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Pocketbase pb_hooks – checking user authentication


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Calum Knott

The documentation for pocketbase is not as clear as it could be about how to check for an authenticated user.

It turns out that it is really simple

Docs :

https://pocketbase.io/docs/js-routing/#sending-request-to-custom-routes-using-the-sdks

https://pocketbase.io/jsvm/functions/_apis.requireAdminOrRecordAuth.html

Example : 

// This is a simple GET route, that is protected
routerAdd("GET", "/private", (c) => {
    const data = { 
        message : "This can only be accessed if you are logged in"
    }
    return c.json(200, data)
    // Adding the $apis.requireAdminOrRecordAuth() argument, ensures the route is protected unless the user is logged in.
}, $apis.requireAdminOrRecordAuth());


// This is a simple GET route, that is public
routerAdd("GET", "/public", (c) => {
    const data = { 
        message : "This can be be accessed by public"
    }
    return c.json(200, data)
});

Then simply call the route using the pocketbase

let fetchData = async () => {
    let resp = await pocketBaseClient.pb.send("/private", {
    });
    console.log(resp)
}


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Calum Knott