Appwrite TypeScript SDK

Installation

# Web
npm install appwrite

# React Native
npm install react-native-appwrite

# Node.js / Deno
npm install node-appwrite

Setting Up the Client

Client-side (Web / React Native)

// Web
import { Client, Account, TablesDB, Storage, ID, Query } from 'appwrite';

// React Native
import { Client, Account, TablesDB, Storage, ID, Query } from 'react-native-appwrite';

const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
    .setProject('[PROJECT_ID]');

Server-side (Node.js / Deno)

import { Client, Users, TablesDB, Storage, Functions, ID, Query } from 'node-appwrite';

const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
    .setProject(process.env.APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID)
    .setKey(process.env.APPWRITE_API_KEY);

Code Examples

Authentication (client-side)

const account = new Account(client);

// Email signup
await account.create({
    userId: ID.unique(),
    email: '[email protected]',
    password: 'password123',
    name: 'User Name'
});

// Email login
const session = await account.createEmailPasswordSession({
    email: '[email protected]',
    password: 'password123'
});

// OAuth login (Web)
account.createOAuth2Session({
    provider: OAuthProvider.Github,
    success: 'https://example.com/success',
    failure: 'https://example.com/fail',
    scopes: ['repo', 'user'] // optional — provider-specific scopes
});

// Get current user
const user = await account.get();

// Logout
await account.deleteSession({ sessionId: 'current' });

OAuth 2 Login (React Native)

Important: createOAuth2Session() does not work on React Native. You must use createOAuth2Token() with deep linking instead.

Setup

Install the required dependencies:

npx expo install react-native-appwrite react-native-url-polyfill
npm install expo-auth-session expo-web-browser expo-linking

Set the URL scheme in your app.json:

{
  "expo": {
    "scheme": "appwrite-callback-[PROJECT_ID]"
  }
}

OAuth Flow

import { Client, Account, OAuthProvider } from 'react-native-appwrite';
import { makeRedirectUri } from 'expo-auth-session';
import * as WebBrowser from 'expo-web-browser';

const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
    .setProject('[PROJECT_ID]');

const account = new Account(client);

async function oauthLogin(provider: OAuthProvider) {
    // Create deep link that works across Expo environments
    const deepLink = new URL(makeRedirectUri({ preferLocalhost: true }));
    const scheme = `${deepLink.protocol}//`; // e.g. 'exp://' or 'appwrite-callback-[PROJECT_ID]://'

    // Get the OAuth login URL
    const loginUrl = await account.createOAuth2Token({
        provider,
        success: `${deepLink}`,
        failure: `${deepLink}`,
    });

    // Open browser and listen for the scheme redirect
    const result = await WebBrowser.openAuthSessionAsync(`${loginUrl}`, scheme);

    if (result.type !== 'success') return;

    // Extract credentials from the redirect URL
    const url = new URL(result.url);
    const secret = url.searchParams.get('secret');
    const userId = url.searchParams.get('userId');

    // Create session with the OAuth credentials
    await account.createSession({ userId, secret });
}

// Usage
await oauthLogin(OAuthProvider.Github);
await oauthLogin(OAuthProvider.Google);

User Management (server-side)

const users = new Users(client);

// Create user
const user = await users.create({
    userId: ID.unique(),
    email: '[email protected]',
    password: 'password123',
    name: 'User Name'
});

// List users
const list = await users.list({ queries: