Getting access token

Question

Hey 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 `req session ` values but it doesnt seem to be stored in there

rp · Answer

Hey < Jrapp> which recipe are you using

Jrapp · Answer

Specifically the `ThirdParty` recipe

Jrapp · Answer

Added a custom OAuth integration for Discord

rp · Answer

See this page

rp · Answer

https supertokens com docs thirdparty common customizations getting provider access token

Jrapp · Answer

That is just to be used at sign up though right

Jrapp · Answer

Im wondering how I can retrieve it at any point an authenticated user makes a request to the backend

rp · Answer

You could add it to the session s access token payload

rp · Answer

Using session mergeIntoAccessTokenPayload function

Jrapp · Answer

This would also have to happen when the access token refreshes right Is there a middleware that this logic could live

rp · Answer

The access token retains its payload even after refresh

rp · Answer

If 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

Jrapp · Answer

ohhh okay so it sounds like SuperTokens wont handle refreshing the providers accessToken

rp · Answer

Correct

rp · Answer

But you can do the refreshing yourself as mentioned above

Jrapp · Answer

Okay any useful docs guides I can follow for this The refreshing seems straightforward Im more curious about the session mergeIntoAccessTokenPayload function

rp · Answer

https supertokens com docs session common customizations sessions claims access token payload

rp · Answer

The response object in the signinup override has the session object

Jrapp · Answer

Is 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

rp · Answer

i don t quite understand

Jrapp · Answer

No probem I was able to get it all working Thanks for the help