diff --git a/helpers/discordAuth.test.js b/helpers/discordAuth.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dca66c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/discordAuth.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+jest.mock('node-fetch')
+jest.mock('prisma')
+import fetch from 'node-fetch'
+import prisma from '../prisma'
+import { URLSearchParams } from 'url'
+
+import {
+  getTokenFromAuthCode,
+  getUserInfoFromRefreshToken
+} from './discordAuth'
+
+describe('getTokenFromAuthCode function', () => {
+  test('fetch should be called once', async () => {
+    fetch.mockResolvedValue({ json: () => {} })
+    const mockRefreshToken = await getTokenFromAuthCode('123')
+
+    expect(fetch.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(
+      'https://discordapp.com/api/oauth2/token'
+    )
+    expect(fetch.mock.calls[0][1]).toEqual({
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8'
+      },
+      body: new URLSearchParams({
+        grant_type: 'authorization_code',
+        client_id: undefined,
+        client_secret: undefined,
+        code: '123',
+        redirect_uri: 'https://c0d3.com/discord/redir',
+        scope: 'email guilds.join gdm.join identify'
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe('getUserInfoFromRefreshToken function', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+    prisma.user.update = jest.fn()
+  })
+  it('should call the correct functions and update refresh token in database and return the correct object if refresh token valid', async () => {
+    fetch.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      json: () => ({
+        refresh_token: 'fakeRefreshToken',
+        access_token: 'fakeAccessToken'
+      })
+    })
+    fetch.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      json: () => ({
+        id: 'discord123',
+        username: 'discord-fakeuser',
+        avatar: 'ea8f5f59aff14450e892321ba128745d'
+      })
+    })
+    const result = await getUserInfoFromRefreshToken(123, 'mockRefreshToken')
+
+    expect(fetch.mock.calls.length).toBe(2)
+
+    // first fetch function call
+    expect(fetch.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(
+      'https://discordapp.com/api/oauth2/token'
+    )
+    expect(fetch.mock.calls[0][1]).toEqual({
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8'
+      },
+      body: new URLSearchParams({
+        client_id: undefined,
+        client_secret: undefined,
+        grant_type: 'refresh_token',
+        refresh_token: 'mockRefreshToken'
+      })
+    })
+
+    // second fetch function call
+    expect(fetch.mock.calls[1][0]).toBe('https://discordapp.com/api/users/@me')
+    expect(fetch.mock.calls[1][1]).toEqual({
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: {
+        'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8',
+        Authorization: 'Bearer fakeAccessToken'
+      }
+    })
+
+    // database call
+    expect(prisma.user.update.mock.calls.length).toBe(1)
+    expect(prisma.user.update.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({
+      where: {
+        id: 123
+      },
+      data: {
+        discordRefreshToken: 'fakeRefreshToken'
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      userId: 'discord123',
+      username: 'discord-fakeuser',
+      avatarUrl:
+        'https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/discord123/ea8f5f59aff14450e892321ba128745d.png',
+      refreshToken: 'fakeRefreshToken'
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should throw error and update database with empty string if refresh token invalid', async () => {
+    fetch.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      json: () => ({})
+    })
+    try {
+      const result = await getUserInfoFromRefreshToken(
+        123,
+        'invalidRefreshToken'
+      )
+      expect(false).toEqual(true) // force test to fail
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect(error.message).toBe('refresh token invalid')
+    }
+
+    expect(fetch.mock.calls.length).toBe(1)
+    expect(prisma.user.update.mock.calls.length).toBe(1)
+    expect(prisma.user.update.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({
+      where: {
+        id: 123
+      },
+      data: {
+        discordRefreshToken: ''
+      }
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/helpers/discordAuth.ts b/helpers/discordAuth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1916c945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/discordAuth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import prisma from '../prisma'
+import { URLSearchParams } from 'url'
+import { User } from '.prisma/client'
+import fetch from 'node-fetch'
+
+const discordAPI = 'https://discordapp.com/api'
+const client_id = process.env.DISCORD_KEY
+const client_secret = process.env.DISCORD_SECRET
+
+type AccessTokenResponse = {
+  access_token: string
+  token_type: string
+  expires_in: number
+  refresh_token: string
+  scope: string
+}
+
+type UserInfoResponse = {
+  id: string
+  username: string
+  avatar: string
+  discriminator: string
+  public_flags: number
+  locale: string
+  mfa_enabled: boolean
+  email: string
+  verified: boolean
+}
+
+type DiscordUserInfo = {
+  userId: string
+  username: string
+  avatarUrl: string
+  refreshToken: string
+}
+
+export const getTokenFromAuthCode = (
+  code: string
+): Promise<AccessTokenResponse> => {
+  return fetch(`${discordAPI}/oauth2/token`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8'
+    },
+    body: new URLSearchParams({
+      grant_type: 'authorization_code',
+      client_id,
+      client_secret,
+      code,
+      redirect_uri: 'https://c0d3.com/discord/redir',
+      scope: 'email guilds.join gdm.join identify'
+    })
+  }).then(r => r.json())
+}
+
+const getTokenFromRefreshToken = (
+  refresh_token: string
+): Promise<AccessTokenResponse> => {
+  return fetch(`${discordAPI}/oauth2/token`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8'
+    },
+    body: new URLSearchParams({
+      client_id,
+      client_secret,
+      grant_type: 'refresh_token',
+      refresh_token
+    })
+  }).then(r => r.json())
+}
+
+const getUserInfo = (accessToken: string): Promise<UserInfoResponse> => {
+  return fetch(`${discordAPI}/users/@me`, {
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: {
+      'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8',
+      Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`
+    }
+  }).then(r => r.json())
+}
+
+const updateUserRefreshToken = (
+  userId: number,
+  refreshToken: string
+): Promise<User> => {
+  return prisma.user.update({
+    where: {
+      id: userId
+    },
+    data: {
+      discordRefreshToken: refreshToken
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+export const getUserInfoFromRefreshToken = async (
+  userId: number,
+  refreshToken: string
+): Promise<DiscordUserInfo> => {
+  const tokenResponse = await getTokenFromRefreshToken(refreshToken)
+  const updatedRefreshToken = tokenResponse.refresh_token || ''
+  // if updatedRefreshToken is undefined, empty string is stored in db to remove invalid refresh tokens
+  await updateUserRefreshToken(userId, updatedRefreshToken)
+
+  if (!updatedRefreshToken) throw new Error('refresh token invalid')
+
+  const { id, username, avatar } = await getUserInfo(tokenResponse.access_token)
+
+  return {
+    userId: id,
+    username,
+    avatarUrl: `https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/${id}/${avatar}.png`,
+    refreshToken: updatedRefreshToken
+  }
+}
diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20210609140541_adds_refresh_token_to_user/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20210609140541_adds_refresh_token_to_user/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17bde5dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20210609140541_adds_refresh_token_to_user/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "users" ADD COLUMN     "discordRefreshToken" VARCHAR(255);
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 71f7c777b..1064f1dfc 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ model User {
   cliToken               String?      @db.VarChar(255)
   emailVerificationToken String?      @db.VarChar(255)
   tokenExpiration        DateTime?    @db.Timestamptz(6)
+  discordRefreshToken    String?      @db.VarChar(255)
   starsMentor            Star[]       @relation("starMentor")
   starsGiven             Star[]       @relation("starStudent")
   submissionsReviewed    Submission[] @relation("userReviewedSubmissions")