to their rightful owners. The ExternalAccount object holds all necessary state around the verification process.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	A unique identifier for this external account.
`identificationId`	`string`	The identification with which this external account is associated.
`provider`	`string`	The provider name e.g. `google`
`providerUserId`	`string`	The unique ID of the user in the provider.
`emailAddress`	`string`	The provided email address of the user.
`approvedScopes`	`string[]`	The scopes that the user has granted access to.
`firstName`	`string`	The provided first name of the user.
`lastName`	`string`	The provided last name of the user.
`imageUrl`	`string`	The provided image URL of the user.
`username`	`string \| null`	The provided username of the user.
`publicMetadata`	`object`	Metadata provided about the user from the provider.
`label`	`string \| null`	A descriptive label to differentiate multiple external accounts of the same user for the same provider.
`verification`	`Verification`	An object holding information on the verification of this external account.

Methods

`reauthorize()`

Invokes a re-authorization flow for an existing external account.


function reauthorize(params: ReauthorizeExternalAccountParams): Promise<ExternalAccount>;

`ReauthorizeExternalAccountParams`

Name	Type	Description
`additionalScopes`	`string[]`	Any additional scopes you would like your user to be prompted to approve.
`redirectUrl`	`string`	The URL to redirect back to one the OAuth flow has completed successfully or unsuccessfully.

`reauthorize()` returns

Type	Description
`Promise<ExternalAccount>`	A `Promise` which resolves with the `ExternalAccount` for the user.

`destroy()`

Deletes this external account.


function destroy(): Promise<void>;

`providerSlug()`

A getter method for the provider attribute.


function providerSlug(): string;

`providerTitle()`

Returns the title of the provider with the word "Account" appended.

EG: if google is passed as the parameter, Google Account will be returned.


function providerTitle(): string;

`accountIdentifier()`

Returns the identifier of the account, which can be one of the following:

username if present
emailAddress if present
label


function accountIdentifier(): string;

Last updated on October 5, 2023

Properties

Methods

reauthorize()

ReauthorizeExternalAccountParams

reauthorize() returns

destroy()

providerSlug()

providerTitle()

accountIdentifier()