Kinde Starter Kit - React with Express API

Register an account on Kinde

To get started set up an account on Kinde.

Setup your local environment

Clone this repo and install dependencies by running npm i

Make a copy of .env_sample and name it simply .env. Set the following values from the Kinde Settings -> Applications -> Frontend app page.

• REACT_APP_KINDE_CLIENT_ID with the Client ID value
• REACT_APP_KINDE_DOMAIN with the Domain value

e.g

REACT_APP_KINDE_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
REACT_APP_KINDE_DOMAIN=https://your_kinde_subdomain.kinde.com

Set your Callback and Logout URLs

Your user will be redirected to Kinde to authenticate. After they have logged in or registered they will be redirected back to your React application.

You need to specify in Kinde which url you would like your user to be redirected to in order to authenticate your app.

On the Settings -> Applications -> Frontend app page set Allowed callback URLs to http://localhost:3000

Important! This is required for your users to successfully log in to your app.

You will also need to set the url they will be redirected to upon logout. Set the Allowed logout redirect URLs to http://localhost:3000.

Start your app

Run npm start in a terminal and navigate to http://localhost:3000.

Click on Sign up and register your first user for your business!

View users in Kinde

If you navigate to the "Users" page within Kinde you will see your newly registered user there. 🚀

Setup the server

Inside the /server directory install dependencies with npm i.

Make a copy of .env_sample and name it simply .env. Rename the value of KINDE_URL to the Domain value from the Kinde Settings -> Applications -> Frontend app page.

e.g

KINDE_URL=https://your_kinde_subdomain.kinde.com

Run npm start to boot up the Express server on port 6161.

Test health check endpoint

Visit http://localhost:6161/v1 in the browser which should return JSON with a 200 reponse code and a status of running.

Test protected endpoints

Make sure both frontend and backend are running. In the browser navigate to http://localhost:3000 and either sign in or register a user.

You will be redirected to the logged in view of this starter kit which includes a "Fetch books" button.

Clicking this button will render a list of books fetched from the protected API.