getUserIdFromRequest

SolvaPay SDK

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SolvaPay SDK / auth/src / getUserIdFromRequest

Function: getUserIdFromRequest()

getUserIdFromRequest(request, options?): string | null

Defined in: packages/auth/src/next-utils.ts:44

Extract user ID from request headers.

Checks for the 'x-user-id' header which is commonly set by authentication middleware after successful authentication. This header is typically set by Next.js middleware that validates JWT tokens or session cookies.

Parameters

request

Request

Request object (works with NextRequest from next/server)

options?

Configuration options

headerName?

string

Custom header name (default: 'x-user-id')

Returns

string | null

User ID string or null if not found

Example

import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import { getUserIdFromRequest } from '@solvapay/auth';

export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
  const userId = getUserIdFromRequest(request);
  
  if (!userId) {
    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Unauthorized' }, { status: 401 });
  }
  
  // Use userId...
  return NextResponse.json({ userId });
}

See

requireUserId for a version that returns an error response

Since

1.0.0