Better-Auth with Express Server

I set up basic Better-Auth in an Express server with sqlite database. Followings the docs I have auth.js

import { betterAuth } from "better-auth";
import Database from "better-sqlite3";

export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: new Database("./sqlite.db"),
  emailAndPassword: {
    enabled: true,
  },
  secret: process.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET,
  tokenTransport: "both",
});

import { betterAuth } from "better-auth";
import Database from "better-sqlite3";

export const auth = betterAuth({
  database: new Database("./sqlite.db"),
  emailAndPassword: {
    enabled: true,
  },
  secret: process.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET,
  tokenTransport: "both",
});



And index.js as 
```
import { toNodeHandler } from "better-auth/node";
import { auth } from "./auth.js";
import { fromNodeHeaders } from "better-auth/node";

const app = express();
const port = 3000;

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


app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  res.send("Hello World!");
});

app.get("/api/me", async (req, res) => {
    const headers = fromNodeHeaders(req.headers);
    const session = await auth.api.getSession({ headers });
    return res.json(session);
});


app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(

Server is running at http://localhost:${port}`); });

I can log in using curl

I can log in using curl

glebzvonkov@Glebs-MacBook-Pro backup_test % curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/auth/sign-up/email \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"email": "[email protected]", "password": "strongpassword", "name": "Fresh User"}' {"token":"9cwrI6O2vIiDvS3qUgEtc879pSWy1aRU","user":{"id":"B6R5LKbb4FUyvVFYhuPpbKDLiymhXvYf","email":"[email protected]","name":"Fresh User","image":null,"emailVerified":false,"createdAt":"2025-04-17T18:00:59.787Z","updatedAt":"2025-04-17T18:00:59.787Z"}}

But when I try api.getSession route I always get null

But when I try api.getSession route I always get null

glebzvonkov@Glebs-MacBook-Pro backup_test % curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/api/me \
-H "Authorization: Bearer 9cwrI6O2vIiDvS3qUgEtc879pSWy1aRU" null% ``` Is this a bug, or do I have some misunderstanding?

1 Reply

KiNFiSH•3d ago

can you try enabling bearer plugin if you dont ? add bearer() to your plugin in your backend auth config and check if this persists.

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