Authentication

The boilerplate uses Better Auth, the boiler-plate is pre-configured with the following

• Signup (Email / Password, Google, Discord, Github)
• Sign-in
• Forgot password
• Sign out

Providers

We'll use Google Provider for this but any other one follow the same process.

Follow these steps to configure Google OAuth for your application:

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console and create a new project

2. Go to "APIs & Services" or click here and then go to "Credentials"

3. Configure OAuth Consent Screen

    - Go to "APIs & Services" > "OAuth consent screen"
    - Select "External" user type
    - Fill in required app information:
        - App name
        - User support email (put yourself for now)
        - Developer contact email (put yourself for now)

4. Create OAuth 2.0 Client ID

   • Go to "APIs & Services" > "Credentials"
   • Click "Create Credentials" > "OAuth client ID"
   • Select "Web application"
   • Add authorized JavaScript origins:

     http://localhost:3000 (for development)
     https://your-production-domain.com

   • Add authorized redirect URIs:

     http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/google (for development)
     https://your-production-domain.com/api/auth/callback/google

   • Click "Create"

5. Copy credentials to your .env file:

   NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret