react-query-auth

Authenticate your react applications easily with React Query.

Introduction

Using React Query has allowed us to significantly reduce the size of our codebase by caching server state. However, we still need to consider where to store user data, which is a type of global application state that we need to access from many parts of the app, but is also a server state since it is obtained from a server. This library makes it easy to manage user authentication, and can be adapted to work with any API or authentication method.

Installation

$ npm install @tanstack/react-query react-query-auth

Or if you use Yarn:

$ yarn add @tanstack/react-query react-query-auth

Usage

To use this library, you will need to provide it with functions for fetching the current user, logging in, registering, and logging out. You can do this using the configureAuth function:

import { configureAuth } from 'react-query-auth';

const { useUser, useLogin, useRegister, useLogout } = configureAuth({
  userFn: () => api.get('/me'),
  loginFn: (credentials) => api.post('/login', credentials),
  registerFn: (credentials) => api.post('/register', credentials),
  logoutFn: () => api.post('/logout'),
});

With these hooks, you can then add authentication functionality to your app. For example, you could use the useUser hook to access the authenticated user in a component.

You can also use the useLogin, useRegister, and useLogout hooks to allow users to authenticate and log out.

function UserInfo() {
  const user = useUser();
  const logout = useLogout();

  if (user.isLoading) {
    return <div>Loading ...</div>;
  }

  if (user.error) {
    return <div>{JSON.stringify(user.error, null, 2)}</div>;
  }

  if (!user.data) {
    return <div>Not logged in</div>;
  }

  return (
    <div>
      <div>Logged in as {user.data.email}</div>
      <button disabled={logout.isLoading} onClick={logout.mutate({})}>
        Log out
      </button>
    </div>
  );
}

The library also provides the AuthLoader component that can be used to handle loading states when fetching the authenticated user. You can use it like this:

function MyApp() {
  return (
    <AuthLoader
      renderLoading={() => <div>Loading ...</div>}
      renderUnauthenticated={() => <AuthScreen />}
    >
      <UserInfo />
    </AuthLoader>
  );
}

NOTE: All hooks and components must be used within QueryClientProvider.

API Reference:

configureAuth:

The configureAuth function takes in a configuration object and returns a set of custom hooks for handling authentication.

The configureAuth configuration object:

A configuration object that specifies the functions and keys to be used for various authentication actions. It accepts the following properties:

• userFn: A function that is used to retrieve the authenticated user. It should return a Promise that resolves to the user object, or null if the user is not authenticated.

• loginFn: A function that is used to log the user in. It should accept login credentials as its argument and return a Promise that resolves to the user object.

• registerFn: A function that is used to register a new user. It should accept registration credentials as its argument and return a Promise that resolves to the new user object.

• logoutFn: A function that is used to log the user out. It should return a Promise that resolves when the logout action is complete.

• userKey: An optional key that is used to store the authenticated user in the react-query cache. The default value is ['authenticated-user'].

The configureAuth returned object:

configureAuth returns an object with the following properties:

• useUser: A custom hook that retrieves the authenticated user. It is a wrapper around useQuery that uses the userFn and userKey specified in the configAuth configuration. The hook accepts the same options as useQuery, except for queryKey and queryFn, which are predefined by the configuration.

• useLogin: A custom hook that logs the user in. It is a wrapper around useMutation that uses the loginFn specified in the configuration. The hook accepts the same options as useMutation, except for mutationFn, which is set by the configuration. On success, the hook updates the authenticated user in the React Query cache using the userKey specified in the configuration.

• useRegister: A custom hook that registers a new user. It is a wrapper around useMutation that uses the registerFn specified in the configuration. The hook accepts the same options as useMutation, except for mutationFn, which is set by the configuration. On success, the hook updates the authenticated user in the React Query cache using the userKey specified in the configuration.

• useLogout: A custom hook that logs the user out. It is a wrapper around useMutation that uses the logoutFn specified in the configuration. The hook accepts the same options as useMutation, except for mutationFn, which is set by the configuration. On success, the hook removes the authenticated user from the React Query cache using the userKey specified in the configuration.

• AuthLoader:

  A component that can be used to handle loading states when fetching the authenticated user. It accepts the following props:

  • renderLoading: A function that is called when the authenticated user is being fetched. It should return a React node that is rendered while the user is being fetched.

  • renderUnauthenticated: A function that is called when the authenticated user is not authenticated. It should return a React node that is rendered when the user is not authenticated.

  • renderError: A function that is called when an error is thrown during the authentication request. It should return a React node that is rendered when the error occurs. It receives the Error object which can be used during rendering. Defaults to (error: Error) => <>{JSON.stringify(error)}</>.

  • children: A React node that is rendered when the authenticated user is successfully fetched.

If you need a more custom loading implementation, you can create your own AuthLoader component and use the useUser hook to fetch the authenticated user and handle the loading and error states yourself.

If none of the provided hooks or components meet your needs, feel free to copy the source code into your project and modify it to your liking.

Examples:

To try out the library, check out the examples folder.

Contributing

1. Clone this repo
2. Create a branch: git checkout -b your-feature
3. Make some changes
4. Test your changes
5. Push your branch and open a Pull Request

LICENSE

MIT