Zia Ur Rehman Khan•2mo ago

LinkedIn OAuth Bug

Hey there, I'm trying to add LinkedIn oauth to my app, I've done in better-auth but I wanna switch to convex cuz of scheduled functions but I can't login via LinkedIn OAuth, plus I'm trying to add scopes and I don't see any way to add the scopes array.

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jamwt•2mo ago

do you want to just use better-auth with convex? why would scheduled functions mean you need to change auth libraries? I don't quite get the complexity yet

Draco•2mo ago

Oh I think this isn't documented anywhere officially but did you know you can use better auth with convex now? You dont necessarily need to move to convex auth to use convex The plugin is mostly stable for now, but keep checking #better-auth for updates

Zia Ur Rehman KhanOP•2mo ago

I mean if I could use convex only that would be great Basically, I am developing an app where I use LinkedIn API so I am using the LinkedIn or to grab the user token but I don’t get the access to add scope to that token in convex and that’s the problem so is there anyway I can do it and maybe I can avoid using better-auth? Plus, I can’t even set up the LinkedIn OAutg compared Google OAuth example in the docs And I am using the scheduled functions to schedule LinkedIn post, if I can use the convex scheduled functions… that way I can get the real time data on my app with invalidation and other stuff I’ve :) Hope it makes sense

Draco•2mo ago

Ok so as far as I know, convex auth is not advanced enough to support re-authorization for more scopes, but you could try Clerk or Auth0 if you dont really like better auth? Also if you're using convex auth, it's still technically another thing that you have to set up over convex, and it's not built into convex itself The better auth convex plugin is also made the same way as the convex auth one, and supports the same transactional capabilities in most places Clerk is by far going to be your best option though if you're going for ease in implementation, as they handle most of the stuff for you If you're using this app for only yourself, you techincally don't even have to take it out of dev mode For medium to large sized apps, moving to production would be a huge pain, but it would overall still be pretty good in the fact that it saves you alot of the implementation headache Although if you do wanna try it.... There is a way that isn't officially supported But you could use the Auth.js linkedin provider as a provider in convex

import LinkedIn from "@auth/core/providers/linkedin";
import { convexAuth } from "@convex-dev/auth/server";

export const { auth, signIn, signOut, store, isAuthenticated } = convexAuth({
  providers: [
    LinkedIn({
      clientId: process.env.AUTH_LINKEDIN_ID,
      clientSecret: process.env.AUTH_LINKEDIN_SECRET,
      // Add your custom scopes here
      scope: "r_liteprofile r_emailaddress w_member_social",
    }),
  ],
});

import LinkedIn from "@auth/core/providers/linkedin";
import { convexAuth } from "@convex-dev/auth/server";

export const { auth, signIn, signOut, store, isAuthenticated } = convexAuth({
  providers: [
    LinkedIn({
      clientId: process.env.AUTH_LINKEDIN_ID,
      clientSecret: process.env.AUTH_LINKEDIN_SECRET,
      // Add your custom scopes here
      scope: "r_liteprofile r_emailaddress w_member_social",
    }),
  ],
});

Something like this

Draco•2mo ago

https://stack.convex.dev/nextauth

Convex with Auth.js (NextAuth)

Learn how to use Auth.js with your Next.js server and Convex backend to build a full-featured authentication system.

Draco•2mo ago

You would wanna follow this tutorial for that But with the amount of setup required, you'd be in the same position as better auth

Zia Ur Rehman KhanOP•2mo ago

Right, let me check with better auth… Thanks for the help, would you mind if I ask any questions as I implement? 😅 Could you please share the better auth plugin link?

Draco•2mo ago

No worries, I'd be happy to help So would alot of people in #better-auth

Draco•2mo ago

https://convex-better-auth.netlify.app/

Convex + Better Auth

Typesafe, secure auth for Convex apps with Better Auth

LinkedIn OAuth Bug

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