How to Ensure Email is Included in User Profile Response?
Hey everyone,
I'm integrating Kinde authentication into my Django backend and Flutter frontend. I’m retrieving user info from /oauth2/v2/user_profile, but the email field is missing from the response.
What I've Tried So Far:
Checked OpenID config → The "scopes_supported" field includes "email", so it should be available.
Decoded the access token → The email claim is not inside the token when checking on jwt.io.
Tried requesting email explicitly:
Passed "scope=email" when making the authentication request.
Sent GET /oauth2/v2/user_profile?include=email but still didn't get the email field.
Tried adding include_claims=email in the authentication request.
Despite all this, Kinde still doesn’t return the email field. Is there an additional parameter we need to send to make sure Kinde includes the user's email in the token and user profile response?
Would appreciate any help—thanks in advance!
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Hi there, this is Patrick from Kinde. Thanks for reaching out.
For Flutter:
You need to initialize the SDK with the required scopes during setup
(https://docs.kinde.com/developer-tools/sdks/native/flutter-sdk/#scopes) :
await KindeFlutterSDK.initializeSDK(
authDomain: dotenv.env[KINDE_AUTH_DOMAIN]!,
authClientId: dotenv.env[KINDE_AUTH_CLIENT_ID]!,
loginRedirectUri: dotenv.env[KINDE_LOGIN_REDIRECT_URI]!,
logoutRedirectUri: dotenv.env[KINDE_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URI]!,
audience: dotenv.env[KINDE_AUDIENCE], //optional
scopes: ["email","profile","offline","openid"] // Make sure to include email scope
);
For Django:
When setting up the Kinde client, ensure you're requesting the email scope
(https://kinde.com/blog/engineering/set-up-django-authentication-with-kinde) :
kinde_client = KindeApiClient(
domain=os.getenv("KINDE_ISSUER_URL"),
callback_url=os.getenv("KINDE_CALLBACK_URL"),
client_id=os.getenv("KINDE_CLIENT_ID"),
client_secret=os.getenv("KINDE_CLIENT_SECRET"),
grant_type=GrantType.AUTHORIZATION_CODE,
)
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The required OAuth scopes for getting email are
(https://docs.kinde.com/developer-tools/about/using-kinde-without-an-sdk/#oauth-20-scopes)
(https://docs.kinde.com/build/tokens/oath-scopes/) :
- openid - requests an ID token containing user information
- email - specifically requests the user's email
- profile - requests profile details as part of ID token
- offline - requests refresh token capability
Make sure all these scopes are included in your authorization request. The email should be returned in the ID token rather than the access token.
When using the Flutter SDK to get user information, you can use
(https://docs.kinde.com/developer-tools/sdks/native/flutter-sdk/#scopes) :
sdk.getUser().then((value) {
print('User: ${value?.firstName ?? ''} ${value?.lastName ?? ''}');
});
Or for more detailed profile information :
final userProfile = await sdk.getUserProfileV2();
print(userProfile);
If you're still not receiving the email after confirming all scopes are properly requested, verify:
1. The user has verified their email address in Kinde
2. Your application has the proper permissions configured in the Kinde dashboard
3. You're using the ID token rather than the access token to get user profile information
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After checking these things, if the issue persists, could you kindly share your current setup with Flutter and Django for further investigation?
If you want to keep it private, you can create the ticket in confidential support.
Hi, there
Good morning everyone! thanks so much for your support, it was really appreciated. After including all the scopes suggested in the url for sign in, i was able to get the information.
Apologies for not being thorough
Hi there, hope you had a good weekend!!
Glad to hear that your problem is solved.