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Callbacks

Callbacks allow your app to execute arbitrary logic after a Privy method completes.

As examples:

  • After a user logs in, you might want to execute a CAPTCHA test to verify that they are human.
  • After a user connects a wallet, you might want to prompt them to switch to a specific network.
  • After a user logs out, you might want to log an analytics event in your backend.

You can accomplish all of the above, and more, with callbacks! Read below to learn more.

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Whenever an event (such as a login, wallet creation, etc.) is detected, every callback specified for that event across all currently mounted components will be triggered. Thus, if you define and mount multiple callback hooks on the same page, all callbacks will trigger whenever the event success/failure is detected. Please ensure that you are not unintentionally mounting duplicate hooks when defining callbacks in your application.

useLogin

To configure callbacks for Privy's login method, use the useLogin hook:

tsx
import {useLogin} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {login} = useLogin({
  onComplete: (user, isNewUser, wasAlreadyAuthenticated, loginMethod, linkedAccount) => {
    console.log(user, isNewUser, wasAlreadyAuthenticated, loginMethod, linkedAccount);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute if the user is/becomes authenticated while this
    // component is mounted
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    console.log(error);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user exits the login flow or there is an error
  },
});

// Then call `login` in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useLogin, you may include an onComplete callback and/or an onError callback.

onComplete

If set, the behavior of onComplete depends on if the user is already authenticated or not when the component is mounted to the page. Specifically:

  1. If the user is already authenticated when the component is mounted, the callback will execute immediately, as soon as the component mounts.
  2. If the user is not authenticated when the component is mounted, the callback will execute only after the user completes a successful login attempt and becomes authenticated.

Within this callback, you can access:

  • user: the user object with the user's DID, linked accounts, and more
  • isNewUser: a boolean indicating if this is the user's first login or if they are a returning user
  • wasAlreadyAuthenticated: a boolean indicating if the user was already authenticated when the component was mounted (case 1 from above) or if they became authenticated during this component's lifecycle (case 2 from above)
  • loginMethod: a string indicating the authentication method used if the user just logged in, or null if the user wasAlreadyAuthenticated when this component mounted.
    • Possible loginMethods are 'email', 'sms', 'siwe' (external wallet), 'apple', 'discord', 'github', 'google', 'linkedin', 'spotify', 'tiktok', and 'twitter'.
  • linkedAccount: an object representing the account that the user just used to authenticate into the app with.
    • The linkedAccount will be an object whose type value will be one of 'wallet', 'email', 'phone', 'google_oauth', 'twitter_oauth', 'discord_oauth', 'github_oauth', 'spotify_oauth', 'instagram_oauth', 'tiktok_oauth', 'linkedin_oauth', 'apple_oauth', 'custom_auth', 'farcaster', or 'passkey'.

You can use the onComplete callback to invoke arbitrary logic for already-authenticated users and/or un-authenticated users who will login.

See an example of using the onComplete callback for login!

As an example, you might configure an onComplete callback to support the following behavior:

  • If the user wasAlreadyAuthenticated, redirect them away from your landing page to their profile page.
  • If the user logs in, and isNewUser, create the user in your own Users DB.
  • If the user logs in, and is a returning user, fetch their data from your own Users DB.

Below is a template for implementing the above with onComplete:

tsx
const onComplete = (user, isNewUser, wasAlreadyAuthenticated, loginMethod, linkedAccount) => {
    if (wasAlreadyAuthenticated) {
        // In this case, the user was already `authenticated` when this component was mounted.
        //
        // For already-`authenticated` users, we redirect them to their profile page.
        router.push('/profile');
    } else {
        // In this case, the user was not already `authenticated` when the component was mounted
        // but successfully complete `login` during this component's lifecycle.
        //
        // For new `login`s, we make an API request to our backend to find or create the user in our
        // own DBs.
        if (isNewUser) {
            // If the user is new, create it in your backend
            await fetch('your-create-user-endpoint', {
                method: 'POST',
                body: JSON.stringify(user),
                ...
            });
        } else {
            // If the user is returning, fetch their data from your backend
            await fetch(`your-find-user-endpoint/${user.id}`, {
                method: 'GET',
                ...
            });
        }
    }
}

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For redirects on login, we recommend using router.replace instead of window.location.replace to avoid a full page refresh where possible. This ensures that processes still occurring in memory (embedded wallet creation, processing of OAuth query parameters, and more) are not disrupted by the redirect.

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user initiates a login attempt and there is an error, or if the user exits the login flow prematurely. Within this callback, you may access an error code with more information about the error.

useLinkAccount

To configure callbacks for Privy's link methods, use the useLinkAccount hook:

tsx
import {useLinkAccount} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

// can return any of the `link____` methods in the callback below
const {linkGoogle, linkEmail} = useLinkAccount({
  onSuccess: (user, linkMethod, linkedAccount) => {
    console.log(user, linkMethod, linkedAccount);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute if the user successfully links an account while this
    // component is mounted
  },
  onError: (error, details) => {
    console.log(error, details);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user exits the link flow or there is an error
  },
});

// Then call one of the `link` methods in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useLinkAccount, you may include an onSuccess callback and/or an onError callback. Note that these callbacks will trigger whenever any new account is linked to a Privy user.

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after a user has successfully links any type of new login method to their Privy account.

Within this callback, you can access:

  • user: the user object with the user's DID, linked accounts, and more mounted (case 1 from above) or if they became authenticated during this component's lifecycle (case 2 from above)
  • linkMethod: a string indicating the type of link flow just executed for the authenticated user.
    • Possible linkMethodss are 'email', 'sms', 'siwe' (external wallet), 'apple', 'discord', 'github', 'google', 'linkedin', 'spotify', 'tiktok', and 'twitter'.
  • linkedAccount: an object representing the account that was just linked to the authenticated user.
    • The linkedAccount will be an object whose type value will be one of 'wallet', 'email', 'phone', 'google_oauth', 'twitter_oauth', 'discord_oauth', 'github_oauth', 'spotify_oauth', 'instagram_oauth', 'tiktok_oauth', 'linkedin_oauth', 'apple_oauth', 'custom_auth', 'farcaster', or 'passkey'.

You can use the onSuccess callback to invoke arbitrary logic for users successfully adding a linkedAccount.

See an example of using the onSuccess callback for linking an account!

As an example, you might configure an onSuccess callback to support the following behavior:

  • If the user links an email to their account, add an email or phone number to your own Users DB.

Below is a template for implementing the above with onSuccess:

tsx
const onSuccess = (user, linkedAccountMethod) => {
    if (linkedAccountMethod === 'email') {
        // If the user is new, create it in your backend
        await fetch('your-add-email-to-user-endpoint', {
            method: 'POST',
            body: JSON.stringify(user),
            ...
        }
    } else if (linkedAccountMethod === 'sms') {
        // If the user is returning, fetch their data from your backend
        await fetch('your-add-phone-number-to-user-endpoint', {
            method: 'POST',
            body: JSON.stringify(user),
            ...
        }
    }
}

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user initiates a link attempt and there is an error, or if the user exits the link flow prematurely. Within this callback, you can access:

  • error: the error code with more information about the error.
  • details.linkMethod: a string indicating the type of link flow just attempted for the authenticated user.

useConnectWallet

To configure callbacks for Privy's connectWallet method, use the useConnectWallet hook:

tsx
import {useConnectWallet} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {connectWallet} = useConnectWallet({
  onSuccess: (wallet) => {
    console.log(wallet);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user successfully connects their wallet
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    console.log(error);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user exits the connection flow or there is an error
  },
});

// Then call `connectWallet` in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useConnectWallet, you may include an onSuccess callback and/or an onError callback.

While this component is mounted, any invocation of connectWallet will trigger the onSuccess callback or onError callback on completion, depending on if the connection attempt was successful or not.

When calling connectWallet you can also pass in an optional options param with suggestedAddress to suggest a wallet address for the user to connect.

tsx
const {connectWallet} = useConnectWallet();

connectWallet({
  suggestedAddress: '0x1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678',
});

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after a user has successfully connected their wallet to your app. Within this callback, you can access a wallet parameter, which is the ConnectedWallet object for the wallet that the user has just connected.

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user initiates a connection attempt and there is an error, or if the user exits the connection flow prematurely. Within this callback, you may access an error code with more information about the error.

useCreateWallet

To configure callbacks for Privy's createWallet method, use the useCreateWallet hook:

tsx
import {useCreateWallet} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {createWallet} = useCreateWallet({
  onSuccess: (wallet) => {
    console.log(wallet);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user successfully creates their wallet
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    console.log(error);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user exits the creation flow or there is an error
  },
});

// Then call `createWallet` in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useCreateWallet, you may include an onSuccess callback and/or an onError callback.

While this component is mounted, any invocation of createWallet will trigger the onSuccess callback or onError callback on completion, depending on if the connection attempt was successful or not.

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after a user has successfully created their wallet. Within this callback, you can access a wallet parameter, which is the Wallet object for the wallet that the user has just created.

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user initiates a connection attempt and there is an error, or if the user exits the creation flow prematurely. Within this callback, you may access an error code with more information about the error.

useSetWalletPassword

To configure callbacks for Privy's setWalletPassword method, use the useSetWalletPassword hook:

tsx
import {useSetWalletPassword} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {setWalletPassword} = useSetWalletPassword({
  onSuccess: (wallet) => {
    console.log(wallet);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user successfully sets a password on their wallet
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    console.log(error);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user exits the password-setting flow or there is an error
  },
});

// Then call `setWalletPassword` in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useSetWalletPassword, you may include an onSuccess callback and/or an onError callback.

While this component is mounted, any invocation of setWalletPassword will trigger the onSuccess callback or onError callback on completion, depending on if a password was successfully set on an embedded wallet or not.

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after a user has successfully sets a password on their wallet. Within this callback, you can access a wallet parameter, which is the Wallet object for the wallet that the user has just created.

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user attempts to set a password and there is an error, or if the user exits the creation flow prematurely. Within this callback, you may access an error code with more information about the error.

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The onSuccess callback will fire only when a password is explicitly set using createWallet. Creating an embedded wallet password via wallet pregeneration or via createOnLogin will not fire this callback.

useLogout

To configure callbacks for Privy's logout method, use the useLogout hook:

tsx
import {useLogout} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {logout} = useLogout({
  onSuccess: () => {
    console.log('User logged out');
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user successfully logs out
  },
});

// Then call `logout` in your code, which will invoke this callback on completion

As a parameter to useLogout, you may include an onSuccess callback.

While this component is mounted, any successful invocation of logout will trigger the onSuccess callback on completion.

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after a user successfully logs out from your app. A successful logout requires that the users auth tokens are cleared from their browser, and that their session is terminated in Privy's API.

useModalStatus

To attach a callback to whenever the Privy modal is opened or closed, use the useModalStatus hook:

tsx
import {useModalStatus} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {isOpen} = useModalStatus();

useModalStatus returns a boolean isOpen that indicates whether the Privy modal is currently opened or closed within your app's page.

You can then invoke arbitrary logic whenever the user opens or closes the Privy modal by listening to the isOpen variable in a dependency array, like so:

tsx
const {isOpen} = useModalStatus();

useEffect(() => {
  if (isOpen) {
    // Replace this with the logic you'd like to run when the modal is opened
    console.log('Privy modal is open');
  } else {
    // Replace this with the logic you'd like to run when the modal is closed
    console.log('Privy modal is closed');
  }
}, [isOpen]);

useToken

To configure callbacks for whenever Privy updates a user's app access token, use the useToken hook:

tsx
import {useToken} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {getAccessToken} = useToken({
  onAccessTokenGranted: (accessToken: string) => {
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after Privy has granted a user an app
    // access token or has refreshed their existing token
  },
  onAccessTokenRevoked: () => {
    // Any logic you'd like to execute when Privy revokes a user's app access token
    // and removes it from cookies or local storage
  },
});

// You may also call `getAccessToken` to get the user's current access token

As parameters to useToken, you may include an onAccessTokenGranted callback and/or an onAccessTokenRevoked callback.

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The component where the useToken hook is invoked must be mounted while Privy grants or revokes the user's app access token in order for these callbacks to execute.

onAccessTokenGranted

If set, the onAccessTokenGranted callback will execute after Privy grants a new app access token for the user. This happens in two cases:

  • An unauthenticated user logs in, becomes authenticated, and receives an app access token to begin their session.
  • An authenticated user has their app access token refreshed by Privy.

Within this callback, you can access a accessToken parameter, which is the access token granted by Privy as a string.

Please note that this callback will execute whenever Privy grants a user a new app access token, and is not tied to any method call. In particular, calling getAccessToken will only invoke this callback if the user's existing access token must be refreshed, and Privy grants a new one.

onAccessTokenRevoked

If set, the onAccessTokenRevoked callback will execute after Privy logs out a user and removes their app access token from their browser local storage or cookies.

Please note that this callback will not execute if the user manually deletes their access token from their browser storage or cookies, outside of a Privy flow.

useSignMessage

To configure callbacks for Privy's signMessage method, use the useSignMessage hook:

tsx
import {useSignMessage} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {signMessage} = useSignMessage({
  onSuccess: (signature) => {
    console.log(signature);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user successfully signs a message
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    console.log(error);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user exits the message signing flow or there is an error
  },
});

// Then call `signMessage` in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useSignMessage, you may include an onSuccess callback and/or an onError callback.

While this component is mounted, any invocation of signMessage will trigger the onSuccess callback or onError callback on completion, depending on if the message was successfully signed or not.

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after a user has successfully signed the message. Within this callback, you can access a signature parameter, which is the signature string value generated by the wallet to sign the message.

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user attempts to sign a message and there is an error, or if the user exits the signature flow prematurely. Within this callback, you may access an error code with more information about the error.

useSignTypedData

To configure callbacks for Privy's signTypedData method, use the useSignTypedData hook:

tsx
import {useSignTypedData} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {signTypedData} = useSignTypedData({
  onSuccess: (signature) => {
    console.log(signature);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user successfully signs the EIP-712 typed data
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    console.log(error);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user exits the signing flow or there is an error
  },
});

// Then call `signTypedData` in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useSignTypedData, you may include an onSuccess callback and/or an onError callback.

While this component is mounted, any invocation of signTypedData will trigger the onSuccess callback or onError callback on completion, depending on if the data was successfully signed or not.

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after a user has successfully signed the message. Within this callback, you can access a signature parameter, which is the signature string value generated by the wallet to sign the data.

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user attempts to sign the typed data and there is an error, or if the user exits the signature flow prematurely. Within this callback, you may access an error code with more information about the error.

useSendTransaction

To configure callbacks for Privy's sendTransaction method, use the useSendTransaction hook:

tsx
import {useSendTransaction} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {sendTransaction} = useSendTransaction({
  onSuccess: (response) => {
    console.log(response);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user successfully sends a transaction
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    console.log(error);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user fails to send a transaction
  },
});

// Then call `sendTransaction` in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useSendTransaction, you may include an onSuccess callback and/or an onError callback.

While this component is mounted, any invocation of createWallet will trigger the onSuccess callback or onError callback on completion, depending on if the connection attempt was successful or not.

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after a user has successfully created their wallet. Within this callback, you can access a response parameter, which is the response object of type TransactionResponse for the transaction that the embedded wallet just sent.

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user initiates a transaction send attempt and there is an error, or if the user exits the transaction flow prematurely. Within this callback, you may access an error code with more information about the error.

useOAuthTokens

To configure callbacks for whenever a user successfully authorizes a third-party OAuth account, use the useOAuthTokens hook:

tsx
import {useOAuthTokens, type OAuthTokens} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {reauthorize} = useOAuthTokens({
  onOAuthTokenGrant: (tokens: OAuthTokens, {user}: {user: User}) => {
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after Privy has granted a user an app
    // access token or has refreshed their existing token
    api.push({accessToken: tokens.accessToken, refreshToken: tokens.refreshToken, userId: user.id});
  },
});

// You may also call `getAccessToken` to get the user's current access token

As parameters to useOAuthTokens, you may include an onOAuthTokenGrant callback.

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The component where the useOAuthTokens hook is invoked must be mounted on the component/page the user returns to after authorizing an OAuth flow in order for this callback to execute.

onAccessTokenGranted

If set, the onOAuthTokenGrant callback will execute after a user returns to the application from an OAuth flow authorization. This happens in 3 cases:

  • When the user logs in via an OAuth/social login method,
  • When a user links a new OAuth account to their user account,
  • When a successful reauthorize call is invoked, and the user authorizes an existing OAuth account.

Within this callback, you can access:

  • provider: the OAuth provider, is one of 'apple', 'discord', 'github', 'google', 'linkedin', 'spotify', 'tiktok', 'instagram', and 'twitter'.
  • accessToken: the OAuth access token
  • accessTokenExpiresInSeconds: the number of seconds until the OAuth access token expires
  • refreshToken: the OAuth refresh token
  • refreshTokenExpiresInSeconds: the number of seconds until the OAuth refresh token expires. If the refresh token is present and this field is undefined, it is assumed that the refresh token does not have an expiration date
  • scopes: the list of OAuth scopes the access token is approved for.

Learn more about how to use OAuth access and refresh tokens here.

Within this callback, you can also access a reauthorize method, which will allow a user to re-authorize an existing OAuth account in order to retrieve more up-to-date OAuth tokens and account metadata.

useCustomAuth

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This hook should only be used if you are using Privy with a custom auth provider. Follow these instructions if you wish to use Privy with a custom auth provider!

To configure a callback for whenever Privy synchronizes a user's embedded wallet session with their authenticated session from the provider, use the useCustomAuth hook:

tsx
import {useCustomAuth} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {status} = useCustomAuth({
  onAuthenticated: ({user}: {user: User}) => {
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after Privy has received a valid custom auth access token
    // and authenticates the user
  },
  onUnauthenticated: () => {
    // Any logic you'd like to execute when Privy revokes a user's access token
    // after detecting they've logged out in the custom auth provider
  },
});

// You may also inspect `status` to get the user's authentication flow state in Privy

As parameters to useCustomAuth, you may include an onAuthenticated callback and/or an onUnauthenticated callback.

onAuthenticated

If set, the onAuthenticated callback will execute after Privy authenticates a user in Privy after receiving a valid access token from the custom auth provider.

Within this callback, you can access user: the user object with the user's DID, embedded wallet, and more.

onUnauthenticated

If set, the onUnauthenticated callback will execute after Privy detects that a user is logged out of your app's custom auth provider, and correspondingly revokes their authentication status and access to their embedded wallet in Privy.

Status

Within this hook, you can also access a status parameter, which indicates whether Privy's authentication state has synchronized with the custom auth provider state. The possible values of status are:

  • {status: 'not-enabled'}: Custom auth is not enabled for the app
  • {status: 'initial'}: Privy has not yet synchronized with your app's custom auth provider.
  • {status: 'loading'}: Privy is synchronizing with your custom auth provider.
  • {status: 'done'}:: Privy has finished synchronizing with your custom auth provider. The authenticated value from usePrivy should now match whether the user is authenticated with your custom provider or not.
  • {status: 'error', error: Error | null}: There was an error while trying to synchronize the user's authentication state

useSendSolanaTransaction

To configure callbacks for Privy's sendSolanaTransaction method, use the useSendSolanaTransaction hook:

tsx
import {useSendSolanaTransaction} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {sendSolanaTransaction} = useSendSolanaTransaction({
  onSuccess: (response) => {
    console.log(response);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user successfully sends a transaction
  },
  onError: (error) => {
    console.log(error);
    // Any logic you'd like to execute after a user fails to send a transaction
  },
});

// Then call `sendSolanaTransaction` in your code, which will invoke these callbacks on completion

As parameters to useSendSolanaTransaction, you may include an onSuccess callback and/or an onError callback.

While this component is mounted, any invocation of sendSolanaTransaction will trigger the onSuccess callback or onError callback on completion, depending on if the transaction attempt was successful or not.

onSuccess

If set, the onSuccess callback will execute after the transaction has been sent and confirmed successfully. Within this callback, you can access a response parameter, which is the response object of type SolanaTransactionReceipt for the transaction that the embedded wallet just sent.

onError

If set, the onError callback will execute after a user initiates a transaction send attempt and there is an error, or if the user exits the transaction flow prematurely. Within this callback, you may access an error code with more information about the error.