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2. Backend config

1. Install supertokens package​

npm i supertokens-node

2. Create a configuration file (config/supertokensConfig.js)​

  • Create a config folder in the root directory of your project.
  • Create a supertokensConfig.js inside the config folder.
  • An example of this file can be found here.

3. Create a backend config function​

App Info

Adjust these values based on the application that you are trying to configure. To learn more about what each field means check the references page.
This is the URL of your app's API server.
This is the URL of your app's API server.
SuperTokens will expose it's APIs scoped by this base API path.
This is the URL of your website.
The path where the login UI will be rendered
/config/supertokensConfig.ts

import EmailPassword from 'supertokens-node/recipe/emailpassword';
import Session from 'supertokens-node/recipe/session'

function getBackendConfig() {
  return {
    framework: "awsLambda",
    supertokens: {
      connectionURI: "<CORE_API_ENDPOINT>",
      apiKey: "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
    },
    appInfo: {
      // learn more about this on https://supertokens.com/docs/references/app-info
      appName: "<YOUR_APP_NAME>",
      apiDomain: "<YOUR_API_DOMAIN>",
      websiteDomain: "<YOUR_WEBSITE_DOMAIN>",
      apiBasePath: "/auth",
      websiteBasePath: "/auth",
    },
    recipeList: [
      EmailPassword.init(),
      Session.init(),
    ],
    isInServerlessEnv: true,
  }
}

module.exports.getBackendConfig = getBackendConfig;