Theo's Typesafe Cult•2y ago

Clerk: Is it possible to create custom metadata on signup using Clerk?

I need to create a custom metadata "credits" on each new user object, is it possible to achieve that with Clerk? One of my ideas was to call the api route after sign up which will update user object using clerkClient.

await signUp.authenticateWithRedirect({
  strategy: provider,
  redirectUrl: '/dashboard',
  redirectUrlComplete: '/dashboard',
});

await fetch('...');

await signUp.authenticateWithRedirect({
  strategy: provider,
  redirectUrl: '/dashboard',
  redirectUrlComplete: '/dashboard',
});

await fetch('...');

But fetch never get called because authenticateWithRedirect automatically redirects to the /dashboard as soon as sign up happens. Any ideas, how to achieve this? I need to create public metadata, so unsafeMetadata is not a solution.

3 Replies

Huperniketes•2y ago

You can create a webhook API for Clerk to notify you when a user's been created.

Huperniketes•2y ago

https://clerk.com/docs/integration/webhooks

Webhooks | Clerk

Information about receiving event notifications with Clerk webhooks

variable_nameOP•2y ago

Thanks, solved.

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Clerk: Is it possible to create custom metadata on signup using Clerk?