This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app.

Getting Started

First, run the development server:

npm run dev
# or
yarn dev
# or
pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

You can start editing the page by modifying app/page.tsx. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

This project uses next/font to automatically optimize and load Inter, a custom Google Font.

Project Details

Setup Auth Provider (Google)

Sign in to Google Developer Console with your valid gmail.com account.

Upon sign-in you would be redirected to https://console.cloud.google.com

You would require to create a new project (name it like NextAuth) and after creating the project, click on the left side menu.

Click on API & Services option > OAuth Consent Screen. Click on 'CREATE' button.

Enter details like App Name (i.e. next-google-auth) etc.

Get Keys From Provider(Google)

Click on Credentials option on left menu, and click on Create Credentials menu and OAuth client ID menu item.

Select Application type as Web Application

Enter url details for Authorized JavaScript origins and Authorized redirect URIs (For testing purposes http://localhost:3000 should work.)

After saving this details - once again add the following Url under Authorized redirect URIs details: http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/:provider (assuming http://localhost:3000 is the domain for this test application).

Note: If the above does not work you can add google as a provider - hard coded as under: http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/google

Hit the CREATE button.

Get the Client Id and Security Key and store it in the `.env file for further use.

Check the Next Auth JS

Check the Add authentication in minutes! section on https://next-auth.js.org/ url for quick overview.

Visit the url: https://next-auth.js.org/getting-started/example for more details on how to implement the authentication flow in Next Js/React App using the next-auth.