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3. Auth Pages

In this section, we will learn how to create auth pages such as login, signup, forgot password and reset password using the <AuthPage/> component.

Refer to the <AuthPage/> documentation for more information

<AuthPage/> component provides auth pages for login, signup, forgot password and reset password. It also provides a way to customize theses pages with various props. So, <AuthPage/> is a quick starting point for creating auth pages.

Before using <AuthPage/> component, we need to create an auth provider because <AuthPage/> component uses the auth provider to perform auth operations. However, we have already created an auth provider in the previous section. So, we will use the same auth provider for this section.

Let's create the auth pages step by step.

Login Page

Login page is used to authenticate users. It provides a basic form to enter email, password and remember. After submitting the form, it sends the email, password and remember to the auth provider's login method via useLogin hook.

  1. Open src/App.tsx file and import the <AuthPage/> component.

    import { AuthPage } from "@refinedev/core";
  2. Place the <AuthPage/> component to the respective route inside your router.

    import { Refine, Authenticated, AuthPage } from "@refinedev/core";
    import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";
    import routerBindings, {
    NavigateToResource,
    CatchAllNavigate,
    } from "@refinedev/react-router-v6";

    import { ProductList } from "pages/products/list";

    import { authProvider } from "./authProvider";

    import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route, Outlet } from "react-router-dom";

    const App = () => {
    return (
    <BrowserRouter>
    <Refine
    authProvider={authProvider}
    routerProvider={routerBindings}
    dataProvider={dataProvider(
    "https://api.fake-rest.refine.dev",
    )}
    resources={[
    {
    name: "products",
    list: "/products",
    },
    ]}
    >
    <Routes>
    <Route
    element={
    <Authenticated
    fallback={<CatchAllNavigate to="/login" />}
    >
    <Outlet />
    </Authenticated>
    }
    >
    <Route path="products">
    <Route index element={<ProductList />} />
    </Route>
    </Route>
    <Route
    element={
    <Authenticated fallback={<Outlet />}>
    <NavigateToResource />
    </Authenticated>
    }
    >
    <Route
    path="/login"
    element={<AuthPage type="login" />}
    />
    </Route>
    </Routes>
    </Refine>
    </BrowserRouter>
    );
    };

    By default, <AuthPage> component renders the login page. So, we don't need to pass any props to the <AuthPage/> component.

    note

    When the user submits the login form, it passes the email, password and remember to the auth provider's login method like below:

    const authProvider = {
    login: ({ email, password, remember }) => {
    ...
    },
    ...
    };
  3. Run the app and navigate to the /login page.

http://localhost:3000/login

Register Page

Register page is used to register new users. It provides a basic form to enter email and password. After submitting the form, it sends the email and password to the auth provider's register method via useRegister hook.

  1. Place the <AuthPage/> component to the respective route inside your router.

    import { Refine, Authenticated, AuthPage } from "@refinedev/core";
    import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";
    import routerBindings, {
    NavigateToResource,
    CatchAllNavigate,
    } from "@refinedev/react-router-v6";

    import { ProductList } from "pages/products/list";

    import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route, Outlet } from "react-router-dom";

    import { authProvider } from "./authProvider";

    const App = () => {
    return (
    <BrowserRouter>
    <Refine
    authProvider={authProvider}
    routerProvider={routerBindings}
    dataProvider={dataProvider(
    "https://api.fake-rest.refine.dev",
    )}
    resources={[
    {
    name: "products",
    list: "/products",
    },
    ]}
    >
    <Routes>
    <Route
    element={
    <Authenticated
    fallback={<CatchAllNavigate to="/login" />}
    >
    <Outlet />
    </Authenticated>
    }
    >
    <Route path="products">
    <Route index element={<ProductList />} />
    </Route>
    </Route>
    <Route
    element={
    <Authenticated fallback={<Outlet />}>
    <NavigateToResource />
    </Authenticated>
    }
    >
    <Route
    path="/login"
    element={<AuthPage type="login" />}
    />
    <Route
    path="/register"
    element={<AuthPage type="register" />}
    />
    </Route>
    </Routes>
    </Refine>
    </BrowserRouter>
    );
    };

    We need to pass the type prop to the <AuthPage/> component to render the register page.

    note

    When the user submits the register form, it passes the email and password to the auth provider's register method like below:

    const authProvider = {
    register: ({ email, password }) => {
    ...
    },
    ...
    };
  2. Run the app and navigate to the /register page.

http://localhost:3000/register

Forgot Password Page

Forgot password page is used to send a reset password link to the user's email. It provides a basic form to enter email. After submitting the form, it sends the email to the auth provider's forgotPassword method via useForgotPassword hook.

  1. Place the <AuthPage/> component to the respective route inside your router.

    import { Refine, Authenticated, AuthPage } from "@refinedev/core";
    import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";
    import routerBindings, {
    NavigateToResource,
    CatchAllNavigate,
    } from "@refinedev/react-router-v6";

    import { ProductList } from "pages/products/list";

    import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route, Outlet } from "react-router-dom";

    import { authProvider } from "./authProvider";

    const App = () => {
    return (
    <BrowserRouter>
    <Refine
    authProvider={authProvider}
    routerProvider={routerBindings}
    dataProvider={dataProvider(
    "https://api.fake-rest.refine.dev",
    )}
    resources={[
    {
    name: "products",
    list: "/products",
    },
    ]}
    >
    <Routes>
    <Route
    element={
    <Authenticated
    fallback={<CatchAllNavigate to="/login" />}
    >
    <Outlet />
    </Authenticated>
    }
    >
    <Route path="products">
    <Route index element={<ProductList />} />
    </Route>
    </Route>
    <Route
    element={
    <Authenticated fallback={<Outlet />}>
    <NavigateToResource />
    </Authenticated>
    }
    >
    <Route
    path="/login"
    element={<AuthPage type="login" />}
    />
    <Route
    path="/register"
    element={<AuthPage type="register" />}
    />
    <Route
    path="/forgot-password"
    element={<AuthPage type="forgotPassword" />}
    />
    </Route>
    </Routes>
    </Refine>
    </BrowserRouter>
    );
    };

    We need to pass the forgotPassword prop to the <AuthPage/> component to render the forgot password page.

    note

    When the user submits the forgot password form, it passes the email to the auth provider's forgotPassword method like below:


    const authProvider = {
    forgotPassword: ({ email }) => {
    ...
    },
    ...
    };
  2. Run the app and navigate to the /forgot-password page.

http://localhost:3000/forgot-password

Update Password Page

Update password page is used to update the user's password. It provides a basic form to enter new password and confirm password. After submitting the form, it sends the new password and confirm password to the auth provider's updatePassword method via useUpdatePassword hook.

  1. Place the <AuthPage/> component to the respective route inside your router.

    import { Refine, Authenticated, AuthPage } from "@refinedev/core";
    import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";
    import routerBindings, {
    NavigateToResource,
    CatchAllNavigate,
    } from "@refinedev/react-router-v6";

    import { ProductList } from "pages/products/list";

    import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route, Outlet } from "react-router-dom";

    import { authProvider } from "./authProvider";

    const App = () => {
    return (
    <BrowserRouter>
    <Refine
    authProvider={authProvider}
    routerProvider={routerBindings}
    dataProvider={dataProvider(
    "https://api.fake-rest.refine.dev",
    )}
    resources={[
    {
    name: "products",
    list: "/products",
    },
    ]}
    >
    <Routes>
    <Route
    element={
    <Authenticated
    fallback={<CatchAllNavigate to="/login" />}
    >
    <Outlet />
    </Authenticated>
    }
    >
    <Route path="products">
    <Route index element={<ProductList />} />
    </Route>
    </Route>
    <Route
    element={
    <Authenticated fallback={<Outlet />}>
    <NavigateToResource />
    </Authenticated>
    }
    >
    <Route
    path="/login"
    element={<AuthPage type="login" />}
    />
    <Route
    path="/register"
    element={<AuthPage type="register" />}
    />
    <Route
    path="/forgot-password"
    element={<AuthPage type="forgotPassword" />}
    />
    <Route
    path="/update-password"
    element={<AuthPage type="updatePassword" />}
    />
    </Route>
    </Routes>
    </Refine>
    </BrowserRouter>
    );
    };

    We need to pass the updatePassword prop to the <AuthPage/> component to render the update password page.

    note

    When the user submits the update password form, it passes the new password and confirm password to the auth provider's updatePassword method like below:

    const authProvider = {
    updatePassword: ({ password, confirmPassword }) => {
    ...
    },
    ...
    };
  2. Run the app and navigate to the /update-password page.

http://localhost:3000/update-password

Customizing Auth Pages

You can customize the auth pages by using the <AuthPage/> component's props. Also, you can use refine-cli to swizzle the auth pages.

Refer to the <AuthPage/> component's props to customize the auth pages

When you swizzle the auth pages, default auth pages will be copied to the components/pages/auth folder. You can customize the auth pages as you want by editing the files.

Let's customize the auth pages.

  1. Run the following command in the project directory.

    npm run refine swizzle
  2. Select the @refinedev/core package.

        ? Which package do you want to swizzle?
    UI Framework
    ❯ @refinedev/core
  3. Select the AuthPage component.

        ? Which component do you want to swizzle?
    Pages
    ErrorPage
    ❯ AuthPage

After swizzling the auth pages, you will show the success message like below.

    Successfully swizzled AuthPage

Files created:
- src/components/pages/auth/index.tsx
- src/components/pages/auth/components/forgotPassword.tsx
- src/components/pages/auth/components/login.tsx
- src/components/pages/auth/components/register.tsx
- src/components/pages/auth/components/updatePassword.tsx
- src/components/pages/auth/components/index.tsx
- src/components/pages/auth/components/styles.ts
...

Now, you can customize the auth pages by editing the files in the src/components/pages/auth folder.



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