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Version: 7.2.X

Overriding APIs

Main interface#

interface APIInterface {
/*
* Called before sign up to know if a user is already created for the given email address
*
* @method: GET
*
* @params: set it to undefined to disable the API.
* email
* options: see APIOptions below
*
* @returns: "OK" and boolean value true if email already exists else false
*/
emailExistsGET:
| undefined
| ((input: {
email: string;
options: APIOptions;
}) => Promise<{
status: "OK";
exists: boolean;
}>);

/*
* Called when a password reset token needs to be generated for the user.
* The default implementation calls the recipe function `createAndSendCustomEmail`
* to send the the reset token mail.
*
* @method: POST
*
* @params: set it to undefined to disable the API.
* formFields will have email
* options: see APIOptions below
*
* @returns: "OK": on successfully generating the password reset token
*/
generatePasswordResetTokenPOST:
| undefined
| ((input: {
formFields: {
id: string;
value: string;
}[];
options: APIOptions;
}) => Promise<{
status: "OK";
}>);

/*
* Called to verify the password reset token and update the password
* of the user
*
* @method: POST
*
* @params: set it to undefined to disable the API.
* formFields will have the new updated password
* token is the password reset token
* options: see APIOptions below
*
* @returns: "OK": on successfully verifying reset token and updating user's password
* "RESET_PASSWORD_INVALID_TOKEN_ERROR": if password reset token is invalid
*/
passwordResetPOST:
| undefined
| ((input: {
formFields: {
id: string;
value: string;
}[];
token: string;
options: APIOptions;
}) => Promise<{
status: "OK" | "RESET_PASSWORD_INVALID_TOKEN_ERROR";
}>);

/*
* The API will take email and password the verify that the user exists and
* returns the user object.
*
* @method: POST
*
* @params: set it to undefined to disable the API.
* formFields will have the email and the password
* options: see APIOptions below
*
* @returns: "OK" and user object: on successfully verifying email and password
* "WRONG_CREDENTIALS_ERROR": if password is invalid or no account info found for the given email
*/
signInPOST:
| undefined
| ((input: {
formFields: {
id: string;
value: string;
}[];
options: APIOptions;
}) => Promise<
| {
status: "OK";
user: User;
}
| {
status: "WRONG_CREDENTIALS_ERROR";
}
>);

/*
* Called to sign-up a new user.
*
* @method: POST
*
* @params: set it to undefined to disable the API.
* formFields will have the email and the password
* options: see APIOptions below
*
* @returns: "OK" and user object: on successfully signing up the user
* "EMAIL_ALREADY_EXISTS_ERROR": if a user account already exists for the given email
*/
signUpPOST:
| undefined
| ((input: {
formFields: {
id: string;
value: string;
}[];
options: APIOptions;
}) => Promise<
| {
status: "OK";
user: User;
}
| {
status: "EMAIL_ALREADY_EXISTS_ERROR";
}
>);
}

Supporting Types#

interface BaseRequest {
original: Express.Request;
getKeyValueFromQuery: (key: string) => Promise<string | undefined>;
getJSONBody: () => Promise<any>;
getMethod: () => HTTPMethod;
getCookieValue: (key_: string) => string | undefined;
getHeaderValue: (key: string) => string | undefined;
getOriginalURL: () => string;
}

interface BaseResponse {
original: Express.Response;
setHeader: (key: string, value: string, allowDuplicateKey: boolean) => void;
setCookie: (
key: string,
value: string,
domain: string | undefined,
secure: boolean,
httpOnly: boolean,
expires: number,
path: string,
sameSite: "strict" | "lax" | "none"
) => void;
setStatusCode: (statusCode: number) => void;
sendJSONResponse: (content: any) => void;
}
interface APIOptions {
recipeImplementation: RecipeInterface;
config: TypeNormalisedInput;
recipeId: string;
isInServerlessEnv: boolean;
req: Request;
res: Response;
next: NextFunction;
}

interface User {
id: string;
email: string;
timeJoined: number;
};
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