Buckets.copyAuth() method

Copies the full scope and authentication from one API instance to this one. This will copy any existing authentication and authorization info, including:

Information created withKeyInfo and withUserAuth.
Any token generated from getToken or getTokenChallenge.
If you scoped the instance to a specific thread using withThread

Signature:

static copyAuth(auth: GrpcAuthentication, options?: CopyAuthOptions): Buckets;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
auth	GrpcAuthentication	any authenticated API class such as Users or Buckets.
options	CopyAuthOptions

Returns:

Buckets

Example 1

Copy an authenticated Users api instance to Buckets.

import { Buckets, Users } from '@textile/hub'

const usersToBuckets = async (user: Users) => {
  const buckets = Buckets.copyAuth(user)
  return buckets
}

Example 2

Copy an authenticated Buckets api instance to Users.

import { Buckets, Users } from '@textile/hub'

const bucketsToUsers = async (buckets: Buckets) => {
  const user = Users.copyAuth(buckets)
  return user
}