Whats the difference between having `thirdpartyemailpassword` recipe compared to having both `emailp...

volks_123

04/01/2023, 12:37 PM

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? Specifically asking because Golang backend has both

emailpassword

and

thirdpartyemailpassword

recipes

rp_st

04/01/2023, 2:15 PM

hey @volks_123 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_st

04/01/2023, 2:16 PM

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

volks_123

04/01/2023, 2:18 PM

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

rp_st

04/01/2023, 2:26 PM

yea. then it doesn't matter

rp_st

04/01/2023, 2:27 PM

i mean.. it kind of does in a way

rp_st

04/01/2023, 2:28 PM

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_123

04/01/2023, 3:35 PM

Makes sense!

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