Third party email password vs email password

Question

Whats the difference between having `thirdpartyemailpassword` recipe compared to having both `emailpassword` + `thirdparty` recipes I dont quite understand the `thirdparty` email part isn t the email password auth handled by me

rp · Answer

hey < Volks> Having the thirdpartyemailpassword recipe means that users can log in using both third party providers such as Google or Facebook and email password The email password authentication is still handled by SuperTokens but it is integrated with the third party authentication flow On the other hand having both emailpassword and thirdparty recipes means that users can only log in using either email password or third party providers but not both at the same time from a UI point of view that is

rp · Answer

so the UI for thirdpartyemailpassword will have both the options unlike just emailpassword or just thirdparty recipe

Volks · Answer

Hmm so basically since I am using React Native and am creating my own UI it doesnt really matter which one I use

rp · Answer

yea then it doesn t matter

rp · Answer

i mean it kind of does in a way

rp · Answer

for example if you call getUserById in emailpassword recipe it will only search for emailPassword users Whereas if you do thirdpartyemailpassword GetUserById it will search across both the sub recipes So it makes it easier to use thirdpartyemailpassword

Volks · Answer

Makes sense