Next.js Authentication APP

Dependencies

This project uses the following dependencies:

• next.js - v9.3 or above required for API Routes and new new data fetching method.
• react - v16.8 or above required for react hooks.
• react-dom - v16.8 or above.
• swr - required for state management
• mongodb - may be replaced by mongoose.
• passport, passport-local - required for managing authentication
• @material-ui/core,@material-ui/icons - optional,only if you are using materialize css for Frontend.
• next-connect - recommended if you want to use Express/Connect middleware and easier method routing.
• express-session, connect-mongo - required for session, may be replaced with other session libraries such as cookie-session or next-iron-session.
• bcryptjs - optional, may be replaced with any password-hashing library. argon2 recommended.
• validator - optional but recommended.
• multer - may be replaced with any middleware that handles multipart/form-data
• cloudinary - optional, only if you are using Cloudinary for image upload.
• react-icons - optional, only if you are using React icons to add icons.

Environment

The environment variables will be inlined during build time and thus should not be used in front-end codebase.

Required environmental variables in this project include:

• process.env.MONGODB_URI The MongoDB Connection String (with credentials)
• process.env.MONGODB_DB The name of the MongoDB database to be used.
• process.env.CLOUDINARY_URL (optional, Cloudinary only) Cloudinary environment variable for configuration. See this.