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Authentication: Google login

Authentication: Google login

Welcome back! In our previous sessions, we successfully set up a robust sign-up and login system using e-mail and password. Today, we are taking a significant step forward by integrating a popular social login method, Google Sign-In. The goal is to provide users with a frictionless way to access our application while maintaining a secure and consistent user database. By the end of this session, you'll have mastered how to add Google as a NextAuth provider, update your UI with the Google sign-in button, automatically register new Google users in your database, ensure your JWT sessions are always in sync, and seamlessly manage redirects. Let's get started on creating a more versatile and user-friendly authentication experience. Let's start by navigating to the Google Cloud console. If you're not already signed in, go ahead and sign in with your Google account. This is where we'll create a project and get the credentials we need for Google Sign-in. Once you are in the console, look at…

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