Auth

Native Mobile Deep Linking

Set up Deep Linking for mobile applications.

Many Auth methods involve a redirect to your app. For example:

  • Signup confirmation emails, Magic Link signins, and password reset emails contain a link that redirects to your app.
  • In OAuth signins, an automatic redirect occurs to your app.

With Deep Linking, you can configure this redirect to open a specific page. This is necessary if, for example, you need to display a form for password reset, or to manually exchange a token hash.

Setting up deep linking

To link to your development build or standalone app, you need to specify a custom URL scheme for your app. You can register a scheme in your app config (app.json, app.config.js) by adding a string under the scheme key:


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{
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"expo": {
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"scheme": "com.supabase"
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}
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}

In your project's auth settings add the redirect URL, e.g. com.supabase://**.

Finally, implement the OAuth and linking handlers. See the supabase-js reference for instructions on initializing the supabase-js client in React Native.

./components/Auth.tsx

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import { Button } from "react-native";
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import { makeRedirectUri } from "expo-auth-session";
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import * as QueryParams from "expo-auth-session/build/QueryParams";
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import * as WebBrowser from "expo-web-browser";
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import * as Linking from "expo-linking";
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import { supabase } from "app/utils/supabase";
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WebBrowser.maybeCompleteAuthSession(); // required for web only
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const redirectTo = makeRedirectUri();
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const createSessionFromUrl = async (url: string) => {
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const { params, errorCode } = QueryParams.getQueryParams(url);
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if (errorCode) throw new Error(errorCode);
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const { access_token, refresh_token } = params;
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if (!access_token) return;
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const { data, error } = await supabase.auth.setSession({
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access_token,
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refresh_token,
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});
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if (error) throw error;
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return data.session;
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};
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const performOAuth = async () => {
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const { data, error } = await supabase.auth.signInWithOAuth({
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provider: "github",
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options: {
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redirectTo,
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skipBrowserRedirect: true,
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},
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});
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if (error) throw error;
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const res = await WebBrowser.openAuthSessionAsync(
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data?.url ?? "",
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redirectTo
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);
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if (res.type === "success") {
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const { url } = res;
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await createSessionFromUrl(url);
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}
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};
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const sendMagicLink = async () => {
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const { error } = await supabase.auth.signInWithOtp({
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email: "example@email.com",
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options: {
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emailRedirectTo: redirectTo,
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},
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});
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if (error) throw error;
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// Email sent.
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};
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export default function Auth() {
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// Handle linking into app from email app.
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const url = Linking.useURL();
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if (url) createSessionFromUrl(url);
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return (
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<>
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<Button onPress={performOAuth} title="Sign in with Github" />
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<Button onPress={sendMagicLink} title="Send Magic Link" />
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</>
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);
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}

For the best user experience it is recommended to use universal links which require a more elaborate setup. You can find the detailed setup instructions in the Expo docs.