SvelteKitAuth is very easy to setup! All you need to do is instantiate the `SvelteKitAuth` class, and configure it with some default providers, as well as a JWT secret key used to verify the cookies:
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SvelteKitAuth uses a object-oriented approach towards creating providers. It is unopionated and allows you to implement any three-legged authentication flow such as OAuth, SAML SSO, and even regular credential logins by omitting the `signin()` route.
You can implement your own using the `Provider` base provider class, and by implementing the `signin()` and `callback()` methods:
```ts
export abstract class Provider<TextendsProviderConfig =ProviderConfig> {
abstract signin<LocalsextendsRecord<string,any> = Record<string,any>, Body = unknown>(
request: ServerRequest<Locals,Body>,
): EndpointOutput | Promise<EndpointOutput>;
abstract callback<LocalsextendsRecord<string,any> = Record<string,any>, Body = unknown>(
request: ServerRequest<Locals,Body>,
): CallbackResult | Promise<CallbackResult>;
}
```
`signin()` must return a generic endpoint output, this can be a redirect, or the path to the provider's sign-in page. When implementing a `HTTP POST` route, `signin()` can simply return an empty body and `callback()` should handle the user login flow.
`callback()` takes a `ServerRequest` and must return a `CallbackResult` which is a custom type exported by `svelte-kit-auth`:
```ts
export type Profile = any;
export type CallbackResult = [Profile, string | null];
```
The first item in the tuple is the user profile, which gets stored in the token, and is provided to the `jwt()` callback as the second argument. The second item is a redirect route, which may be tracked using the `state` query parameter for OAuth providers, or other implementations depending on the sign-in method.
SvelteKitAuth comes with a built-in OAuth2 provider that takes extensive configuration parameters to support almost any common OAuth2 provider which follows the OAuth2 spec. It can be imported from `sk-auth/providers` and configured with the following configuration object:
The `OAuth2Provider` class can then be instantiated with the configuration to support the OAuth2 flow, including authorization redirect, token retrieval and profile fetching. It will also automatically handle the `state` and `nonce` params for you.
SvelteKitAuth is inspired by the [NextAuth.js](https://next-auth.js.org/) package built for the Next.js SSR framework for React. Unlike NextAuth.js it is completely unopinionated and only provides implementations for default flows, while still empowering users to add their own providers.
As it leverages classes and Typescript, the implementation of such providers is very straightforward, and in the future it will even be possible to register multiple SvelteKitAuth handlers in the same project, should the need arise, by leveraging a class-based client and server setup.
Looking for help? Check out the [example app](./app/) in the repository source. Make something cool you want to show off? Share it with others [in the discussion section](https://github.com/Dan6erbond/sk-auth/discussions/72).
