Tarky•2mo ago

Accessing Clerk logged in user in Next Server Components

Hello, I just added Clerk to my Nextjs + Convex app, I also followed the guide to store users in tthe convex database (https://docs.convex.dev/auth/database-auth) The user is being stored in the database correctly, how can I access the logged in user in a server component? Here is what I've tried:

import { fetchQuery } from "convex/nextjs";
import { api } from "@/convex/_generated/api";
import { redirect } from "next/navigation";

export default async function DashboardPage() {
    const user = await fetchQuery(api.users.current);

    if (!user) {
        return redirect("/sign-in");
    }

    return <div>Welcome, {user?.name}!</div>;
}

import { fetchQuery } from "convex/nextjs";
import { api } from "@/convex/_generated/api";
import { redirect } from "next/navigation";

export default async function DashboardPage() {
    const user = await fetchQuery(api.users.current);

    if (!user) {
        return redirect("/sign-in");
    }

    return <div>Welcome, {user?.name}!</div>;
}

For some reason, the user is always null Any ideas?

2 Replies

Convex Bot•2mo ago

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ian•2mo ago

you need to pass along the user token in fetchQuery. I think there's some docs on it, maybe in the nextjs section, or you could check out the clerk docs / demo / template

Accessing Clerk logged in user in Next Server Components

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