SuperTokens is an open source authentication solution offering features like: Different types of login: Email / password, Passwordless (OTP or Magic link based).

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https://supertokens.com/docs/auth-react/modules/recipe_session.html#getUserId-1

But for that, you need to wrap the component in the auth wrapper for the recipe you are using

yup it does work now, thank you so much!^^

So there is a component in the emailpassword recipe called EmailPasswordAuth. Use that

Well.. make sure that that component is not being called during server side rendering

https://supertokens.com/docs/emailpassword/nextjs/protecting-route

but doesSessionExists still returns false even though the user is signed in

heres the code I used
```ts
    let a = useSessionContext();
    useEffect(() => {
        console.log(a)
    }, [a])
```

Well… make sure you have set correct values for apiDomain, websiteDomain, and if u r using axios, then add interceptors etc..

ahh maybe because I have not initialized it?

Go through this list and see why it may not be working

https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-website/issues/68

is `supertokens-auth-react/recipe/session` a frontend or backend

```ts
Type '{ appInfo: { appName: string; apiDomain: string; websiteDomain: string; apiBasePath: string; websiteBasePath: string; }; recipeList: CreateRecipeFunction<unknown, unknown, unknown, any>[]; }' has no properties in common with type 'InputType'.
```

Please see our docs for this. It’s fairly easy to solve TS issues by yourself 🙂