React Authentication Crash Course With Firebase And Routing

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Recommends user12288662 · 2021-07 · Stack Overflow · on “convert php session to react”

Why do you think this isn't safe? It should be safe, however there are better ways to do it. I would use context [LINK] . I recommend you to check this project by WebDevSimplified [LINK] . He also has a [this video] explaining all process of the development. (He used firebase as his backend)

Recommends Luke Ingalls · 2021-07 · Stack Overflow · on “How to prevent remounting of component when changing route in react-router-dom?”

If you want to have the Home component to stay mounted you are likely going to need to 'unmount' it with css. So if the route isn't exactly '/' you would add display: none; to the app component. You could also structure the component to return null when the route isn't '/' and return the desired markup otherwise. This way you can always mount it but wouldn't render anything. I think better than either of these would be to wrap your Switch with a context and initiate your fetch from this context. Then you can control have one source of control for your firestore fetch and just read from the context as needed. This video shows an example of this [this video]

Recommends Green · 2022-09 · Stack Overflow · on “React - Firebase authentication and useContext”

You can also watch this popular video tutorial that walks through an implementation of Firebase authentication and useContext (the code in the video is nearly identical to that posted in this SO comment): [this video]

Recommends Spailll · 2022-12 · Stack Overflow · on “Creating a PrivateRoute context in React that works inside a Routes block”

I have been working on a react login service for a website (from a YouTube video) [this video] and I have been running into an issue. To preface, JavaScript is not a language I am particularly good at and I know very little about react, so please forgive any gaping holes in my knowledge of the topic. I have attempted to make a context called PrivateRoute that serves as a Route accessible only by a logged in user. The website works when the / extension is under a Route tag, but when I change it to my custom PrivateRoute tag it says that I cannot call anything other than a Route tag inside a Routes tag. I believe the video that I am watching is using a different version of NPM and react, so that ma

Cites Sidharth K. · 2020-11 · Stack Overflow · on “Trouble with the AuthContext component after using a private route with it”

I was following this tutorial [this video] regarding Firebase authentication components. Ran into this issue after adding a private route within an Auth Context component: [LINK] Console shows other errors alongside this: #2: [LINK] #3: [LINK] Auth Context Component: export const AuthContext = createContext(null); export const useAuth = () => useContext(AuthContext); export const AuthProvider = ({ children }) => { let [currentUser, setCurrentUser] = useState(); const [loadedCredentials, loadingCredentials] = useState(false); //Other Processes const loginProcess = (email, password) => { return firebase .auth() .signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, password); }; //Other Processes useEffect(() => { ret

Cites Tochy Egeonu · 2021-12 · Stack Overflow · on “React Javascript comparison in return statement”

I'm creating a webapp in react js and following this tutorials: [this video] can someone explain this piece of code to me. return currentUser ? <Outlet /> : <Navigate to="/login" />; I understand that if currentUser is null then it redirects to login. Is there a way to make it return a different page if not null?

Cites Spailll · 2022-12 · Stack Overflow · on “React web authentication issue with setError and error”

I'm making a web authentication app in react based on a [this video] (approx 20 min in)and have been running into an odd issue. I saw someone post a similar question at the same point in development but I don't believe I have the same issue. I'm not getting any errors, the only issue I am having is on the error messages showing. When I submit an email and pair of mismatched passwords it should give me an error message, but I cannot get it to display any errors. This is the code: ./index.js import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'; import App from './components/App'; import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css'; const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('r

Cites Claude Allen · 2023-04 · Stack Overflow · on “Firebase Login troubleshoot”

Having trouble creating a login account. Every time I try and create an account my error handling will return Failed to create an account and it displays the user as null. Signup.js import React from 'react' import { Card, Form, Button, Alert } from "react-bootstrap" import { useRef, useState } from "react" import { useAuth } from "../contexts/AuthContext" const Signup = () => { const emailRef = useRef() const passwordRef = useRef() const passwordConfirmRef = useRef() const { signup, currentUser } = useAuth() const [error, setError] = useState("") const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false) async function handleSubmit(e) { e.preventDefault() if (passwordRef.current.value !== passwordConfir

Cites Satyam Shankar · 2023-05 · Stack Overflow · on “Cannot read properties of null (reading 'usecontext') while Authenticating”

error [LINK] import { createContext,useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react"; import { auth } from "../components/firebase"; import { createUserWithEmailAndPassword,signInWithEmailAndPassword,signOut } from "firebase/auth"; const AuthContext = createContext({}) export function useAuth(){ return useContext(AuthContext) } export function AuthProvider({children}){ const [user,setUser] = useState() const [loading,setLoading] = useState(true) useEffect(() => { let unsubscribe; unsubscribe = onAuthStateChanged(auth, (user) => { setUser(user) setLoading(false) }); return unsubscribe },[]) function signup(email,password){ return createUserWithEmailAndPassword(auth,email,password) } function lo