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import { AuthMethodsGrid } from "@site/src/components/AuthMethodsGrid"; import { Required } from "@site/src/components/Required";
Auth is an essential piece of any serious application. Coincidentally, Wasp provides authentication and authorization support out of the box.
Here's a 1-minute tour of how full-stack auth works in Wasp:
Enabling auth for your app is optional and can be done by configuring the auth
field of the app
declaration.
app MyApp {
title: "My app",
//...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
externalAuthEntity: SocialLogin,
methods: {
usernameAndPassword: {}, // use this or email, not both
email: {}, // use this or usernameAndPassword, not both
google: {},
gitHub: {},
},
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: "/someRoute"
}
}
//...
app MyApp {
title: "My app",
//...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
externalAuthEntity: SocialLogin,
methods: {
usernameAndPassword: {}, // use this or email, not both
email: {}, // use this or usernameAndPassword, not both
google: {},
gitHub: {},
},
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: "/someRoute"
}
}
//...
Read more about the auth
field options in the API Reference section.
We will provide a quick overview of auth in Wasp and link to more detailed documentation for each auth method.
Available auth methods
Wasp supports the following auth methods:
Let's say we enabled the Username & password authentication.
We get an auth backend with signup and login endpoints. We also get the user
object in our Operations and we can decide what to do based on whether the user is logged in or not.
We would also get the Auth UI generated for us. We can set up our login and signup pages where our users can create their account and login. We can then protect certain pages by setting authRequired: true
for them. This will make sure that only logged-in users can access them.
We will also have access to the user
object in our frontend code, so we can show different UI to logged-in and logged-out users. For example, we can show the user's name in the header alongside a logout button or a login button if the user is not logged in.
Protecting a page with authRequired
When declaring a page, you can set the authRequired
property.
If you set it to true
, only authenticated users can access the page. Unauthenticated users are redirected to a route defined by the app.auth.onAuthFailedRedirectTo
field.
page MainPage {
component: import Main from "@client/pages/Main.jsx",
authRequired: true
}
page MainPage {
component: import Main from "@client/pages/Main.tsx",
authRequired: true
}
:::caution Requires auth method
You can only use authRequired
if your app uses one of the available auth methods.
:::
If authRequired
is set to true
, the page's React component (specified by the component
property) receives the user
object as a prop. Read more about the user
object in the Accessing the logged-in user section.
Logout action
We provide an action for logging out the user. Here's how you can use it:
import logout from '@wasp/auth/logout'
const LogoutButton = () => {
return <button onClick={logout}>Logout</button>
}
import logout from '@wasp/auth/logout'
const LogoutButton = () => {
return <button onClick={logout}>Logout</button>
}
Accessing the logged-in user
You can get access to the user
object both in the backend and on the frontend.
On the client
There are two ways to access the user
object on the client:
- the
user
prop - the
useAuth
hook
Using the user
prop
If the page's declaration sets authRequired
to true
, the page's React component receives the user
object as a prop:
// ...
page AccountPage {
component: import Account from "@client/pages/Account.jsx",
authRequired: true
}
import Button from './Button'
import logout from '@wasp/auth/logout'
const AccountPage = ({ user }) => {
return (
<div>
<Button onClick={logout}>Logout</Button>
{JSON.stringify(user, null, 2)}
</div>
)
}
export default AccountPage
// ...
page AccountPage {
component: import Account from "@client/pages/Account.tsx",
authRequired: true
}
import type { User } from '@wasp/entities'
import Button from './Button'
import logout from '@wasp/auth/logout'
const AccountPage = ({ user }: { user: User }) => {
return (
<div>
<Button onClick={logout}>Logout</Button>
{JSON.stringify(user, null, 2)}
</div>
)
}
export default AccountPage
Using the useAuth
hook
Wasp provides a React hook you can use in the client components - useAuth
.
This hook is a thin wrapper over Wasp's useQuery
hook and returns data in the same format.
import useAuth from '@wasp/auth/useAuth'
import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
import logout from '@wasp/auth/logout'
import Todo from '../Todo'
export function Main() {
const { data: user } = useAuth()
if (!user) {
return (
<span>
Please <Link to="/login">login</Link> or{' '}
<Link to="/signup">sign up</Link>.
</span>
)
} else {
return (
<>
<button onClick={logout}>Logout</button>
<Todo />
</>
)
}
}
import useAuth from '@wasp/auth/useAuth'
import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
import logout from '@wasp/auth/logout'
import Todo from '../Todo'
export function Main() {
const { data: user } = useAuth()
if (!user) {
return (
<span>
Please <Link to='/login'>login</Link> or <Link to='/signup'>sign up</Link>.
</span>
)
} else {
return (
<>
<button onClick={logout}>Logout</button>
<Todo />
< />
)
}
}
:::tip
Since the user
prop is only available in a page's React component: use the user
prop in the page's React component and the useAuth
hook in any other React component.
:::
On the server
Using the context.user
object
When authentication is enabled, all queries and actions have access to the user
object through the context
argument. context.user
contains all User entity's fields, except for the password.
import HttpError from '@wasp/core/HttpError.js'
export const createTask = async (task, context) => {
if (!context.user) {
throw new HttpError(403)
}
const Task = context.entities.Task
return Task.create({
data: {
description: task.description,
user: {
connect: { id: context.user.id },
},
},
})
}
import type { Task } from '@wasp/entities'
import type { CreateTask } from '@wasp/actions/types'
import HttpError from '@wasp/core/HttpError.js'
type CreateTaskPayload = Pick<Task, 'description'>
export const createTask: CreateTask<CreateTaskPayload, Task> = async (
args,
context
) => {
if (!context.user) {
throw new HttpError(403)
}
const Task = context.entities.Task
return Task.create({
data: {
description: args.description,
user: {
connect: { id: context.user.id },
},
},
})
}
To implement access control in your app, each operation must check context.user
and decide what to do. For example, if context.user
is undefined
inside a private operation, the user's access should be denied.
When using WebSockets, the user
object is also available on the socket.data
object. Read more in the WebSockets section.
User entity
Password hashing
You don't need to worry about hashing the password yourself. Even when directly using the Prisma client and calling create()
with a plain-text password, Wasp's middleware makes sure to hash the password before storing it in the database.
For example, if you need to update a user's password, you can safely use the Prisma client to do so, e.g., inside an Action:
export const updatePassword = async (args, context) => {
return context.entities.User.update({
where: { id: args.userId },
data: {
password: 'New pwd which will be hashed automatically!',
},
})
}
import type { UpdatePassword } from '@wasp/actions/types'
import type { User } from '@wasp/entities'
type UpdatePasswordPayload = {
userId: User['id']
}
export const updatePassword: UpdatePassword<
UpdatePasswordPayload,
User
> = async (args, context) => {
return context.entities.User.update({
where: { id: args.userId },
data: {
password: 'New pwd which will be hashed automatically!',
},
})
}
Default validations
Wasp includes several basic validation mechanisms. If you need something extra, the next section shows how to customize them.
Default validations depend on the auth method you use.
Username & password
If you use Username & password authentication, the default validations are:
- The
username
must not be empty - The
password
must not be empty, have at least 8 characters, and contain a number
Note that username
s are stored in a case-sensitive manner.
If you use Email authentication, the default validations are:
- The
email
must not be empty and a valid email address - The
password
must not be empty, have at least 8 characters, and contain a number
Note that email
s are stored in a case-insensitive manner.
Customizing validations
:::note You can only disable the default validation for Username & password authentication, but you can add custom validations can to both Username & password and Email auth methods.
This is a bug in Wasp that is being tracked here :::
To disable/enable default validations, or add your own, modify your custom signup function:
const newUser = context.entities.User.create({
data: {
username: args.username,
password: args.password, // password hashed automatically by Wasp! 🐝
},
_waspSkipDefaultValidations: false, // can be omitted if false (default), or explicitly set to true
_waspCustomValidations: [
{
validates: 'password',
message: 'password must contain an uppercase letter',
validator: (password) => /[A-Z]/.test(password),
},
],
})
const newUser = context.entities.User.create({
data: {
username: args.username,
password: args.password, // password hashed automatically by Wasp! 🐝
},
_waspSkipDefaultValidations: false, // can be omitted if false (default), or explicitly set to true
_waspCustomValidations: [
{
validates: 'password',
message: 'password must contain an uppercase letter',
validator: (password) => /[A-Z]/.test(password),
},
],
})
:::info
Validations always run on create()
.
For update()
, they only run when the field mentioned in validates
is present.
The validation process stops on the first validator
to return false. If enabled, default validations run first and then custom validations.
:::
Validation Error Handling
When creating, updating, or deleting entities, you may wish to handle validation errors. Wasp exposes a class called AuthError
for this purpose.
try {
await context.entities.User.update(...)
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof AuthError) {
throw new HttpError(422, 'Validation failed', { message: e.message })
} else {
throw e
}
}
try {
await context.entities.User.update(...)
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof AuthError) {
throw new HttpError(422, 'Validation failed', { message: e.message })
} else {
throw e
}
}
Customizing the Signup Process
Sometimes you want to include extra fields in your signup process, like first name and last name.
In Wasp, in this case:
- you need to define the fields that you want saved in the database,
- you need to customize the
SignupForm
.
Other times, you might need to just add some extra UI elements to the form, like a checkbox for terms of service. In this case, customizing only the UI components is enough.
Let's see how to do both.
1. Defining Extra Fields
If we want to save some extra fields in our signup process, we need to tell our app they exist.
We do that by defining an object where the keys represent the field name, and the values are functions that receive the data sent from the client* and return the value of the field.
* We exclude the password
field from this object to prevent it from being saved as plain-text in the database. The password
field is handled by Wasp's auth backend.
First, we add the auth.signup.additionalFields
field in our main.wasp
file:
app crudTesting {
// ...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
methods: {
usernameAndPassword: {},
},
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: "/login",
signup: {
additionalFields: import { fields } from "@server/auth/signup.js",
},
},
}
entity User {=psl
id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
username String @unique
password String
address String?
psl=}
Then we'll define and export the fields
object from the server/auth/signup.js
file:
import { defineAdditionalSignupFields } from '@wasp/auth/index.js'
export const fields = defineAdditionalSignupFields({
address: async (data) => {
const address = data.address
if (typeof address !== 'string') {
throw new Error('Address is required')
}
if (address.length < 5) {
throw new Error('Address must be at least 5 characters long')
}
return address
},
})
app crudTesting {
// ...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
methods: {
usernameAndPassword: {},
},
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: "/login",
signup: {
additionalFields: import { fields } from "@server/auth/signup.js",
},
},
}
entity User {=psl
id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
username String @unique
password String
address String?
psl=}
Then we'll export the fields
object from the server/auth/signup.ts
file:
import { defineAdditionalSignupFields } from '@wasp/auth/index.js'
export const fields = defineAdditionalSignupFields({
address: async (data) => {
const address = data.address
if (typeof address !== 'string') {
throw new Error('Address is required')
}
if (address.length < 5) {
throw new Error('Address must be at least 5 characters long')
}
return address
},
})
Read more about the fields
object in the API Reference.
Keep in mind, that these field names need to exist on the userEntity
you defined in your main.wasp
file e.g. address
needs to be a field on the User
entity.
The field function will receive the data sent from the client and it needs to return the value that will be saved into the database. If the field is invalid, the function should throw an error.
:::info Using Validation Libraries
You can use any validation library you want to validate the fields. For example, you can use zod
like this:
Click to see the code
import { defineAdditionalSignupFields } from '@wasp/auth/index.js'
import * as z from 'zod'
export const fields = defineAdditionalSignupFields({
address: (data) => {
const AddressSchema = z
.string({
required_error: 'Address is required',
invalid_type_error: 'Address must be a string',
})
.min(10, 'Address must be at least 10 characters long')
const result = AddressSchema.safeParse(data.address)
if (result.success === false) {
throw new Error(result.error.issues[0].message)
}
return result.data
},
})
import { defineAdditionalSignupFields } from '@wasp/auth/index.js'
import * as z from 'zod'
export const fields = defineAdditionalSignupFields({
address: (data) => {
const AddressSchema = z
.string({
required_error: 'Address is required',
invalid_type_error: 'Address must be a string',
})
.min(10, 'Address must be at least 10 characters long')
const result = AddressSchema.safeParse(data.address)
if (result.success === false) {
throw new Error(result.error.issues[0].message)
}
return result.data
},
})
:::
Now that we defined the fields, Wasp knows how to:
- Validate the data sent from the client
- Save the data to the database
Next, let's see how to customize Auth UI to include those fields.
2. Customizing the Signup Component
:::tip Using Custom Signup Component
If you are not using Wasp's Auth UI, you can skip this section. Just make sure to include the extra fields in your custom signup form.
Read more about using the signup actions for:
If you are using Wasp's Auth UI, you can customize the SignupForm
component by passing the additionalFields
prop to it. It can be either a list of extra fields or a render function.
Using a List of Extra Fields
When you pass in a list of extra fields to the SignupForm
, they are added to the form one by one, in the order you pass them in.
Inside the list, there can be either objects or render functions (you can combine them):
- Objects are a simple way to describe new fields you need, but a bit less flexible than render functions.
- Render functions can be used to render any UI you want, but they require a bit more code. The render functions receive the
react-hook-form
object and the form state object as arguments.
import { SignupForm } from '@wasp/auth/forms/Signup'
import {
FormError,
FormInput,
FormItemGroup,
FormLabel,
} from '@wasp/auth/forms/internal/Form'
export const SignupPage = () => {
return (
<SignupForm
additionalFields={[
/* The address field is defined using an object */
{
name: 'address',
label: 'Address',
type: 'input',
validations: {
required: 'Address is required',
},
},
/* The phone number is defined using a render function */
(form, state) => {
return (
<FormItemGroup>
<FormLabel>Phone Number</FormLabel>
<FormInput
{...form.register('phoneNumber', {
required: 'Phone number is required',
})}
disabled={state.isLoading}
/>
{form.formState.errors.phoneNumber && (
<FormError>
{form.formState.errors.phoneNumber.message}
</FormError>
)}
</FormItemGroup>
)
},
]}
/>
)
}
import { SignupForm } from '@wasp/auth/forms/Signup'
import {
FormError,
FormInput,
FormItemGroup,
FormLabel,
} from '@wasp/auth/forms/internal/Form'
export const SignupPage = () => {
return (
<SignupForm
additionalFields={[
/* The address field is defined using an object */
{
name: 'address',
label: 'Address',
type: 'input',
validations: {
required: 'Address is required',
},
},
/* The phone number is defined using a render function */
(form, state) => {
return (
<FormItemGroup>
<FormLabel>Phone Number</FormLabel>
<FormInput
{...form.register('phoneNumber', {
required: 'Phone number is required',
})}
disabled={state.isLoading}
/>
{form.formState.errors.phoneNumber && (
<FormError>
{form.formState.errors.phoneNumber.message}
</FormError>
)}
</FormItemGroup>
)
},
]}
/>
)
}
Read more about the extra fields in the API Reference.
Using a Single Render Function
Instead of passing in a list of extra fields, you can pass in a render function which will receive the react-hook-form
object and the form state object as arguments. What ever the render function returns, will be rendered below the default fields.
import { SignupForm } from '@wasp/auth/forms/Signup'
import { FormItemGroup } from '@wasp/auth/forms/internal/Form'
export const SignupPage = () => {
return (
<SignupForm
additionalFields={(form, state) => {
const username = form.watch('username')
return (
username && (
<FormItemGroup>
Hello there <strong>{username}</strong> 👋
</FormItemGroup>
)
)
}}
/>
)
}
import { SignupForm } from '@wasp/auth/forms/Signup'
import { FormItemGroup } from '@wasp/auth/forms/internal/Form'
export const SignupPage = () => {
return (
<SignupForm
additionalFields={(form, state) => {
const username = form.watch('username')
return (
username && (
<FormItemGroup>
Hello there <strong>{username}</strong> 👋
</FormItemGroup>
)
)
}}
/>
)
}
Read more about the render function in the API Reference.
API Reference
Auth Fields
title: "My app",
//...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
externalAuthEntity: SocialLogin,
methods: {
usernameAndPassword: {}, // use this or email, not both
email: {}, // use this or usernameAndPassword, not both
google: {},
gitHub: {},
},
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: "/someRoute",
signup: { ... }
}
}
//...
app MyApp {
title: "My app",
//...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
externalAuthEntity: SocialLogin,
methods: {
usernameAndPassword: {}, // use this or email, not both
email: {}, // use this or usernameAndPassword, not both
google: {},
gitHub: {},
},
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: "/someRoute",
signup: { ... }
}
}
//...
app.auth
is a dictionary with the following fields:
userEntity: entity
The entity representing the user. Its mandatory fields depend on your chosen auth method.
externalAuthEntity: entity
Wasp requires you to set the field auth.externalAuthEntity
for all authentication methods relying on an external authorizatino provider (e.g., Google). You also need to tweak the Entity referenced by auth.userEntity
, as shown below.
//...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
externalAuthEntity: SocialLogin,
//...
entity User {=psl
id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
//...
externalAuthAssociations SocialLogin[]
psl=}
entity SocialLogin {=psl
id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
provider String
providerId String
user User @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
userId Int
createdAt DateTime @default(now())
@@unique([provider, providerId, userId])
psl=}
//...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
externalAuthEntity: SocialLogin,
//...
entity User {=psl
id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
//...
externalAuthAssociations SocialLogin[]
psl=}
entity SocialLogin {=psl
id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
provider String
providerId String
user User @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
userId Int
createdAt DateTime @default(now())
@@unique([provider, providerId, userId])
psl=}
:::note
The same externalAuthEntity
can be used across different social login providers (e.g., both GitHub and Google can use the same entity).
:::
See Google docs and GitHub docs for more details.
methods: dict
A dictionary of auth methods enabled for the app.
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: String
The route to which Wasp should redirect unauthenticated user when they try to access a private page (i.e., a page that has authRequired: true
).
Check out these essentials docs on auth to see an example of usage.
onAuthSucceededRedirectTo: String
The route to which Wasp will send a successfully authenticated after a successful login/signup.
The default value is "/"
.
:::note Automatic redirect on successful login only works when using the Wasp-provided Auth UI. :::
signup: SignupOptions
Read more about the signup process customization API in the Signup Fields Customization section.
Signup Fields Customization
If you want to add extra fields to the signup process, the server needs to know how to save them to the database. You do that by defining the auth.signup.additionalFields
field in your main.wasp
file.
app crudTesting {
// ...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
methods: {
usernameAndPassword: {},
},
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: "/login",
signup: {
additionalFields: import { fields } from "@server/auth/signup.js",
},
},
}
Then we'll export the fields
object from the server/auth/signup.js
file:
import { defineAdditionalSignupFields } from '@wasp/auth/index.js'
export const fields = defineAdditionalSignupFields({
address: async (data) => {
const address = data.address
if (typeof address !== 'string') {
throw new Error('Address is required')
}
if (address.length < 5) {
throw new Error('Address must be at least 5 characters long')
}
return address
},
})
app crudTesting {
// ...
auth: {
userEntity: User,
methods: {
usernameAndPassword: {},
},
onAuthFailedRedirectTo: "/login",
signup: {
additionalFields: import { fields } from "@server/auth/signup.js",
},
},
}
Then we'll export the fields
object from the server/auth/signup.ts
file:
import { defineAdditionalSignupFields } from '@wasp/auth/index.js'
export const fields = defineAdditionalSignupFields({
address: async (data) => {
const address = data.address
if (typeof address !== 'string') {
throw new Error('Address is required')
}
if (address.length < 5) {
throw new Error('Address must be at least 5 characters long')
}
return address
},
})
The fields
object is an object where the keys represent the field name, and the values are functions which receive the data sent from the client* and return the value of the field.
If the field value is invalid, the function should throw an error.
* We exclude the password
field from this object to prevent it from being saved as plain-text in the database. The password
field is handled by Wasp's auth backend.
SignupForm
Customization
To customize the SignupForm
component, you need to pass in the additionalFields
prop. It can be either a list of extra fields or a render function.
import { SignupForm } from '@wasp/auth/forms/Signup'
import {
FormError,
FormInput,
FormItemGroup,
FormLabel,
} from '@wasp/auth/forms/internal/Form'
export const SignupPage = () => {
return (
<SignupForm
additionalFields={[
{
name: 'address',
label: 'Address',
type: 'input',
validations: {
required: 'Address is required',
},
},
(form, state) => {
return (
<FormItemGroup>
<FormLabel>Phone Number</FormLabel>
<FormInput
{...form.register('phoneNumber', {
required: 'Phone number is required',
})}
disabled={state.isLoading}
/>
{form.formState.errors.phoneNumber && (
<FormError>
{form.formState.errors.phoneNumber.message}
</FormError>
)}
</FormItemGroup>
)
},
]}
/>
)
}
import { SignupForm } from '@wasp/auth/forms/Signup'
import {
FormError,
FormInput,
FormItemGroup,
FormLabel,
} from '@wasp/auth/forms/internal/Form'
export const SignupPage = () => {
return (
<SignupForm
additionalFields={[
{
name: 'address',
label: 'Address',
type: 'input',
validations: {
required: 'Address is required',
},
},
(form, state) => {
return (
<FormItemGroup>
<FormLabel>Phone Number</FormLabel>
<FormInput
{...form.register('phoneNumber', {
required: 'Phone number is required',
})}
disabled={state.isLoading}
/>
{form.formState.errors.phoneNumber && (
<FormError>
{form.formState.errors.phoneNumber.message}
</FormError>
)}
</FormItemGroup>
)
},
]}
/>
)
}
The extra fields can be either objects or render functions (you can combine them):
-
Objects are a simple way to describe new fields you need, but a bit less flexible than render functions.
The objects have the following properties:
-
name
- the name of the field
-
label
- the label of the field (used in the UI)
-
type
- the type of the field, which can be
input
ortextarea
- the type of the field, which can be
-
validations
- an object with the validation rules for the field. The keys are the validation names, and the values are the validation error messages. Read more about the available validation rules in the react-hook-form docs.
-
-
Render functions receive the
react-hook-form
object and the form state as arguments, and they can use them to render arbitrary UI elements.The render function has the following signature:
;(form: UseFormReturn, state: FormState) => React.ReactNode
-
form
- the
react-hook-form
object, read more about it in the react-hook-form docs - you need to use the
form.register
function to register your fields
- the
-
state
- the form state object which has the following properties:
isLoading: boolean
- whether the form is currently submitting
- the form state object which has the following properties:
-