Hey everyone How do I get information of a user based on the

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Hey everyone How do I get information of a user based on the session token that I have I would expect an endpoint like `GET apiBasePath user` where I put the session token in the `Authorization` header but I cannot find such an end point in the documentation https app swaggerhub com apis supertokens FDI 1 15 0

rp · Answer

hey There are a couple of ways

rp · Answer

you can read the userId and the access token payload on the frontend without querying the backend One frontend SDK has functions for these search in our docs

rp · Answer

Or you can make an API on the backend yourself which verifies the session and returns appropriate user info We have docs for session verification on the backend + getting user info based on the user ID

rp · Answer

One more point is that our session is cookie based So using the authorization header won t work

Jonas Alexanderson · Answer

I really appreciate that sessions are cookie based That is the right way to do it I have JWT enabled and I want my backend to be able to get user information based on the JWT It needs to be JWT and in the header because the backend is not hosted on the same url as Supertokens and therefore has no access to cookies

rp · Answer

right So then you can send the JWT as an authorization header to the other backend have that backend verify the JWT and get the `sub` claim from it to get the user ID

rp · Answer

Then that backend can query the core directly to get info about the user Or you could add the required info directly in the JWT claim and then have your backend read that

Jonas Alexanderson · Answer

Is it safe to put the user id in the claim What do you think

Jonas Alexanderson · Answer

secure

rp · Answer

the claims should already have the user ID

rp · Answer

it s the `sub` claim

Jonas Alexanderson · Answer

Great