React RBAC tutorial

Full tutorial originally appeared and is available on Auth0's blog: How to Add Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to React Apps

Requirements

• Node + npm
• Auth0 account with application

Install

Clone this repository, then run:

$ npm install

Setup

Sign Up for Auth0

You'll need an Auth0 account to manage authentication. You can sign up for a free Auth0 account here.

Next, set up an Auth0 Application so Auth0 can interface with the React app.

Set Up an Auth0 Application

1. Go to your Auth0 Dashboard and click the "Create a New Application" button.
2. Name your new app (something like React RBAC) and select "Single Page Web Applications".
3. In the Settings for your new Auth0 application app, add http://localhost:3000/callback to the Allowed Callback URLs.
4. At the bottom of the Settings section, click "Show Advanced Settings". Choose the OAuth tab and verify that the JsonWebToken Signature Algorithm is set to "RS256".

Provide Credentials to React App

1. Rename auth0-variables.js.example inside src/constants/ to auth0-variables.js.
2. Paste the auth0 credentials in auth0-variables.js.

Development server

$ npm start

Auth0 Rule to Set Roles to a User

function (user, context, callback) {
  user.app_metadata = user.app_metadata || {};

  if (user.email === '[email protected]') {
    user.app_metadata.role = 'admin';
  } else {
    user.app_metadata.role = 'writer';
  }

  auth0.users.updateAppMetadata(user.user_id, user.app_metadata)
    .then(() => {
      context.idToken['https://itaditya/role'] = user.app_metadata.role;
      callback(null, user, context);
    })
    .catch((err) => {
      callback(err);
    });
}