account.get() fails all the time

Los FelizOriginal post

Rank 2: Process

Mar 25, 2025, 20:40

I have added a Google OAuth2 login to my reactjs app. It successfully login the user. When the user logs in, I see that their activity is registered in the Users tab of the Auth section. I also see the session.create event for the logged in user in the Activity tab. However, I get the Unauthorized error when I run account.get(). I do not understand how.

db.js:

JavaScript

import { Client, Storage, Account, Databases, ID, Query, Permission, Role, Functions, OAuthProvider } from 'appwrite';

const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint(import.meta.env.VITE_ENDPOINT)
    .setProject(import.meta.env.VITE_PROJECT);

export const account = new Account(client);
const functions = new Functions(client);
export default client;
const storage = new Storage(client);
export const databases = new Databases(client);

export const googleOAuthLogin = async () => {
    try {
        const userAcc = account.createOAuth2Session(
            OAuthProvider.Google, 
            'http://localhost:5173/user/me',
            'http://localhost:5173/',
        ); 
        console.log('Success:', userAcc); 
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}
 
export const getAccount = async () => {
    try {
        const accnt = await account.get();
        console.log('Account gotten successfully:', accnt);
        return accnt;
    } catch (err) {
        console.error('Error:', err);
    }
}

Me.jsx:

JavaScript

import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
import { getAccount } from '../db';

const Me = () => {
    useEffect(() => {
        const testingGetAccount = async () => {
           try {
                const accnt = await getAccount();
                console.log('THIS IS ACCOUNT:', accnt);
            } catch (err) {
                console.error('Error', err); }
}
    testingGetAccount();
    }, []);
}

GET https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1/account 401 (Unauthorized)
Error getting account: AppwriteException: User (role: guests) missing scope (account)

Summary

Developers are facing an issue where `account.get()` is returning an Unauthorized error even though the user is successfully logged in with Google OAuth2. The error indicates that the user role is missing the required scope for account access. To resolve this, developers need to ensure that the user role has the necessary permission to access the account scope.

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