Better Auth•4w ago

Twitter OAuth not returning email despite proper configuration

I'm using better-auth with Twitter OAuth and can't get the email address from users. I've set up everything according to docs but still getting:

ERROR [Better Auth]: Provider did not return email. This could be due to misconfiguration in the provider settings.

ERROR [Better Auth]: Provider did not return email. This could be due to misconfiguration in the provider settings.

What I've done: - Enabled "Request email from users" in Twitter dev portal - Set up app as "Web App" with "Confidential client" - Set callback URL to http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/twitter - Been following this guide: https://www.better-auth.com/docs/authentication/twitter Current code:

twitter: {
  clientId: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_ID as string,
  clientSecret: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET as string,
  mapProfileToUser: (profile: TwitterProfile) => {
    console.log("profile", profile);
    return {
      twitterHandle: profile.username,
      email: profile.email as string,
      name: profile.name as string,
      image: profile.profile_image_url as string,
      username: profile.username,
    };
  },
}

twitter: {
  clientId: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_ID as string,
  clientSecret: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET as string,
  mapProfileToUser: (profile: TwitterProfile) => {
    console.log("profile", profile);
    return {
      twitterHandle: profile.username,
      email: profile.email as string,
      name: profile.name as string,
      image: profile.profile_image_url as string,
      username: profile.username,
    };
  },
}

What I'm getting:

@repo/web:dev: profile {
@repo/web:dev:   data: {
@repo/web:dev:     name: 'Robin Faraj',
@repo/web:dev:     profile_image_url: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1855238561395544064/xZgBtaNg_normal.jpg',
@repo/web:dev:     username: 'robin_faraj',
@repo/web:dev:     id: '2517496955'
@repo/web:dev:   }
@repo/web:dev: }

@repo/web:dev: profile {
@repo/web:dev:   data: {
@repo/web:dev:     name: 'Robin Faraj',
@repo/web:dev:     profile_image_url: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1855238561395544064/xZgBtaNg_normal.jpg',
@repo/web:dev:     username: 'robin_faraj',
@repo/web:dev:     id: '2517496955'
@repo/web:dev:   }
@repo/web:dev: }

No email in the profile data. How can I get Twitter to return the email address with better-auth? Is this a Twitter API limitation or a configuration issue? Any help appreciated!

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Twitter provider setup and usage.

12 Replies

KiNFiSH•4w ago

Can you please make sure this consent screen appear when you try to signin

iPheNoMeNaL-oG•4w ago

I'm having trouble with this right now as well..

  socialProviders: {
    twitter: {
      clientId: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_ID!,
      clientSecret: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET!,
      redirectUri: "/dashboard",
      scope: [
        "tweet.read",
        "tweet.write",
        "users.read",
        "offline.access",
        "users.email",
      ],
      mapProfileToUser: (profile: any) => {
        console.log("Map Profile To User", profile);
        return {
          id: profile.id,
          name: profile.name,
          email: profile.email,
          image: profile.profile_image_url,
          emailVerified: false,
          username: profile.username,
        };
      },

  socialProviders: {
    twitter: {
      clientId: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_ID!,
      clientSecret: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET!,
      redirectUri: "/dashboard",
      scope: [
        "tweet.read",
        "tweet.write",
        "users.read",
        "offline.access",
        "users.email",
      ],
      mapProfileToUser: (profile: any) => {
        console.log("Map Profile To User", profile);
        return {
          id: profile.id,
          name: profile.name,
          email: profile.email,
          image: profile.profile_image_url,
          emailVerified: false,
          username: profile.username,
        };
      },

I'm logging the data coming back and it does indeed include email..

      // this is what is returned by
      data: {
         profile_image_url: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/basgdasdfasf.jpg',
         id: '234623732472',
         username: 'randomUsername',
         name: 'Random Name',
         email: '[email protected]'
       }

      // this is what is returned by
      data: {
         profile_image_url: 'https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/basgdasdfasf.jpg',
         id: '234623732472',
         username: 'randomUsername',
         name: 'Random Name',
         email: '[email protected]'
       }

It's included in the scope and it's in the profile data.. yet it says it isnt there Calling linkSocial like this

  const handleTwitterLink = async () => {
    const data = await authClient.linkSocial(
      {
        provider: "twitter",
        callbackURL: "/dashboard/account/apps",
        scopes: ["users.email"],
      },

  const handleTwitterLink = async () => {
    const data = await authClient.linkSocial(
      {
        provider: "twitter",
        callbackURL: "/dashboard/account/apps",
        scopes: ["users.email"],
      },

my twitter account has an email linked to it.. not sure I guess for context.. I'm logged into my app via credentials and linking twitter to it I have been successful in this but trying to grab the email now and it's not working ..

robinfarajOP•4w ago

got it working somehow

        twitter: {
            clientId: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_ID as string,
            clientSecret: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET as string,
            scope: ["users.email", "users.read", "tweet.read", "tweet.write", "follows.read", "media.write", "offline.access"],
            getUserInfo: async ({ accessToken }) => {
                const response = await fetch(
                    'https://api.twitter.com/2/users/me?user.fields=confirmed_email,profile_image_url,name,username,verified,verified_type',
                    { headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken}` } }
                );

                if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Failed to fetch user info from Twitter');

                const data = await response.json();
                return {

                    user: {
                        id: data.data.id,
                        email: data.data.confirmed_email,
                        name: data.data.name,
                        image: data.data.profile_image_url,
                        username: data.data.username,
                        emailVerified: true,
                        isBlueVerified: data.data.verified_type === "blue"
                    },
                    data: data.data
                };
            },
        },

        twitter: {
            clientId: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_ID as string,
            clientSecret: process.env.TWITTER_CLIENT_SECRET as string,
            scope: ["users.email", "users.read", "tweet.read", "tweet.write", "follows.read", "media.write", "offline.access"],
            getUserInfo: async ({ accessToken }) => {
                const response = await fetch(
                    'https://api.twitter.com/2/users/me?user.fields=confirmed_email,profile_image_url,name,username,verified,verified_type',
                    { headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken}` } }
                );

                if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Failed to fetch user info from Twitter');

                const data = await response.json();
                return {

                    user: {
                        id: data.data.id,
                        email: data.data.confirmed_email,
                        name: data.data.name,
                        image: data.data.profile_image_url,
                        username: data.data.username,
                        emailVerified: true,
                        isBlueVerified: data.data.verified_type === "blue"
                    },
                    data: data.data
                };
            },
        },

KiNFiSH•4w ago

here you are getting the email right ?

iPheNoMeNaL-oG•4w ago

@KiNFiSH Yes it's logging the email.. but email: profile.email is throwing an email not found error

KiNFiSH•4w ago

You mean data.email ? Internally we do covert it from confirmed_email response to email literal

robinfarajOP•4w ago

how, I don't get anything I need to fetch it separately in getUserinfo

KiNFiSH•4w ago

We fetch for you and merge with the response data

robinfarajOP•4w ago

but I was also in version 1.1.10 - just upgraded to 1.2.7

KiNFiSH•4w ago

Yeah you should update

robinfarajOP•4w ago

lots of things are red now, but I'll hope it'll fix some things 😄

KiNFiSH•4w ago

Yeah. It should be working Lemme know if that’s not the case

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