Support linking accounts with redirect mode

.changeset/eleven-boxes-type.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"thirdweb": patch
+---
+
+Support linking accounts with redirect mode

apps/playground-web/src/components/in-app-wallet/profiles.tsx

@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ export function LinkAccount() {
     });
   };
 
+  const linkGithub = async () => {
+    linkProfile({
+      client: THIRDWEB_CLIENT,
+      strategy: "github",
+      mode: "redirect",
+    });
+  };
+
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 p-6">
       {account ? (
@@ -83,6 +91,14 @@ export function LinkAccount() {
               >
                 Link Passkey
               </Button>
+              <Button
+                className="rounded-full p-6"
+                disabled={isPending}
+                onClick={linkGithub}
+                variant="default"
+              >
+                Link Github
+              </Button>
             </>
           )}
           {error && <p className="text-red-500">Error: {error.message}</p>}

packages/thirdweb/src/exports/wallets/in-app.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export {
   getUserEmail,
   getUserPhoneNumber,
   linkProfile,
+  linkProfileWithRedirect,
   preAuthenticate,
   unlinkProfile,
 } from "../../wallets/in-app/web/lib/auth/index.js";

packages/thirdweb/src/react/web/hooks/wallets/useLinkProfile.ts

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function useLinkProfile() {
     onSuccess() {
       setTimeout(() => {
         queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["profiles"] });
-      }, 500);
+      }, 1000);
     },
   });
 }

packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/connection/autoConnectCore.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import { timeoutPromise } from "../../utils/timeoutPromise.js";
 import { isEcosystemWallet } from "../ecosystem/is-ecosystem-wallet.js";
 import { ClientScopedStorage } from "../in-app/core/authentication/client-scoped-storage.js";
+import { linkAccount } from "../in-app/core/authentication/linkAccount.js";
 import type {
   AuthArgsType,
   AuthStoredTokenWithCookieReturnType,
@@ -83,6 +84,24 @@
 
   const urlToken = getUrlToken();
 
+  // Handle linking flow: autoconnect with stored credentials, then link the new profile
+  if (urlToken?.authFlow === "link" && urlToken.authResult) {
+    const linkingResult = await handleLinkingFlow({
+      client: props.client,
+      connectOverride,
+      createWalletFn,
+      manager,
+      onConnect,
+      props,
+      setLastAuthProvider,
+      storage,
+      timeout,
+      urlToken,
+      wallets,
+    });
+    return linkingResult;
+  }
+
   // If an auth cookie is found and this site supports the wallet, we'll set the auth cookie in the client storage
   const wallet = wallets.find((w) => w.id === urlToken?.walletId);
   if (urlToken?.authCookie && wallet) {
@@ -223,6 +242,138 @@
   return autoConnected; // useQuery needs a return value
 };
 
+/**
+ * Handles the linking flow when returning from an OAuth redirect with authFlow=link.
+ * This autoconnects using stored credentials, then links the new profile from the URL token.
+ * @internal
+ */
+async function handleLinkingFlow(params: {
+  client: ThirdwebClient;
+  urlToken: NonNullable<ReturnType<typeof getUrlToken>>;
+  wallets: Wallet[];
+  storage: AsyncStorage;
+  manager: ConnectionManager;
+  onConnect?: (wallet: Wallet, connectedWallets: Wallet[]) => void;
+  timeout: number;
+  connectOverride?: (
+    walletOrFn: Wallet | (() => Promise<Wallet>),
+  ) => Promise<Wallet | null>;
+  createWalletFn: (id: WalletId) => Wallet;
+  setLastAuthProvider?: (
+    authProvider: AuthArgsType["strategy"],
+    storage: AsyncStorage,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
+  props: AutoConnectProps & { wallets: Wallet[] };
+}): Promise<boolean> {
+  const {
+    client,
+    connectOverride,
+    createWalletFn,
+    manager,
+    onConnect,
+    props,
+    setLastAuthProvider,
+    storage,
+    timeout,
+    urlToken,
+    wallets,
+  } = params;
+
+  // Get stored wallet credentials (not from URL)
+  const [storedConnectedWalletIds, storedActiveWalletId] = await Promise.all([
+    getStoredConnectedWalletIds(storage),
+    getStoredActiveWalletId(storage),
+  ]);
+  const lastConnectedChain =
+    (await getLastConnectedChain(storage)) || props.chain;
+
+  if (!storedActiveWalletId || !storedConnectedWalletIds) {
+    console.warn("No stored wallet found for linking flow");
+    manager.isAutoConnecting.setValue(false);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Update auth provider if provided
+  if (urlToken.authProvider) {
+    await setLastAuthProvider?.(urlToken.authProvider, storage);
+  }
+
+  // Find or create the active wallet from stored credentials
+  const activeWallet =
+    wallets.find((w) => w.id === storedActiveWalletId) ||
+    createWalletFn(storedActiveWalletId);
+
+  // Autoconnect WITHOUT the URL token (use stored credentials)
+  manager.activeWalletConnectionStatusStore.setValue("connecting");
+  try {
+    await timeoutPromise(
+      handleWalletConnection({
+        authResult: undefined, // Don't use URL token for connection
+        client,
+        lastConnectedChain,
+        wallet: activeWallet,
+      }),
+      {
+        message: `AutoConnect timeout: ${timeout}ms limit exceeded.`,
+        ms: timeout,
+      },
+    );
+
+    await (connectOverride
+      ? connectOverride(activeWallet)
+      : manager.connect(activeWallet, {
+          accountAbstraction: props.accountAbstraction,
+          client,
+        }));
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.warn("Failed to auto-connect for linking:", e);
+    manager.activeWalletConnectionStatusStore.setValue("disconnected");
+    manager.isAutoConnecting.setValue(false);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Now link the new profile using URL auth token
+  const ecosystem = isEcosystemWallet(activeWallet)
+    ? {
+        id: activeWallet.id,
+        partnerId: activeWallet.getConfig()?.partnerId,
+      }
+    : undefined;
+
+  const clientStorage = new ClientScopedStorage({
+    clientId: client.clientId,
+    ecosystem,
+    storage,
+  });
+
+  try {
+    await linkAccount({
+      client,
+      ecosystem,
+      storage: clientStorage,
+      tokenToLink: urlToken.authResult!.storedToken.cookieString,
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error("Failed to link profile after redirect:", e);
+    // Continue - user is still connected, just linking failed
+  }
+
+  manager.isAutoConnecting.setValue(false);
+
+  const connectedWallet = manager.activeWalletStore.getValue();
+  const allConnectedWallets = manager.connectedWallets.getValue();
+  if (connectedWallet) {
+    try {
+      onConnect?.(connectedWallet, allConnectedWallets);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error("Error calling onConnect callback:", e);
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * @internal
  */

packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/in-app/core/authentication/getLoginPath.ts

@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@
   ecosystem,
   mode = "popup",
   redirectUrl,
+  authFlow,
 }: {
   authOption: AuthOption;
   client: ThirdwebClient;
   ecosystem?: Ecosystem;
   mode?: "popup" | "redirect" | "window";
   redirectUrl?: string;
+  authFlow?: "connect" | "link";
 }) => {
   if (mode === "popup" && redirectUrl) {
     throw new Error("Redirect URL is not supported for popup mode");
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@
     const formattedRedirectUrl = new URL(redirectUrl || window.location.href);
     formattedRedirectUrl.searchParams.set("walletId", ecosystem?.id || "inApp");
     formattedRedirectUrl.searchParams.set("authProvider", authOption);
+    if (authFlow) {
+      formattedRedirectUrl.searchParams.set("authFlow", authFlow);
+    }
     baseUrl = `${baseUrl}&redirectUrl=${encodeURIComponent(formattedRedirectUrl.toString())}`;
   }
 

packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/in-app/core/interfaces/connector.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ export interface InAppConnector {
     mode?: "redirect" | "popup" | "window",
     redirectUrl?: string,
   ): Promise<void>;
+  // Link a profile with redirect mode
+  linkProfileWithRedirect?(
+    strategy: SocialAuthOption,
+    mode?: "redirect" | "window",
+    redirectUrl?: string,
+  ): Promise<void>;
   // Login takes an auth token and connects a user with it
   loginWithAuthToken?(
     authResult: AuthStoredTokenWithCookieReturnType,

packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/in-app/web/lib/auth/index.ts

@@ -191,6 +191,51 @@
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Links a new profile to the current user using OAuth redirect flow.
+ *
+ * This function initiates a redirect-based OAuth flow for linking a social account.
+ * After the user completes authentication with the provider, they will be redirected
+ * back to your app. The `autoConnect` function will automatically detect the linking
+ * flow and complete the profile linking.
+ *
+ * @param args - The authentication arguments including strategy, client, and optional redirectUrl.
+ * @returns A promise that resolves when the redirect is initiated.
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * import { linkProfileWithRedirect } from "thirdweb/wallets/in-app";
+ *
+ * await linkProfileWithRedirect({
+ *   client,
+ *   strategy: "google",
+ *   mode: "redirect",
+ *   redirectUrl: "https://example.org/callback",
+ * });
+ * // Browser will redirect to Google for authentication
+ * // After auth, user is redirected back and autoConnect handles the linking
+ * ```
+ * @wallet
+ */
+export async function linkProfileWithRedirect(
+  args: Omit<SocialAuthArgsType, "mode"> & {
+    client: ThirdwebClient;
+    ecosystem?: Ecosystem;
+    mode?: "redirect" | "window";
+  },
+) {
+  const connector = await getInAppWalletConnector(args.client, args.ecosystem);
+  if (!connector.linkProfileWithRedirect) {
+    throw new Error(
+      "linkProfileWithRedirect is not supported on this platform",
+    );
+  }
+  return connector.linkProfileWithRedirect(
+    args.strategy as SocialAuthOption,
+    args.mode,
+    args.redirectUrl,
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Connects a new profile (and new authentication method) to the current user.
  *

packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/in-app/web/lib/auth/oauth.ts

@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
   ecosystem?: Ecosystem;
   redirectUrl?: string;
   mode?: "redirect" | "popup" | "window";
+  authFlow?: "connect" | "link";
 }): Promise<void> {
   const loginUrl = getLoginUrl({
     ...options,
     mode: options.mode || "redirect",
+    authFlow: options.authFlow,
   });
   if (options.mode === "redirect") {
     window.location.href = loginUrl;

packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/in-app/web/lib/get-url-token.test.tsx

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ describe.runIf(global.window !== undefined)("getUrlToken", () => {
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       authCookie: null,
+      authFlow: null,
       authProvider: null,
       authResult: { token: "abc" },
       walletId: "123",
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ describe.runIf(global.window !== undefined)("getUrlToken", () => {
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       authCookie: "myCookie",
+      authFlow: null,
       authProvider: null,
       authResult: undefined,
       walletId: "123",
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ describe.runIf(global.window !== undefined)("getUrlToken", () => {
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       authCookie: "myCookie",
+      authFlow: null,
       authProvider: "provider1",
       authResult: { token: "xyz" },
       walletId: "123",

packages/thirdweb/src/wallets/in-app/web/lib/get-url-token.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export function getUrlToken():
       authResult?: AuthStoredTokenWithCookieReturnType;
       authProvider?: AuthOption;
       authCookie?: string;
+      authFlow?: "connect" | "link";
     }
   | undefined {
   if (typeof document === "undefined") {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export function getUrlToken():
   const walletId = params.get("walletId") as WalletId | undefined;
   const authProvider = params.get("authProvider") as AuthOption | undefined;
   const authCookie = params.get("authCookie") as string | undefined;
+  const authFlow = params.get("authFlow") as "connect" | "link" | undefined;
 
   if ((authCookie || authResultString) && walletId) {
     const authResult = (() => {
@@ -35,12 +37,13 @@ export function getUrlToken():
     params.delete("walletId");
     params.delete("authProvider");
     params.delete("authCookie");
+    params.delete("authFlow");
     window.history.pushState(
       {},
       "",
       `${window.location.pathname}?${params.toString()}`,
     );
-    return { authCookie, authProvider, authResult, walletId };
+    return { authCookie, authFlow, authProvider, authResult, walletId };
   }
   return undefined;
 }