cookiz-auth

A cookie-based authentication library for React that uses HTTP-only cookies for secure session handling.
Built to be backend-agnostic, simple to integrate, and secure by default.

✨ Features

• Secure HTTP-only cookie authentication (no localStorage token handling)
• Customizable endpoints (/login, /logout, /me, /refresh)
• Auth context + useAuth() hook for user session state
• TypeScript support out-of-the-box
• Framework agnostic backend support (Node.js, Laravel, Django, Go, etc.)
• Plug & Play with minimal setup

📦 Installation

npm install cookiz-auth
# or
yarn add cookiz-auth

🚀 Quick Start

import React from "react";
import { AuthProvider } from "cookiz-auth";

const App = () => (
  <AuthProvider>
    <YourAppComponents />
  </AuthProvider>
);

🛠️ Configuration

// default base URL is http://localhost:4000
// you can customize the endpoints as needed
// to set BASE_URL, you can use environment variables or pass it directly
<AuthProvider
  endpoints={{
    login: "/api/auth/login", // Endpoint for user login
    logout: "/api/auth/logout", // Endpoint for user logout
    user: "/api/auth/user", // Endpoint to get the current user
    refresh: "/api/auth/refresh", // Endpoint to refresh the user session
    baseUrl: "http://localhost:4000", // Base URL for your API
  }}
>
  <YourAppComponents />
</AuthProvider>

🧑‍💻 Usage

import { useAuth } from "cookiz-auth";

const Dashboard = () => {
  const { user, login, logout, loading } = useAuth();

  if (loading) return <p>Loading...</p>;

  return user ? (
    <>
      <h3>Welcome, {user.name}!</h3>
      <button onClick={logout}>Logout</button>
    </>
  ) : (
    <button
      onClick={() => login({ email: "[email protected]", password: "123456" })}
    >
      Login
    </button>
  );
};

protected Routes

import { useAuth } from "cookiz-auth";
import { Navigate } from "react-router-dom";

const ProtectedRoute = ({ children }: { children: JSX.Element }) => {
  const { user, loading } = useAuth();
  if (loading) return <p>Loading...</p>;
  return user ? children : <Navigate to="/login" />;
};

// Usage
<Route
  path="/dashboard"
  element={
    <ProtectedRoute>
      <Dashboard />
    </ProtectedRoute>
  }
/>;

🛠️ Backend requirements

• Session Management: Your backend should support session management using HTTP-only cookies.
• CORS: Ensure your API has the appropriate CORS headers to allow requests from your frontend.
• Endpoints: Implement the necessary authentication endpoints (/login, /logout, /me, /refresh) as specified in the configuration.

Your backend must set HTTP-only cookies:

// Example in Express.js
app.post("/login", (req, res) => {
  // Authenticate user...
  res.cookie("session", "your-session-id", {
    httpOnly: true,
    secure: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production", // Use secure cookies in production
    sameSite: "Strict", // Adjust as needed
  });
  res.json({ success: true });
});

// cors

app.use(
  cors({
    origin: "http://localhost:3000", // Your frontend URL
    credentials: true, // Allow cookies to be sent
  })
);

// development and contribution

🛠️ Development and Contribution

To contribute to cookiz-auth, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Nekromenzer/cookiz.git

2. Install dependencies:

   cd cookiz-auth
   npm install

3. Make your changes and test them locally.

4. Run the development server:

   npm run dev

5. Build the project:

   npm run build

6. ** Run locally in another project**:

   npm link

   Then in your project:

   npm link cookiz-auth

7. Fork the repository on GitHub and create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.

8. Submit a pull request with a clear description of your changes.