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what is the correct way to check if email exists - Better Auth

Better Auth•6mo ago•

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what is the correct way to check if email exists

i see isUsernameAvailable - what about email. I was thinking to ask email of user first, if it exists, proceed to login page, otherwise proceed to sign up. It's not clear what is the cleanest way to check if email exists in our db.

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