NextAuth.js with External Backend

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Capelin posted this in #help-forum

CapelinOP

2023-09-15T14:14:02.000Z

Hi, I have a question regarding the usage of NextAuth.js in conjunction with another backend framework like Express or Nest.js. Specifically, I'd like to know how to utilize the Google provider in NextAuth.js to verify a user's Gmail account and subsequently use the credentials obtained from this provider to register the user in my backend application.

Thank you for your assistance!

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West African Lion

2023-09-15T20:44:03.000Z

Hey there. Similar issue here! We'd like to take advantage of the work NextAuth has done with regards to its various supported auth methods (Google, Github, Discord, Email, Credentials, etc), but we'd like to authenticate into our own custom (GraphQL) backend.

I was hoping nextauth provided a hook where we could take over and authenticate with our own backend, but I'm not finding anything like this.

West African Lion

2023-09-19T00:23:54.000Z

Here's an article that seems to provide some instructions, but it's only for the Credentials Provider: https://cloudcoders.xyz/blog/nextauth-credentials-provider-with-external-api-and-login-page/

I particularly need this for the email (magic link) provider, but no examples found for that.