NextAuth Setup

Welcome to the NextAuth setup section of CozyCommerce documentation. It offers a very simple way to add secure authentication to your e-commerce store. In this part, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of integrating NextAuth.js into your store. So, you can provide a simple, secure, and customizable authentication for your users.

NextAuth integration ensures a smooth user experience with powerful security features. Together with that, you can offer a variety of authentication methods like social login and custom credentials.

Setting Up NextAuth for Your Project

Before integrating Github and Google authentication, you must set up NextAuth for your project. And to set up the NextAuth, create a .env file in the root of your project first.

Then add NextAuth_SECRET and NextAuth_CLIENT to the .env file.

NEXTAUTH_SECRET=SECRET_KEY
NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000

NEXTAUTH_SECRET is just a random string. You can generate a random string using this command

openssl rand -base64 32

or you can go to this (opens in a new tab) URL it'll give you a unique string too.

The NEXTAUTH_URL for development is http://localhost:3000 (opens in a new tab) and for deployment it's the canonical URL of your site.

FAQs

• How do I configure NextAuth in CozyCommerce?

To configure the NextAuth into your CozyCommerce template, you have to install next-auth using npm or yarn. Then you have to create an API route in /page/api/authentication/[…nextauth] and configure the providers and callback options. However, ensure the environment variables like NEXTAUTH_SECRET