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Class: PrivyClient

The Privy client performs operations against the Privy API.

typescript
import {PrivyClient} from '@privy-io/server-auth';

Constructors

new PrivyClient(appId, appSecret, options)

new PrivyClient(appId, appSecret, options): PrivyClient

Creates a new Privy client.

Parameters

appId: string

The app id from your console.

appSecret: string

The app secret, only visible once on app creation in the console.

options: Object= {}

Initialization options.

options.apiURL?: string

The URL of the Privy API. Defaults to https://auth.privy.io.

options.timeout?: number

Time in milliseconds after which to timeout requests to the API. Defaults to 10000 (10 seconds).

Returns

PrivyClient

Properties

api

private api: Http


appId

private appId: string


verificationKey

private verificationKey: null | string = null

Methods

deleteUser()

deleteUser(userId): Promise<void>

Delete the user object associated with the given user DID (decentralized ID).

typescript
const user = await client.deleteUser("did:privy:XXXXX");

Parameters

userId: string

The Privy DID of the user.

Returns

Promise<void>


getAllowlist()

getAllowlist(): Promise<AllowlistEntry[]>

Get the allowlist entries for a the given app. This is a list of users that are allowed to access the app, if the allowlist is enabled.

typescript
const allowlist = await client.getAllowlist();

Returns

Promise<AllowlistEntry[]>

a list of AllowlistEntry objects.


getAppSettings()

getAppSettings(): Promise<AppSettings>

Get the app settings associated with the given app.

Returns

Promise<AppSettings>

the AppSettings


getTestAccessToken()

getTestAccessToken(): Promise<Object>

Get an access token for the test account for your app. Will throw an error if you have not enabled test credentials in the dashboard. Will throw an error if allowed origins or base domain are enabled for the app.

Returns

Promise<Object>

accessToken

accessToken: string = authenticateResponse.data.token


getUser()

getUser(userId): Promise<User>

Get the user object associated with the given user DID (decentralized ID).

typescript
const user = await client.getUser("did:privy:XXXXX");

Parameters

userId: string

The Privy DID of the user.

Returns

Promise<User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByCustomAuthId()

getUserByCustomAuthId(customUserId): Promise<null | User>

Gets a user object by their custom JWT auth ID, which is scoped to an individual app.

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByCustomAuthId(customUserId);

Parameters

customUserId: string

The custom identifier of the user defined by their JWT

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByEmail()

getUserByEmail(address): Promise<null | User>

Get the user object associated with an email address.

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByEmail(emailAddress);

Parameters

address: string

The email address of the user to find.

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByFarcasterId()

getUserByFarcasterId(fid): Promise<null | User>

Get the user object associated with a farcaster ID.

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByFarcasterId(fid);

Parameters

fid: number

The farcaster ID (a number).

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByPhoneNumber()

getUserByPhoneNumber(number): Promise<null | User>

Get the user object associated with a phone number.

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByPhoneNumber(number);

Parameters

number: string

The phone number of the user to find.

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByTelegramUserId()

getUserByTelegramUserId(telegramUserId): Promise<null | User>

Get the user object associated with a telegram user ID.

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByTelegramUserId(telegramUserId);

Parameters

telegramUserId: string

Telegram user ID to search for

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByTelegramUsername()

getUserByTelegramUsername(username): Promise<null | User>

Get the user object associated with a telegram username.

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByTelegramUsername(telegramUsername);

Parameters

username: string

Telegram username to search for

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByTwitterSubject()

getUserByTwitterSubject(subject): Promise<null | User>

Get the user object associated with a twitter oauth subject (ID).

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByTwitterSubject(subject);

Parameters

subject: string

Twitter subject to search for

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByTwitterUsername()

getUserByTwitterUsername(username): Promise<null | User>

Get the user object associated with a twitter username.

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByTwitterUsername(username);

Parameters

username: string

Twitter username to search for

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUserByWalletAddress()

getUserByWalletAddress(walletAddress): Promise<null | User>

Get the user object associated with a wallet address.

typescript
const user = await client.getUserByWalletAddress(walletAddress);

Parameters

walletAddress: string

The wallet address of the user to find.

Returns

Promise<null | User>

A User if the user exists.


getUsers()

getUsers(undefined)

getUsers(): Promise<User[]>

Get the list of users associated with this app.

typescript
const users = await client.getUsers();
Returns

Promise<User[]>

A list of users.

getUsers(searchTerm)

getUsers(searchTerm): Promise<User[]>

Get the list of users associated with this app whose email, phone number, wallet address, name, or username match a search term.

typescript
const users = await client.getUsers("@privy.io");
Parameters

searchTerm: string

(optional) The value used to search the list of users.

Returns

Promise<User[]>

A list of users.

Deprecated

Use custom helper functions to search

getUsers(bulkParams)

getUsers(bulkParams): Promise<User[]>

Get multiple users associated with this app by email, phone number, and wallet address

typescript
const users = await client.getUsers({
    emails: ["[email protected]", "[email protected]"]
});
Parameters

bulkParams: BulkParams

The values used to search the list of users.

Returns

Promise<User[]>

A list of users.


getVerificationKey()

getVerificationKey(): Promise<string>

Get the auth token verification key.

Note that the verification key is pulled from app settings for the first time only and then cached. On subsequent calls the cached verification key is returned.

Returns

Promise<string>

String holding the verification key.


importUser()

importUser(importUserInput): Promise<User>

Import existing user data into Privy, including their linked account data.

This allows your users to interact with all their linked accounts normally after your migration to Privy.

typescript
const user = await client.importUser({
 createEthereumWallet: false,
 createSolanaWallet: false,
 linkedAccounts: [
   {
     "subject": "123456789123456789",
     "username": "batman#1234",
     "email": "[email protected]",
     "type": "discord_oauth"
   },
   {
     "number": "+1 123 456 7890",
     "type": "phone"
   },
   {
     "address": "0x3DAF84b3f09A0E2092302F7560888dBc0952b7B7",
     "type": "wallet",
     "chainType": "ethereum"
   }
]);

Parameters

importUserInput: ImportUserInput

The user object ImportUserInput, containing linked accounts to import.

Returns

Promise<User>

The resultant user User object.


inviteToAllowlist()

inviteToAllowlist(allowlistEntry): Promise<AllowlistEntry>

Add an allowlist entry for the given app, to give that user access.

The allowlist must enabled for the app, otherwise this will fail.

typescript
const entry = await client.inviteToAllowlist({ type: 'email', value: '[email protected]'});

Parameters

allowlistEntry: AllowlistEntryInput

The [AllowlistEntryInput]([object Object]) to add to the allowlist.

Returns

Promise<AllowlistEntry>

the created AllowlistEntry object.


removeFromAllowlist()

removeFromAllowlist(allowlistEntry): Promise<AllowlistEntry>

Remove an entry from the allowlist for a Privy app.

The allowlist must enabled for the app, otherwise this will fail.

typescript
await client.removeFromAllowlist();

Parameters

allowlistEntry: AllowlistEntryInput

The [AllowlistEntryInput]([object Object]) to remove from the allowlist.

Returns

Promise<AllowlistEntry>

the deleted AllowlistEntry object.


verifyAuthToken()

verifyAuthToken(token, verificationKeyOverride): Promise<AuthTokenClaims>

Verify the auth token format, signature, and claims.

Example usage given e.g. a NextApiRequest request:

typescript
const header = request.headers.authorization;
const token = header.replace(/^Bearer /, '');
const verifiedClaims = await verifyAuthToken(token);

Parameters

token: string

The auth token (JWT).

verificationKeyOverride: string= ''

Overrides the default ES256 JWT verification key loaded from app settings.

Returns

Promise<AuthTokenClaims>

Object containing auth token claims.


verifyWebhook()

verifyWebhook(payload, headers, secret): Promise<unknown>

Verifies a webhook request by checking the signature and asserting the timestamp is within 5 minutes of the current time to prevent replay attacks.

Parameters

payload: Object

The raw JSON payload/body of the webhook request. This must be unaltered or signature verification will fail.

headers: WebhooksVerificationHeaderInput

A JSON object containing the webhook's ID, timestamp, and signature sent in the headers of the webhook request. This input object must contain id, timestamp, and signature keys.

secret: string

The webhook secret to use for verifying the webhook request.

Returns

Promise<unknown>

verified payload if the webhook signature is valid otherwise throws.