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3. Exposing Auth APIs

We will add all the backend APIs for auth on /.netlify/functions/auth/*. This can be changed by setting the apiBasePath property in the appInfo object on the backend and frontend. For the rest of this page, we will assume you are using /.netlify/functions/auth/*.

1) Create the netlify/functions/auth.js page#

  • Be sure to create the netlify/functions/ folder.
  • An example of this can be found here.
netlify/functions/auth.ts
import supertokens from "supertokens-node";
import { middleware } from "supertokens-node/framework/awsLambda";
import middy from "@middy/core";
import cors from "@middy/http-cors";
import { getBackendConfig } from "../../config/supertokensConfig";

supertokens.init(getBackendConfig());

module.exports.handler = middy(middleware(async (event, context) => {
if (event.httpMethod === "OPTIONS") {
return {
statusCode: 200,
body: ""
}
}

return {
statusCode: 404,
body: "Not Found",
}
})).use(
cors({
origin: getBackendConfig().appInfo.websiteDomain,
credentials: true,
headers: ["Content-Type", ...supertokens.getAllCORSHeaders()].join(", "),
methods: "OPTIONS,POST,GET,PUT,DELETE",
})
).onError(request => {
throw request.error;
});
important
  • Notice that we called supertokens.init above. We will need to call this in all API endpoints that use any functions related to supertokens.
  • CORS is only needed if you are hosting your frontend using a separate domain (if your website domain is different that your API's domain).

3) Use the login widget#

If you are now able to sign in or sign up, this means the backend setup is done correctly! If not, please feel free to ask questions on Discord