Auth0. getTokenSilently() functionality (update cached user profile silently)

[XelNizar]

Checklist

• The issue can be reproduced in the react-native-auth0 sample app (or N/A).
• I have looked into the Readme, Examples, and FAQ and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
• I have looked into the API documentation and have not found a suitable solution or answer.
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Description

Is there is any way to do the same thing that getTokenSilently does?
in my case i want to update the userProfile cache in auth0 after any change to my custom database, but that FetchUserScript happens only after an actual authorization process. so in my case i want to be able to hit the authorize endpoint silently without letting the user do any interaction.
Doing a forceRefresh didnt fix the problem

Reproduction

1. logged in user
2. update user info in custom DB
3. forceRefresh credentials
4. will still have old user data unless you logout + log in back again

Additional context

No response

react-native-auth0 version

3.2.1

React Native version

0.74.5

Expo version

No response

Platform

iOS

Platform version(s)

17

[MarkintoshZ]

Hi, I'm also experiencing the same issue. Would really appreciate any updates on this.

[XelNizar]

@MarkintoshZ
I have found a workaround for this:

1. created an action in auth0 where i check if its a refresh token event using this check:
   if (event.transaction?.protocol === "oauth2-refresh-token")
2. if so i requested an M2M token where i can call my backend service to receive the user info!
3. update the app/user metadata (depends on the data you want to update) inside the action itself:
   api.user.setAppMetadata("custom_data",updatedUserData.custom_data);
4. call the getCredentials method with the 4th parameter as true (for forceRefresh the token):
   this.auth0.credentialsManager.getCredentials(undefined, undefined, undefined, true);

this worked for me, i hope this will be helpful for you :)