BETTER-AUTH. UI
Mutations

useIsUsernameAvailable

Check whether a username is free to claim.

This operation is a mutation because a user action starts it. Typical actions include a debounced input change or form submission.

data is typed as { available: boolean; message: string | null }.

Usage

import { authClient } from "@/lib/auth-client"
import { useIsUsernameAvailable } from "@better-auth-ui/react/plugins/username"

const { mutateAsync: checkUsername, data } = useIsUsernameAvailable(authClient)

const result = await checkUsername({ username: "alice" })
// result.available -> boolean

useIsUsernameAvailable requires the Better Auth username plugin. Import your configured authClient. It already carries the plugin methods from createAuthClient.

Options factory

import { isUsernameAvailableOptions } from "@better-auth-ui/core/plugins/username"
import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query"

const { mutate } = useMutation(isUsernameAvailableOptions(authClient))

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