Authenticate Users - C++ SDK (Alpha)
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Anonymous User
If you have enabled Anonymous authentication in the App Services UI, users can immediately log into your app without providing any identifying information.
auto app = realm::App(APP_ID); auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::anonymous()).get_future().get();
Email/Password User
If you have enabled Email/Password authentication, and have registered an email/password user, you can log that user in.
auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::username_password(userEmail, userPassword)) .get_future().get();
API Key User
If you have enabled API Key authentication, you can log in using a user API key.
auto app = realm::App(APP_ID); auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::api_key(API_KEY)).get_future().get();
Custom Function User
If you have enabled the Custom Function authentication provider, you can log in using a custom function.
// Custom function authentication takes a BSON Document with parameters. // The parameter details vary depending on how you define your custom authentication function. realm::bson::BsonDocument params = {{ "username", "bob" }}; auto app = realm::App(APP_ID); auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::function(params)).get_future().get();
Custom JWT User
If you have enabled the Custom JWT authentication provider, you can log in using a custom JWT.
auto token = "<jwt>"; auto app = realm::App(APP_ID); auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::custom(token)).get_future().get();
Facebook User
The Facebook authentication provider allows you to authenticate users through a Facebook app using their existing Facebook account.
Important
Enable the Facebook Auth Provider
To log a user in with their existing Facebook account, you must configure and enable the Facebook authentication provider for your application.
Important
Do Not Store Facebook Profile Picture URLs
Facebook profile picture URLs include the user's access token to grant permission to the image. To ensure security, do not store a URL that includes a user's access token. Instead, access the URL directly from the user's metadata fields when you need to fetch the image.
auto app = realm::App(APP_ID); auto accessToken = "<token>"; auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::facebook(accessToken)).get_future().get();
Google User
If you have configured the Google authentication provider, you can log in using an existing Google account.
To log in with a Google authentication code, pass a Google authentication code to credentials::google(auth_code).
auto app = realm::App(APP_ID); // The auth_code below is the user's server auth code you got from Google auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::google(authCode)).get_future().get();
To log in with a Google ID token, pass a Google ID token to credentials::google(id_token).
auto app = realm::App(APP_ID); // The id_token below is the user's OpenID Connect id_token you got from the Google OAuth response auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::google(idToken)).get_future().get();
Apple User
If you have enabled Sign-in with Apple authentication, you can log a user in using an Apple ID token.
auto app = realm::App(APP_ID); auto idToken = "<token>"; auto user = app.login(realm::App::credentials::apple(idToken)).get_future().get();
Get a User Access Token
The Realm SDK automatically manages access tokens, refreshes them when they expire, and includes a valid access token for the current user with each request.
If you send requests outside of the SDK - for example, through the GraphQL API - then you must include the user's access token with each request. In this scenario, you must manually refresh the token when it expires. Access tokens expire after 30 minutes.
You can call .refresh_custom_user_data() on a logged-in user to refresh the user's auth session. Then, get the .access_token() as a string you can use in your code. You might use code similar to this to fetch an access token:
// With a logged-in user, refresh the custom user data to refresh the auth session user.refresh_custom_user_data().get_future().get(); // Then get the user's access token auto userAccessToken = user.access_token();
Log Out
Once logged in, you can log out.
Warning
When a user logs out, you can no longer read or write data in any synced realms that the user opened. As a result, any operation that has not yet completed before the initiating user logs out cannot complete successfully and will likely result in an error. Any data in a write operation that fails in this way will be lost.
user.log_out().get_future().get();