Better-Auth - Full Guide (OAuth, Emails, Roles, Hooks, Authorization, Prisma, Next.js 15, Resend)
Learn authentication with Better-Auth in Next.js! We will cover:
- What makes Better-Auth better than its alternatives
- How to set up Better-Auth with Prisma and PostgreSQL
- How to use plugins in Better-Auth
- How to add email & password login
- How to add social login (OAuth) with Google and GitHub
- How to add roles and handle authorization
- How to protect pages with unauthorized.tsx and forbidden.tsx
- How to send transactional emails like verification and password reset emails with Resend
- How to use hooks to enforce custom password validation rules
- How to update user data like profile image, username, password, and email
- Important best practices like SSR and caching
- How to deploy your Better-Auth project to Vercel
- And much more!
Links & files:
Starting code: https://github.com/codinginflow/better-auth-tutorial/tree/starting-code
Final code: https://github.com/codinginflow/better-auth-tutorial
Prisma + Better-Auth setup guide: https://pris.ly/betterauth-nextjs
lib/prisma.ts: https://github.com/codinginflow/better-auth-tutorial/blob/final-project/src/lib/prisma.ts
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Why choose Better-Auth for authentication?
1:19 - Starting code setup
3:48 - Prisma & Prisma Postgres DB setup
7:50 - Better-Auth setup
16:16 - Email sign-up + sign-in
29:29 - Load session + user data (SSR) & protect pages (unauthorized.tsx
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Chapters (6)
Why choose Better-Auth for authentication?
1:19
Starting code setup
3:48
Prisma & Prisma Postgres DB setup
7:50
Better-Auth setup
16:16
Email sign-up + sign-in
29:29
Load session + user data (SSR) & protect pages (unauthorized.tsx
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