next-iron-session
Example application using This example creates an authentication system that uses a signed and encrypted cookie to store session data. It relies on next-iron-session
.
It uses current best practices for authentication in the Next.js ecosystem.
Features:
- Static Generation (SG), recommended example
- Server-side Rendering (SSR) example in case you need it
- Logged in status synchronized between browser windows/tabs using
withUser
hook andswr
module - Layout based on the user's logged-in/out status
- Session data is signed and encrypted in a cookie
next-iron-session
also supports:
- Express / Connect middlewares
- Multiple encryption keys (password) to allow for seamless updates or just password rotation
Online demo at https://next-iron-session.now.sh/ đź‘€
Deploy your own
Deploy the example using Vercel:
How to use
create-next-app
Using Execute create-next-app
with npm or Yarn to bootstrap the example:
npx create-next-app --example with-iron-session with-iron-session-app
# or
yarn create next-app --example with-iron-session with-iron-session-app
Download manually
Download the example:
curl https://codeload.github.com/vercel/next.js/tar.gz/canary | tar -xz --strip=2 next.js-canary/examples/with-iron-session
cd with-iron-session
Install it and run:
npm install
npm run dev
# or
yarn
yarn dev
Deploy it to the cloud with Vercel (Documentation).