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Better Auth•4w ago
shadow

auth.api.getSession() returning null even when the cookies are being sent.

Hey devs, for some reason in a API route in NextJS im getting the current session but for some reason it comes out null . 
export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
  try {
    // Check authentication
    const session = await auth.api.getSession({ headers: await headers() });
    console.log(session) // this outputs `null`
    if (!session) {
        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, { status: 401 });
    }

    // do something here if the user is authenticated
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error categorizing link:", error);
    return NextResponse.json(
      { error: "Failed to categorize link" },
      { status: 500 }
    );
  }
export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
  try {
    // Check authentication
    const session = await auth.api.getSession({ headers: await headers() });
    console.log(session) // this outputs `null`
    if (!session) {
        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, { status: 401 });
    }

    // do something here if the user is authenticated
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error categorizing link:", error);
    return NextResponse.json(
      { error: "Failed to categorize link" },
      { status: 500 }
    );
  }
2 Replies
shadow
shadowOP•4w ago
As you can see the headers are being sent
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shadow
shadowOP•4w ago
Am i missing something here? But inside the api route, request.headers doesnt contain the cookie

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