medusa-store/www/apps/docs/content/references/services/classes/AuthService.mdx

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import ParameterTypes from "@site/src/components/ParameterTypes"

# AuthService

Can authenticate a user based on email password combination

## Constructors

#### constructor

`**new AuthService**(«destructured»)`

##### Parameters

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    "type": "[InjectedDependencies](../types/InjectedDependencies-1.mdx)",
    "description": "",
    "optional": false,
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]} />

## Properties

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    "name": "customerService_",
    "type": "[CustomerService](CustomerService.mdx)",
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    "name": "manager_",
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  },
  {
    "name": "userService_",
    "type": "[UserService](UserService.mdx)",
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    "defaultValue": "",
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]} />

## Accessors

#### activeManager\_

 `Protected` **activeManager\_**: [object Object]

## Methods

#### atomicPhase\_

`Protected **atomicPhase_**<TypeParameter TResult, TypeParameter TError>(work, isolationOrErrorHandler?, maybeErrorHandlerOrDontFail?): Promise&#60;TResult&#62;`

Wraps some work within a transactional block. If the service already has
a transaction manager attached this will be reused, otherwise a new
transaction manager is created.

##### Type Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "TResult",
    "type": "`object`",
    "description": "",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
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  },
  {
    "name": "TError",
    "type": "`object`",
    "description": "",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

##### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "work",
    "type": "(`transactionManager`: EntityManager) => Promise&#60;TResult&#62;",
    "description": "the transactional work to be done",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
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  },
  {
    "name": "isolationOrErrorHandler",
    "type": "`IsolationLevel` \\| (`error`: `TError`) => Promise&#60;void \\| TResult&#62;",
    "description": "the isolation level to be used for the work.",
    "optional": true,
    "defaultValue": "",
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    "children": []
  },
  {
    "name": "maybeErrorHandlerOrDontFail",
    "type": "(`error`: `TError`) => Promise&#60;void \\| TResult&#62;",
    "description": "Potential error handler",
    "optional": true,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

##### Returns

Promise&#60;TResult&#62;

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "Promise",
    "type": "Promise&#60;TResult&#62;",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "description": "the result of the transactional work",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

___

#### authenticate

`**authenticate**(email, password): Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;`

Authenticates a given user based on an email, password combination. Uses
scrypt to match password with hashed value.

##### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "email",
    "type": "`string`",
    "description": "the email of the user",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  },
  {
    "name": "password",
    "type": "`string`",
    "description": "the password of the user",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

##### Returns

Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "Promise",
    "type": "Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "description": "success: whether authentication succeeded\n   user: the user document if authentication succeeded\n   error: a string with the error message",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

___

#### authenticateAPIToken

`**authenticateAPIToken**(token): Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;`

Authenticates a given user with an API token

##### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "token",
    "type": "`string`",
    "description": "the api\\_token of the user to authenticate",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

##### Returns

Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "Promise",
    "type": "Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "description": "success: whether authentication succeeded\n   user: the user document if authentication succeeded\n   error: a string with the error message",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

___

#### authenticateCustomer

`**authenticateCustomer**(email, password): Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;`

Authenticates a customer based on an email, password combination. Uses
scrypt to match password with hashed value.

##### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "email",
    "type": "`string`",
    "description": "the email of the user",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  },
  {
    "name": "password",
    "type": "`string`",
    "description": "the password of the user",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

##### Returns

Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "Promise",
    "type": "Promise&#60;[AuthenticateResult](../types/AuthenticateResult.mdx)&#62;",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "description": "success: whether authentication succeeded\n   customer: the customer document if authentication succeded\n   error: a string with the error message",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

___

#### comparePassword\_

`Protected **comparePassword_**(password, hash): Promise&#60;boolean&#62;`

Verifies if a password is valid given the provided password hash

##### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "password",
    "type": "`string`",
    "description": "the raw password to check",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  },
  {
    "name": "hash",
    "type": "`string`",
    "description": "the hash to compare against",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

##### Returns

Promise&#60;boolean&#62;

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "Promise",
    "type": "Promise&#60;boolean&#62;",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "description": "the result of the comparison",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

___

#### shouldRetryTransaction\_

`Protected **shouldRetryTransaction_**(err): boolean`

##### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "err",
    "type": "`Record<string, unknown>` \\| ``{ code: string  }``",
    "description": "",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

##### Returns

`boolean`

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "boolean",
    "type": "`boolean`",
    "optional": true,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "description": "",
    "expandable": false,
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  }
]} />

___

#### withTransaction

`**withTransaction**(transactionManager?): [AuthService](AuthService.mdx)`

##### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "transactionManager",
    "type": "EntityManager",
    "description": "",
    "optional": true,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />

##### Returns

[AuthService](AuthService.mdx)

<ParameterTypes parameters={[
  {
    "name": "AuthService",
    "type": "[AuthService](AuthService.mdx)",
    "optional": false,
    "defaultValue": "",
    "description": "",
    "expandable": false,
    "children": []
  }
]} />