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NextAuth.js

Authentication for Next.js

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Easy

Easy

  • Built in support for popular services
    (Google, Facebook, Auth0, Apple…)
  • Built in email / passwordless / magic link
  • Use with any username / password store
  • Use with OAuth 1.0 & 2.0 services
Flexible

Flexible

  • Built for Serverless, runs anywhere
  • Bring Your Own Database - or none!
    (MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, MongoDB…)
  • Choose database sessions or JWT
  • Secure web pages and API routes
Secure

Secure

  • Signed, prefixed, server-only cookies
  • HTTP POST + CSRF Token validation
  • JWT with JWS / JWE / JWK
  • Tab syncing, auto-revalidation, keepalives
  • Doesn't rely on client side JavaScript

Add authentication in minutes!

Server /pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js

import NextAuth from 'next-auth'
import AppleProvider from 'next-auth/providers/apple'
import FacebookProvider from 'next-auth/providers/facebook'
import GoogleProvider from 'next-auth/providers/google'
import EmailProvider from 'next-auth/providers/email'

export default NextAuth({
providers: [
// OAuth authentication providers...
AppleProvider({
clientId: process.env.APPLE_ID,
clientSecret: process.env.APPLE_SECRET
}),
FacebookProvider({
clientId: process.env.FACEBOOK_ID,
clientSecret: process.env.FACEBOOK_SECRET
}),
GoogleProvider({
clientId: process.env.GOOGLE_ID,
clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_SECRET
}),
// Passwordless / email sign in
EmailProvider({
server: process.env.MAIL_SERVER,
from: 'NextAuth.js <no-reply@example.com>'
}),
]
})

Client (App) /pages/_app.jsx

import { SessionProvider } from "next-auth/react"

export default function App({
Component, pageProps: { session, ...pageProps }
}) {
return (
<SessionProvider session={session}>
<Component {...pageProps}/>
</SessionProvider>
)
}

Client (Page) /pages/index.js

import { useSession, signIn, signOut } from "next-auth/react"

export default function Component() {
const { data: session } = useSession()
if(session) {
return <>
Signed in as {session.user.email} <br/>
<button onClick={() => signOut()}>Sign out</button>
</>
}
return <>
Not signed in <br/>
<button onClick={() => signIn()}>Sign in</button>
</>
}

NextAuth.js is an open source community project.