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Better Auth•5d ago
Steven-sensei

Change email for unverified user ?

Is there a way to change the email of a user that hasn't been verified ? For exemple this cover the case a user register miss type the email and want to change to his good one.
4 Replies
Steven-sensei
Steven-senseiOP•5d ago
Or should i do that with my orm and than make the call on auth.api to send email verification ?
Wojak
Wojak•4d ago
Yes, it is possible. The verification request will directly go to the new email. If the email is already verified, the email will go through the currently verified email first. Then you would have to initiate a verification request afterwards to the new email. 
export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: drizzleAdapter(db, {
    provider: "pg",
    schema: schema,
  }),
  emailAndPassword: {
    enabled: true,
  },
  emailVerification: {
    sendVerificationEmail: async ({ user, url }) => {
      await sendEmail({
        to: user.email,
        subject: "Verify your email address",
        text: `Welcome! Please verify your email address by clicking the link below:\n\n${url}\n\nIf you did not sign up, please ignore this email.`,
      });
    },
  },
  user: {
    changeEmail: {
      enabled: true,
      // this is skipped if the user is unverified
      sendChangeEmailVerification: async ({ user, url }) => {
        await sendEmail({
          to: user.email,
          subject: "Confirm Your Email Change Request",
          text: `You have requested to change your email address. Please confirm this request by clicking the link below:\n\n${url}\n\nIf you did not request this change, please ignore this email.`,
        });
      },
    },
  },
});
export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: drizzleAdapter(db, {
    provider: "pg",
    schema: schema,
  }),
  emailAndPassword: {
    enabled: true,
  },
  emailVerification: {
    sendVerificationEmail: async ({ user, url }) => {
      await sendEmail({
        to: user.email,
        subject: "Verify your email address",
        text: `Welcome! Please verify your email address by clicking the link below:\n\n${url}\n\nIf you did not sign up, please ignore this email.`,
      });
    },
  },
  user: {
    changeEmail: {
      enabled: true,
      // this is skipped if the user is unverified
      sendChangeEmailVerification: async ({ user, url }) => {
        await sendEmail({
          to: user.email,
          subject: "Confirm Your Email Change Request",
          text: `You have requested to change your email address. Please confirm this request by clicking the link below:\n\n${url}\n\nIf you did not request this change, please ignore this email.`,
        });
      },
    },
  },
});
The methods are authClient.changeEmail for changing the email and authClient.sendVerificationEmail
Steven-sensei
Steven-senseiOP•4d ago
No the goal here is if a user hasn't verified there email and isn't logged in since we it must be verified to login. Imagine a user making a typo at register in there email then they will never be able to verify it
Wojak
Wojak•4d ago
If you require verification then yes. Just create a new one in that case. If the email with a typo is gonna be used by another user then you can just make a forgot password flow

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