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@auth/pouchdb-adapter

Official PouchDB adapter for Auth.js / NextAuth.js.

Installation​

npm install pouchdb pouchdb-find @auth/pouchdb-adapter

PouchDBAdapter()​

PouchDBAdapter(options): Adapter
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Depending on your architecture you can use PouchDB's http adapter to reach any database compliant with the CouchDB protocol (CouchDB, Cloudant, ...) or use any other PouchDB compatible adapter (leveldb, in-memory, ...)

Setup​

note

Your PouchDB instance MUST provide the pouchdb-find plugin since it is used internally by the adapter to build and manage indexes

Add this adapter to your pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js next-auth configuration object:

pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
import NextAuth from "next-auth"
import GoogleProvider from "next-auth/providers/google"
import { PouchDBAdapter } from "@auth/pouchdb-adapter"
import PouchDB from "pouchdb"

// Setup your PouchDB instance and database
PouchDB
  .plugin(require("pouchdb-adapter-leveldb")) // Or any other adapter
  .plugin(require("pouchdb-find")) // Don't forget the `pouchdb-find` plugin

const pouchdb = new PouchDB("auth_db", { adapter: "leveldb" })

// For more information on each option (and a full list of options) go to
// https://authjs.dev/reference/configuration/auth-options
export default NextAuth({
  // https://authjs.dev/reference/providers/
  providers: [
    GoogleProvider({
      clientId: process.env.GOOGLE_ID,
      clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_SECRET,
    }),
  ],
  adapter: PouchDBAdapter(pouchdb),
  // ...
})

Advanced usage​

Memory-First Caching Strategy​

If you need to boost your authentication layer performance, you may use PouchDB's powerful sync features and various adapters, to build a memory-first caching strategy.

Use an in-memory PouchDB as your main authentication database, and synchronize it with any other persisted PouchDB. You may do a one way, one-off replication at startup from the persisted PouchDB into the in-memory PouchDB, then two-way, continuous sync.

This will most likely not increase performance much in a serverless environment due to various reasons such as concurrency, function startup time increases, etc.

For more details, please see https://pouchdb.com/api.html#sync

Parameters​

▪ options: PouchDBAdapterOptions

Returns​

Adapter

PouchDBAdapterOptions​

Configure the adapter

Properties​

pouchdb​

pouchdb: Database< {} >;

Your PouchDB instance, with the pouchdb-find plugin installed.

Example​
import PouchDB from "pouchdb"

PouchDB
  .plugin(require("pouchdb-adapter-leveldb")) // Or any other adapter
  .plugin(require("pouchdb-find")) // Don't forget the `pouchdb-find` plugin

const pouchdb = new PouchDB("auth_db", { adapter: "leveldb" })

#### indexes

```ts
indexes?: IndexConfig;

Override the default index names.

Default​
{
  userByEmail: "nextAuthUserByEmail",
  accountByProviderId: "nextAuthAccountByProviderId",
  sessionByToken: "nextAuthSessionByToken",
  verificationTokenByToken: "nextAuthVerificationRequestByToken"
}

prefixes​

prefixes?: PrefixConfig;

Override the default prefix names.

Default​
{
  user: "USER",
  account: "ACCOUNT",
  session: "SESSION",
  verificationToken: "VERIFICATION-TOKEN"
}