Building Hoist (ep 3) - Creating a Node.js Express API that can talk to the Auth0 Management API
Hoist's Gatsby app needs to talk to the Auth0 Management API, so let's build a Node.js Express API from scratch! We'll soon be integrating Stripe payments into Hoist, and need to remember each user's Stripe Customer ID. Rather than setting up a database just for this, we'll use Auth0's App Metadata storage, that allows us to save data against a specific user.
Find out more about the Auth0 Hackathon: https://a0.to/hackathon
Time Stamps:
00:00 Welcome!
00:56 Episode 2 recap
01:23 Defining today's goal
01:35 When to use Auth0's user_metadata versus app_metadata
02:25 Configuring access to your Auth0 tenant's Management API
04:50 Creating a new Node.js Express API project
08:45 Getting an Access Token for the Express API to talk to the Auth0 Management API
10:50 Sending an access token from Gatsby to the Express API
15:41 Handling CORS
16:53 Inspecting an Auth0 Management API access token
17:44 Creating a promise to get a Management API Token
23:50 Moving Auth0 configuration parameters to environment variables
26:16 Testing this all with a new Hoist user
26:58 Summary and what to expect next episode
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Building Hoist focuses on the development journey of a platform designed to help everyone fund effective climate change programs with a single payment.
Episode 1: Gatsby and the Auth0 React SDK (https://ben.sc/hoist-ep1)
Episode 2: Integrating Sanity's Headless CMS with Gatsby (https://ben.sc/hoist-ep2)
Episode 3: Creating a Node.js Express API that can talk to the Auth0 Management API (https://ben.sc/hoist-ep3)
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A big shout out to Auth0 (https://ben.sc/auth0) who allow me to create these videos as part of my work. Hoist isn't an Auth0 product, but they're keen on seeing it succeed, and hopefully even using it someday!
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