Image not updating when using genericOAuth client.oauth2.link
When I sign up a new user with
client.signIn.oauth2 the user info I get from my OAuth provider contains a image parameter that goes into my user image field in my db.
But when I try linking an existing user using client.oauth2.link the user info I get from my OAuth provider still contains a image parameter but that info never gets updated in my user image field in my db.
https://www.better-auth.com/docs/plugins/generic-oauth#linking-oauth-accountsGeneric OAuth | Better Auth
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we're working on a way to override the default behaviour but linking or signing again doesn't update user info cause that may lead to overwriting changes made in your platform like if the user updated their profile in your app
Thanks for the reply!
Yes, that would be great.
Plus, it would be good to have this behavior specified in the docs, since I've been banging my head around trying to find out what could be wrong with my code.
My workaround was to create an api end point that gets called after linking a user.
await client.oauth2.link({
providerId: "planning-center",
callbackURL: "/api/planning-center/avatar-sync",
});
This endpoint then grabs the info from the oAuth provider and inserts it into the database.