Theo's Typesafe Cult•3y ago

A very basic thing that can not be done right using NextAuth?

I have an app that uses DB sessions. I've got an /admin route that I want to protect using a Next.js middleware by checking the user's role, but I can't do this because I don't have access to 'user' obj. How can I do this right without having to copy-paste a block of getServerSideProps?

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cje•3y ago

middleware runs on the server so you have access to the server session https://next-auth.js.org/tutorials/securing-pages-and-api-routes#securing-api-routes

Securing pages and API routes | NextAuth.js

You can easily protect client and server side rendered pages and API routes with NextAuth.js.

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

You can't access the session in middleware.ts i need to correct myself, I'm trying to protect admin pages not api routes api routes are protected by tRPC anyways

cje•3y ago

Oh then I misunderstood

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

Yeah I apologize

cje•3y ago

Depending on your needs, you might be able to use a shared layout Put a hook in it that checks for a role, and a component that doesn’t render children unless that role exists

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

And redirect instead to a 404 also right?

cje•3y ago

Sure

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

that's a great idea thank you

cje•3y ago

Or just render “you’re not allowed to see this”

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

yeah correct

cje•3y ago

Either one is fine, depends what fits best with your project as a whole I guess

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

Thanks 🙂 So I did this, in the shared layout I called useSession and checked for session.user.role === 'ADMIN' in a useEffect that runs on mount. But the issue is that for the first second session.user is null so it will not satisfy the condition

cje•3y ago

Where is your data coming from? I would do like const isAuthed = useSomeHook And then if (!isAuthed) don’t render anything

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

I need the data that's in the nextauth session specifically the role that i store in the user object

cje•3y ago

No I mean like the data that is displayed on the page Make the fetching of that conditional Only fetches if user is airbed Authed

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

for anyone seeing this in the future, I think this is the best solution (inside a custom layout - for example if you have a layout for /admin/* pages)

  const { data: session, status } = useSession();
  const router = useRouter();

  if (
    status !== "loading" &&
    session &&
    session.user &&
    session.user.role !== "ADMIN"
  ) {
    router.push("/404");
  }

  if (status === "loading") {
    return <div>Loading...</div>;
  }

  const { data: session, status } = useSession();
  const router = useRouter();

  if (
    status !== "loading" &&
    session &&
    session.user &&
    session.user.role !== "ADMIN"
  ) {
    router.push("/404");
  }

  if (status === "loading") {
    return <div>Loading...</div>;
  }

Ambushfall•3y ago

@hyperzone Sorry to bother you, however this is not auth related, it's authorization related. And Authorization isn't and will not be handled by NextAuth. (At the least for the time being - it's handled by the Oauth providers or you) Also for the code was it not easier to write?

status !== "loading" && session?.user?.role !== "ADMIN" ? router.push("/404") : false

status !== "loading" && session?.user?.role !== "ADMIN" ? router.push("/404") : false

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

How asking about the behavior of the useSession hook that NextAuth provides isn't related to NextAuth?

Ambushfall•3y ago

You've originally asked about Next.js middleware, which is the correct direction, and mentioned that you cannot do it as you have no Context or Session, I've noted that this isn't usually handled through NextAuth, rather by other middleware, that is all. Your question's title was pertaining to NextAuth, while it is possible to authorize via NextAuth, it's not usually done in such a way, it can be done to keep things simple however, but the title indicated as if NextAuth was not working in some way, which just isn't true. Or the very least, that's how I had perceived it, and chimed in on a note to help clarify things, hope you didn't misunderstand me : 3

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

I really don't understand how your comments benefit this conversation? NextAuth, like stated in their docs, doesn't give you access to the session in middleware.ts because of reasons and I needed a solution to let me achieve something similar to thata

Ambushfall•3y ago

Questions exist to be answered, and when someone isn't sure of what they're asking about, I'm quite free to chime in and fill in the blanks or add additional information that I find relevant to the topic. As each of my comments are quite relevant to what you were asking. I've also made sure to add beneficial shortening of code with an example. It's not all about getting something, it's mostly about understanding and learning, sharing knowledge. Middleware provides an example of this within their docs:

import { withAuth } from "next-auth/middleware"

export default withAuth(
  // `withAuth` augments your `Request` with the user's token.
  function middleware(req) {
    console.log(req.nextauth.token)
  },
  {
    callbacks: {
      authorized: ({ token }) => token?.role === "admin",
    },
  }
)

export const config = { matcher: ["/admin"] }

import { withAuth } from "next-auth/middleware"

export default withAuth(
  // `withAuth` augments your `Request` with the user's token.
  function middleware(req) {
    console.log(req.nextauth.token)
  },
  {
    callbacks: {
      authorized: ({ token }) => token?.role === "admin",
    },
  }
)

export const config = { matcher: ["/admin"] }

I don't think it's necessary to act in such a way when you're reaching out for help.

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

I know exactly what I'm asking about and you're acting weird If you would read the question you'd see that I asked about DB sessions, and the example you provided is related to jwts and if you'd read the docs, you'd see they clearly state that

Ambushfall•3y ago

Yes, it's used for JWT as NextAuth has no way of accessing the DB or the User yet. Which is why I've mentioned you can use other middleware for this, or authorize it manually by doing what you've done already.

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

None of your comments is relevant to this question, you didn't even read it and you provide incorrect information so stop commenting on this already, we literally resolved this yesterday there is valuable information that is buried already because of your irrelevant comments

Ambushfall•3y ago

You're trying to authorize with an authentication middleware. Authorization is done by you, in any way you like as you structure your own database and your own App logic. NextAuth for all of it's intents and purposes should not have anything to do with DB Authorization strategies. Your question was regarding auth, not authorization. I've read your question, but the question itself made no sense to me so I guessed you have no clue what you're going on about, and why would you be asking these things? It's literally just up to you how you authorize. Learn to be polite.

Ambushfall•3y ago

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hyperzoneOP•3y ago

THE QUESTION MAKES PERFECT SENSE AND WAS RESOLVED YESTERDAY You copy pasting code from docs does not help in any way Pretentious and wrong, worst combination Why do you chime in to every thread mentioning NextAuth with "This is related to authorization, not auth, please delete the NextAuth flag"????? this is straight up weird

Ambushfall•3y ago

My understanding of authorization might be flawed, but I chimed in as from my perspective, Authorizing should be done by you in a custom way specifically for your app, I don't think NextAuth should have any say in that. All I'm trying to do is help out, that's about it.

hyperzoneOP•3y ago

If you want to help, read the question and don't chime in and tell people they're wrong and don't understand what they're asking about, when it's you who doesn't understand

Ambushfall•3y ago

My bad for misunderstanding, were you able to solve the previous questions you've asked as well? Routing after Auth, etc.

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