when calling updateUserById method to update email of user it updates it without user confirmation

[andreineamtu]

I'm trying to implement "update email" functionality on my website using the supabase admin client

const supabaseAdmin = createClient(supabaseUrl, supabaseServiceRoleKey);
const { data, error } = await supabaseAdmin.auth.admin.updateUserById(params.userId,
{ email: params.email, email_confirm: false }
);

The problem: is updating automatically the user's email in the auth table and is sending a confirmation email to the new email address so the user can confirm the change.
Isn't this how the method should work? Or should I use another method?

[kl-thamm]

I am not sure I understand your question, but the upabase.auth.admin.updateUserById should just update the user by the given id. See: https://supabase.com/docs/reference/javascript/auth-admin-updateuserbyid

[supermar1010]

@andreineamtu Look at this issue (#1278) and the repo linked. You're using the admin method which is just doing by "brute-force" if you want the user to confirm it you should use supabase.auth.updateUser, I think. But documentation is missing on that method.