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Better Auth•7d ago
2ram

Issue with sign up using express

Hi, I have been running in to an issue where my express server returns 422 Unprocessable Entity any time the client sends a sign up request. I have included my prisma schema, better auth config and my index.ts file (I have pretty much copied exactly whats on the better auth docs). Looking at the incoming requests on the express server, I can see the sign up requests come through however I noticed that the request body was undefined. Looking at the actual request through the network I can see that body is included in the post request. I have no issues adding data to the db manually through psql. Any ideas on what is causing this issue? auth.ts 
import { betterAuth } from "better-auth";
import { prismaAdapter } from "better-auth/adapters/prisma";
import { prisma } from "../prisma/client";

export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: prismaAdapter(prisma, {
    provider: "postgresql",
  }),
  emailAndPassword: {
    enabled: true,
  },
  session: {
    cookieCache: {
      enabled: true,
      maxAge: 5 * 60,
    },
  },
});
import { betterAuth } from "better-auth";
import { prismaAdapter } from "better-auth/adapters/prisma";
import { prisma } from "../prisma/client";

export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: prismaAdapter(prisma, {
    provider: "postgresql",
  }),
  emailAndPassword: {
    enabled: true,
  },
  session: {
    cookieCache: {
      enabled: true,
      maxAge: 5 * 60,
    },
  },
});
index.ts 
import express from "express";
import cors from "cors";
import dotenv from "dotenv";
import { toNodeHandler } from "better-auth/node";
import { auth } from "./utils/auth";

dotenv.config();

const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 3005;

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  console.log("--- Incoming Request ---");
  console.log("Request URL:", req.url);
  console.log("Request IP:", req.ip);
  console.log("Request Body:", req.body);
  console.log("------------------------");
  next();
});

app.use(
  cors({
    origin: "http://localhost:1420",
    methods: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "OPTIONS"],
    credentials: true,
  }),
);

app.all("/api/auth/*splat", toNodeHandler(auth));

app.use(express.json());

app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`app listening on port ${port}`);
});
import express from "express";
import cors from "cors";
import dotenv from "dotenv";
import { toNodeHandler } from "better-auth/node";
import { auth } from "./utils/auth";

dotenv.config();

const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 3005;

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  console.log("--- Incoming Request ---");
  console.log("Request URL:", req.url);
  console.log("Request IP:", req.ip);
  console.log("Request Body:", req.body);
  console.log("------------------------");
  next();
});

app.use(
  cors({
    origin: "http://localhost:1420",
    methods: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "OPTIONS"],
    credentials: true,
  }),
);

app.all("/api/auth/*splat", toNodeHandler(auth));

app.use(express.json());

app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`app listening on port ${port}`);
});
4 Replies
2ram
2ramOP•7d ago
prima.schema 
generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client-js"
}

datasource db {
  provider = "postgresql"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}

model User {
  id            String    @id @default(dbgenerated("gen_random_uuid()")) @db.Uuid
  email         String    @unique
  name          String
  emailVerified Boolean   @default(false)
  image         String?
  createdAt     DateTime  @default(now())
  updatedAt     DateTime  @default(now()) @updatedAt
  sessions      Session[]
  accounts      Account[]

  @@map("user")
}

model Session {
  id        String   @id
  expiresAt DateTime
  token     String
  createdAt DateTime
  updatedAt DateTime
  ipAddress String?
  userAgent String?
  userId    String   @db.Uuid
  user      User     @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)

  @@unique([token])
  @@map("session")
}

model Account {
  id                    String    @id
  accountId             String
  providerId            String
  userId                String    @db.Uuid
  user                  User      @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
  accessToken           String?
  refreshToken          String?
  idToken               String?
  accessTokenExpiresAt  DateTime?
  refreshTokenExpiresAt DateTime?
  scope                 String?
  password              String?
  createdAt             DateTime
  updatedAt             DateTime

  @@map("account")
}

model Verification {
  id         String    @id
  identifier String
  value      String
  expiresAt  DateTime
  createdAt  DateTime?
  updatedAt  DateTime?

  @@map("verification")
}
generator client {
  provider = "prisma-client-js"
}

datasource db {
  provider = "postgresql"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}

model User {
  id            String    @id @default(dbgenerated("gen_random_uuid()")) @db.Uuid
  email         String    @unique
  name          String
  emailVerified Boolean   @default(false)
  image         String?
  createdAt     DateTime  @default(now())
  updatedAt     DateTime  @default(now()) @updatedAt
  sessions      Session[]
  accounts      Account[]

  @@map("user")
}

model Session {
  id        String   @id
  expiresAt DateTime
  token     String
  createdAt DateTime
  updatedAt DateTime
  ipAddress String?
  userAgent String?
  userId    String   @db.Uuid
  user      User     @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)

  @@unique([token])
  @@map("session")
}

model Account {
  id                    String    @id
  accountId             String
  providerId            String
  userId                String    @db.Uuid
  user                  User      @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
  accessToken           String?
  refreshToken          String?
  idToken               String?
  accessTokenExpiresAt  DateTime?
  refreshTokenExpiresAt DateTime?
  scope                 String?
  password              String?
  createdAt             DateTime
  updatedAt             DateTime

  @@map("account")
}

model Verification {
  id         String    @id
  identifier String
  value      String
  expiresAt  DateTime
  createdAt  DateTime?
  updatedAt  DateTime?

  @@map("verification")
}
I followed the core schema provided here: https://www.better-auth.com/docs/concepts/database#account
KiNFiSH
KiNFiSH•6d ago
can you please add body parser right after the initialization 
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.json());
2ram
2ramOP•6d ago
@KiNFiSH I tried this, it allows for the request to finally go through but then the client side gets stuck on pending. Looking at the docs it says 
Don’t use express.json() before the Better Auth handler. Use it only for other routes, or the client API will get stuck on "pending".
Don’t use express.json() before the Better Auth handler. Use it only for other routes, or the client API will get stuck on "pending".
Because of this I don't think this is the correct solution link to the docs where this is said: https://www.better-auth.com/docs/integrations/express
KiNFiSH
KiNFiSH•6d ago
I mean the better auth route initialization You can put it right below it did you catch the body on the middleware ? and can u show me the serevr log on doing so

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