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Next.js 16 middleware: Restrict protected route

Next.js 16 middleware: Restrict protected route

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Next.js 16 middleware: Restrict protected route

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Hello, and welcome to this session on Next.js 16 middleware. Today our goal is to learn how to restrict access to certain routes in our application on the back end instead of the front end. We will do that using Next.js 16's new middleware. We'll be creating a protected route that should only be accessible to users who are logged in. If an unauthenticated user tries to visit this page, we will use Next.js Middleware to intercept their request on the back-end and seamlessly redirect them to our login page. This is a fundamental pattern for building secure and robust web applications. Okay, let's quickly compare the traditional front-end approach to using Next.js Middleware for route protection. On the left we have the client-side approach. This typically involves using something like useEffect in React to check if a user is authenticated after the page has already loaded in the browser. As you can see in the code snippet, if the user isn't authenticated, we redirect them to the login…

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