Auth0 Reference

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Supported objects

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Setup & installation

To connect Sequin to Auth0, you need to configure a machine-to-machine application for Sequin:

1. Go to Dashboard > Applications > Applications and click Create Application.
2. Name the app and select Machine to Machine Applications. Then click Create:

1. Select the Auth0 APIs you want to allow Sequin to access:

1. For Permissions, make sure that:
   • Sequin has all four permissions for Actions: create:actions, read:actions, update:actions, and delete:actions. Sequin uses Actions to run the sync.
   • Sequin has read and write access to all the collections that you want to sync. For example, if you want to sync Users, be sure to select all four User scopes: create:users, read:users, update:users, and delete:users.

1. Click Authorize.
2. Auth0 will provide you with an API credential. Copy and paste that credential over to Sequin.

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The syncing process

We first backfill your database with all your Auth0 data. The time for the backfill depends on the size of your Auth0 account. Unless your Auth0 account has over a million records, the backfill should complete in under an hour. Smaller accounts complete in just a few minutes. We’ll email you when your backfill is complete and Sequin has loaded all your data into your database.

After the initial backfill, we’ll rely on Auth0 Actions to monitor changes. Sequin will create the Auth0 Actions it needs in your account. We backstop Actions with an occasional polling process to ensure we don’t miss any events.

This means changes on Auth0 should propagate to your database in just a few seconds.

Learn more about our syncing process.

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Read and write Auth0 data using SQL

You’ll connect to your database via Sequin’s Postgres Proxy, which lets you read from your synced tables as well as write to them. You can use any SQL client that works with Postgres.

Here’s an example of what your Auth0 tables might look like in your database:

db7hea89oah3tas=> \dt

                   List of relations
 Schema |           Name            | Type  |  Owner
--------+---------------------------+-------+----------
 public | _sync_cdc                 | table | sequin
 public | user                      | table | sequin
 public | role                      | table | sequin
 public | organization              | table | sequin
 public | email                     | table | sequin
 public | tenant                    | table | sequin
(6 rows)

You’ll see all the Auth0 objects you selected when setting up your sync are now tables in your database. You’ll also see a _sync_cdc table which Sequin uses to manage your sync.

Here’s what it looks like to query the user table:

select
    email,
    email_verified,
    username,
    phone_number,
    phone_verified,
    user_id,
    created_at,
    updated_at,
    last_login,
    logins_count
from
    user
where
    user_id = 'auth0|5457edea1b8f22891a000004';

Which returns a row that looks like:

-[ RECORD 1 ]---+-----------------------------
email           | paul.atreides@dune.com
email_verified  | f
username        | muaddib
phone_number    | +199912345678
phone_verified  | f
user_id         | auth0|5457edea1b8f22891a000004
created_at      | 2023-11-10T08:00:00.000Z
updated_at      | 2023-11-10T09:30:00.000Z
last_login      | 2023-11-10T11:45:00.000Z
logins_count    | 30

Writing back to Auth0 is as simple as writing a SQL query. For example, you can mark a user’s email as verified like this:

update user
set email_verified = true
where user_id = 'auth0|5457edea1b8f22891a000004';

Sequin will write this change to both Auth0 and your database at the same time.

If a write to Auth0 fails, Sequin will roll back the write to your database. For example, if you try to update a user’s email to an invalid email address, you’ll receive a Postgres error:

update user
set email = 'invalid-email'
where user_id = 'auth0|5457edea1b8f22891a000004';

ERROR: [Auth0] invalid input syntax for type email: "invalid-email"

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Next steps

Your Auth0 tables are now available as fully readable and writeable tables in your database. You can query for all your data using SQL, and mutate data thanks to Sequin’s Postgres Proxy. To build on this foundation, here are some next steps:

• Setup your ORM to work with your synced tables.
• Edit the Auth0 objects and properties you’re syncing at any time.
• Create views on your Auth0 data to tailor your schema to your needs.
• Invite your team to your Sequin account and start building!

If you need assistance setting up your sync, just send us a note. We’re around and eager to help.