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FaunaDB

This is the Fauna Adapter for next-auth. This package can only be used in conjunction with the primary next-auth package. It is not a standalone package.

You can find the Fauna schema and seed information in the docs at authjs.dev/reference/adapters/fauna.

Getting Started​

  1. Install the necessary packages
npm install next-auth @next-auth/fauna-adapter faunadb
  1. Add this adapter to your pages/api/[...nextauth].js next-auth configuration object.
pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
import NextAuth from "next-auth"
import { Client as FaunaClient } from "faunadb"
import { FaunaAdapter } from "@next-auth/fauna-adapter"

const client = new FaunaClient({
  secret: "secret",
  scheme: "http",
  domain: "localhost",
  port: 8443,
})

// 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: [],
  adapter: FaunaAdapter(client)
  ...
})

Schema​

Run the following commands inside of the Shell tab in the Fauna dashboard to setup the appropriate collections and indexes.

CreateCollection({ name: "accounts" })
CreateCollection({ name: "sessions" })
CreateCollection({ name: "users" })
CreateCollection({ name: "verification_tokens" })
CreateIndex({
  name: "account_by_provider_and_provider_account_id",
  source: Collection("accounts"),
  unique: true,
  terms: [
    { field: ["data", "provider"] },
    { field: ["data", "providerAccountId"] },
  ],
})
CreateIndex({
  name: "session_by_session_token",
  source: Collection("sessions"),
  unique: true,
  terms: [{ field: ["data", "sessionToken"] }],
})
CreateIndex({
  name: "user_by_email",
  source: Collection("users"),
  unique: true,
  terms: [{ field: ["data", "email"] }],
})
CreateIndex({
  name: "verification_token_by_identifier_and_token",
  source: Collection("verification_tokens"),
  unique: true,
  terms: [{ field: ["data", "identifier"] }, { field: ["data", "token"] }],
})

This schema is adapted for use in Fauna and based upon our main schema