jameszh / aws-cognito-example

Basic usage of amazon-cognito-identity with modern javascript tooling

aws-cognito-example

Basic usage of amazon-cognito-identity with modern javascript tooling, react, and the npm ecosystem.

You can use it as a boilerplate for your next kickass AWS-based ES6 serverless react/redux site.

getting started

• configure
• npm install to install dependencies
• npm start to start a development webserver
• npm run build to create an optimized static site, ready for deployment, in webroot/.

configuration

Make a .env file that looks like this:

AWS_REGION=us-west-2
AWS_IDENTITYPOOL=us-west-2_BADWOLFBADWOLF
AWS_CLIENTAPP=badwolfbadwolfbadwolfbadwo

1. Create an app for your user pool. Note that the generate client secret box must be unchecked because the JavaScript SDK doesn't support apps that have a client secret.
2. Set the above variables from your AWS console, under Cognito User Pools, replacing the Doctor Who reference with your own stuff.
3. Install all the dependencies with npm install
4. Run the app with npm start, and click the links.
5. Once you get your app working the way you want, run npm run build and deploy the webroot/ folder on any static webhost (like S3 or whatever.)