JavaScript (Web)

Integrate Authgear to your website with the Web SDK
This guide provides instructions on integrating Authgear with a Web app. Supported browsers include:
Last 2 Firefox major versions
Last 2 Chrome major versions
Last 2 Edge major versions
Last 3 Safari major versions
Setup Application in Authgear
Signup for an Authgear Portal account in https://portal.authgear.com/. Or you can use your self-deployed Authgear.
From the Project listing, create a new Project or select an existing Project. After that, we will need to create an application in the project.
Portal
authgear.yaml (self-deployed)
Step 1: Create an application in the Portal
1.Go to Applications on the left menu bar.
2.Click ⊕Add Application in the top tool bar.
3.Input the name of your application and select the application type Single Page Application or Traditional Web Application. Click "Save".
4.You will see a list of guides that can help you for setting up, then click "Next".
Create an application
Step 2: Configure the application
1.Decide the paths in your website that users will be redirected to after they have authenticated or logged out with Authgear.
For after authentication (Authorized Redirect URIs). e.g.https://yourdomain.com/after-authentication , or http://localhost:4000/after-authentication for local development.
For after logging out (Post Logout Redirect URIs). e.g.https://yourdomain.com/after-logout , or http://localhost:4000/after-logout for local development.
2.Fill in the Authorized Redirect URIs and Post Logout Redirect URIs that you have defined in the previous steps.
3.Click "Save" in the top tool bar and keep the Client ID. You can also obtain it again from the applications list later.
Edit an application
If you want to validate JWT access token in your server, under Access Token, turn on Issue JWT as access token. If you will forward incoming requests to Authgear Resolver Endpoint for authentication, leave this unchecked. See comparisons in Backend Integration.
Step 3: Setup a custom domain (Required for Cookie-based authentication)
1.Go to Custom Domains
2.Add your custom domain in Input New Domain
3.Follow the instructions to verify and configure the custom domain.
4.Click "Activate" to change the domain status to "Active". The custom domain will be your new Authgear endpoint.
For cookie-based authentication, users will log in via the custom domain e.g. "auth.yourdomain.com" . So that a session cookie of your domain is set for the client and all your websites under "*.yourdomain.com" would share the same session cookies automatically.
oauth:
  clients:
    - name: mywebsite
      client_id: a_random_generated_string
      redirect_uris:
        - "https://yourdomain.com/auth-redirect"
      post_logout_redirect_uris:
        - "https://yourdomain.com/after-logout"
      grant_types:
        - authorization_code
        - refresh_token
      response_types:
        - code
        - none
Install the Authgear Web SDK
The Web JS SDK is available as an npm package. Install the package in your project directory
NPM
npm install --save --save-exact @authgear/web
Yarn
yarn add @authgear/web --exact
Initialize the Authgear SDK
The SDK must be properly configured before use. Call the configure method every time your page loads up.
import authgear from "@authgear/web";
​
authgear
  .configure({
    // custom domain endpoint or default endpoint
    // default domain should be something like: https://<yourapp>.authgear-apps.com
    endpoint: "<your_app_endpoint>",
    // Client ID of your application
    clientID: "<your_client_id>",
    // sessionType can be "refresh_token" or "cookie", default "refresh_token"
    sessionType: "refresh_token",
  })
  .then(
    () => {
      // configure successfully.
    },
    (err) => {
      // failed to configure.
    }
  );
  
The SDK should be configured according to the authentication approach of your choice
Token-based authentication
sessionType should be set to refresh_token
Cookie-based authentication
endpoint must be a custom domain endpoint
sessionType should be set to cookie
Login to the application
Step 1: Start the auth flow
When the user clicks login/signup on your website, make a start authorization call to redirect them to the login/signup page.
import authgear from "@authgear/web";
​
authgear
  .startAuthentication({
    // configure redirectURI which users will be redirected to
    // after they have authenticated with Authgear
    // you can use any path in your website
    // make sure it is in the "Redirect URIs" list of the Application
    redirectURI: "https://yourdomain.com/auth-redirect",
    prompt: "login",
  })
  .then(
    () => {
      // started authorization, user should be redirected to Authgear
    },
    (err) => {
      // failed to start authorization
    }
  );
  
By default, Authgear will not ask user to login again if user has already logged in. You can optionally set prompt to login if you want the user always reach the login page and login again.
Step 2: Handling auth result in the redirectURI
After the user authenticates on the login page, the user will be redirected to the redirectURI with a code parameter in the URL query. In the redirectURI of your application, make a finish authorization call to handle the authentication result. This will attempt to exchange the code for the access token and user info.
Once authorization succeed, the application should navigate the user to other URL such as the user's home page and remove the code query parameters.
import authgear from "@authgear/web";
​
authgear.finishAuthentication().then(
  (userInfo) => {
    // authorized successfully
    // you should navigate the user to another path
  },
  (err) => {
    // failed to finish authorization
  },
);
Now, your user is logged in!
Get the Logged In State
When you start launching the application. You may want to know if the user has logged in. (e.g. Redirect users to log in if they haven't logged in). The sessionState reflects the user logged in state in the SDK local state. That means even thesessionState is AUTHENTICATED, the session may be invalid if it is revoked remotely. After initializing the Authgear SDK, call fetchUserInfo to update the sessionState as soon as it is proper to do so.
// After authgear.configure, it only reflect SDK local state.
// value can be NO_SESSION or AUTHENTICATED
let sessionState = authgear.sessionState;
​
if (sessionState === "AUTHENTICATED") {
    authgear
        .fetchUserInfo()
        .then((userInfo) => {
            // sessionState is now up to date
        })
        .catch((e) => {
            // sessionState is now up to date
            // it will change to NO_SESSION if the session is invalid
        });
}
The value of sessionState can be UNKNOWN, NO_SESSION or AUTHENTICATED. Initially the sessionState is UNKNOWN. After a call to authgear.configure, the session state would become AUTHENTICATED if a previous session was found, or NO_SESSION if such session was not found.
Fetching User Info
In some cases, you may need to obtain current user info through the SDK. (e.g. Display email address in the UI). Use the fetchUserInfo function to obtain the user info, see example.
Log the user out
Use the logout function to log out the user. The user will be redirected to your Authgear endpoint to log out their session. You should provide the redirectURI for the user to return to your app.
import authgear from "@authgear/web";
​
authgear
  .logout({
    // user will navigate to the redirectURI after logged out
    // make sure it is in the "Post Logout Redirect URIs" in the application portal
    redirectURI: "https://yourdomain.com",
  })
  .then(
    () => {
      // logged out successfully
    },
    (err) => {
      // failed to logout
    }
  );
Calling an API
Token-based authentication
To include the access token to the HTTP requests to your application server, there are two ways to achieve this.
Option 1: Using fetch function provided by Authgear SDK
Authgear SDK provides the fetch function for you to call your application server. This fetch function will include the Authorization header in your application request, and handle refresh access token automatically. The authgear.fetch implements fetch.
authgear
    .fetch("YOUR_SERVER_URL")
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data));
Option 2: Add the access token to the HTTP request header
You can get the access token through authgear.accessToken. Call refreshAccessTokenIfNeeded every time before using the access token, the function will check and make the network call only if the access token has expired. Include the access token into the Authorization header of the application request.
authgear
    .refreshAccessTokenIfNeeded()
    .then(() => {
        // access token is ready to use
        // accessToken can be string or undefined
        // it will be empty if user is not logged in or session is invalid
        const accessToken = authgear.accessToken;
​
        // include Authorization header in your application request
        const headers = {
            Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`
        };
    });
Cookie-based authentication
If you are using cookies, all requests from your applications under *.yourdomain.com to your application server will include the session cookie automatically. You can skip this section and see the next step: Backend Integration​
Next steps
To protect your application server from unauthorized access. You will need to integrate Authgear to your backend.
Backend Integration
JavaScript SDK Reference
For detailed documentation on the JavaScript Web SDK, visit @authgear/web Reference​
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