nextjs route middleware for authentication

Question

I\'m trying to figure out an appropriate way of doing authentication, which I know is a touchy subject on the GitHub issue page.

My authentication is simple. I store a

Answer 1

There is no middleware for no API routes in NextJS, but there are HOCs, which you can use to connect to db - select the user, etc: https://hoangvvo.com/blog/nextjs-middleware

Answer 2

Tim from the next chat helped me solve this. Solution can be found here but I will quote him so you all can see:

• You can do the check in _app.js getInitialProps and redirect like this
• Example of how to use it
• _app.js documentation

I've also created an example skeleton template you can take a look at.