Generate authentication options: How can I get the user?

[samirspatel]

For the endpoints /generate-authentication-options and /verify-authentication, how can I get the user when they have not logged in yet? I thought the whole point was to allow the passkey to automatically sign the user in once they have registered.

https://github.com/MasterKale/SimpleWebAuthn/blob/master/example/index.ts#L220

@MasterKale Can you please elaborate how this loggedInUserId is to be retrieved when they have not yet logged in?

[MasterKale]

I'm not sure if you found previous conversations around this topic, but just in case it's still unclear I think this section of the docs might help explain things:

https://simplewebauthn.dev/docs/advanced/passkeys#remembering-challenges

If it's still not clear then please let me know how so I can unblock you and clarify the docs 😀