Kinde ExpressJS Starter Kit

The Kinde Starter Kit for ExpressJS.

Development

Initial set up

1. Clone the repository to your machine:

   git clone https://github.com/kinde-starter-kits/expressjs-starter-kit.git

2. Go into the project:

   cd expressjs-starter-kit

3. Install the dependencies:

   npm install

Setup your local environment

To get started set up an account on Kinde. Make a copy of .env_sample and name it simply .env. Set the following values from the Kinde Settings -> Applications -> Backend app page.

KINDE_ISSUER_URL - The domain value
KINDE_CLIENT_ID - The client id
KINDE_CLIENT_SECRET - The client secret
KINDE_SITE_URL - Your App's domain value
KINDE_REDIRECT_URL - Kinde will redirect here after login
KINDE_POST_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL - Kinde will redirect here after logout

e.g

KINDE_SITE_URL=http://localhost:3000
KINDE_ISSUER_URL=https://<your_subdomain>.kinde.com
KINDE_POST_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL=http://localhost:3000
KINDE_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>
KINDE_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET>
KINDE_REDIRECT_URL=http://localhost:3000/kinde_callback

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 ExpressJS 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 App Keys page set Redirect url to http://localhost:3000/kinde_callback

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 Logout url to http://localhost:3000.

Start the app

npm start and navigate to http://localhost:3000.

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

Contributing

Please refer to Kinde’s contributing guidelines.

License

By contributing to Kinde, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its MIT License.