Getting access token
# support-questionsj
Jrapp
04/21/2023, 3:36 PMHey team, I'm using a custom third party oauth integration and I have it working, but I need to be able to get the third party's accessToken to make requests to their API. Is it possible to get this access token from the session? Im using Next and checked the
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rp
04/21/2023, 3:38 PMHey @Jrapp which recipe are you using?
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Jrapp
04/21/2023, 3:38 PMSpecifically the
ThirdPartyJrapp
04/21/2023, 3:38 PMAdded a custom OAuth integration for Discord
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rp
04/21/2023, 3:39 PMSee this page
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Jrapp
04/21/2023, 3:39 PMThat is just to be used at sign up though right?
Jrapp
04/21/2023, 3:40 PMIm wondering how I can retrieve it at any point an authenticated user makes a request to the backend
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rp
04/21/2023, 3:46 PMYou could add it to the session’s access token payload
rp
04/21/2023, 3:47 PMUsing session.mergeIntoAccessTokenPayload function.
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Jrapp
04/21/2023, 3:47 PMđź‘Ť This would also have to happen when the access token refreshes right? Is there a middleware that this logic could live?
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rp
04/21/2023, 3:48 PMThe access token retains its payload even after refresh
rp
04/21/2023, 3:48 PMIf you want to refresh the provider’s access token, then you can do that by saving the refresh token of the provider as well, and then overriding the refresh function in the session recipe to use the refresh token.
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Jrapp
04/21/2023, 3:50 PMohhh okay so it sounds like SuperTokens wont handle refreshing the providers accessToken?
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rp
04/21/2023, 3:50 PMCorrect.
rp
04/21/2023, 3:50 PMBut you can do the refreshing yourself as mentioned above
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Jrapp
04/21/2023, 3:51 PMOkay, any useful docs / guides I can follow for this? The refreshing seems straightforward, Im more curious about the session.mergeIntoAccessTokenPayload function
rp
04/21/2023, 3:53 PMThe response object in the signinup override has the session object
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Jrapp
04/21/2023, 5:37 PMIs there a way to update that payload outside of that function? If the accessToken needs to get refreshed I'll have to update the payload of the session with the new access token
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rp
04/21/2023, 5:39 PMi don't quite understand
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Jrapp
04/21/2023, 8:43 PMNo probem I was able to get it all working. Thanks for the help!