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Authentication & Authorization with AI Assistance
13 min
What you will learn
- Implement authentication in Next.js using Auth.js (NextAuth.js v5)
- Protect API routes and pages with session checks
- Understand JWT vs. database session strategies and when to use each
- Use AI to review authentication code for security vulnerabilities
# Authentication & Authorization with AI Assistance
Setting Up Auth.js v5 (NextAuth.js)
Auth.js v5 is the standard authentication library for Next.js. Install and configure:
npm install next-auth@beta @auth/prisma-adapter// auth.ts (project root)
import NextAuth from "next-auth";
import GitHub from "next-auth/providers/github";
import Google from "next-auth/providers/google";
import { PrismaAdapter } from "@auth/prisma-adapter";
import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
export const { handlers, auth, signIn, signOut } = NextAuth({
adapter: PrismaAdapter(prisma),
providers: [
GitHub({
clientId: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET!,
}),
Google({
clientId: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET!,
}),
],
session: {
strategy: "jwt", // or "database"
},
callbacks: {
async session({ session, token }) {
if (token.sub) {
session.user.id = token.sub;
}
return session;
},
},
});// app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts
import { handlers } from "@/auth";
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What you'll learn:
- Implement authentication in Next.js using Auth.js (NextAuth.js v5)
- Protect API routes and pages with session checks
- Understand JWT vs. database session strategies and when to use each