saleor-app-sdk-REDIS_APL/docs/protected-handlers.md

Protected API handlers

The App SDK provides helpers which ensure, that incoming requests are sent from Saleor dashboard. Example of such situation could be a change of the application configuration iframe.

Warning

This handler only works for requests originated from frontend calls. It checks JWT token from the client, which is available in AppBridge. Do not call this endpoint from backend context (calling it from API function will fail)

How to protect the endpoint

First, create handler for your business logic. The only difference from usual NextJS handler is an additional argument ctx of type ProtectedHandlerContext, which contains additional data related to the request:

export type ProtectedHandlerContext = {
  baseUrl: string; // the URL your application is available
  authData: AuthData; // Auth Data which can be used to communicate with the Saleor API
};

createProtectedHandler will check if:

• the request has saleor-api-url header of the Saleor instance
• the API URL has been registered, with help of the APL
• the request has authorization-bearer
• the auth token is a valid JWT token created by the Saleor running on the given URL
• user has required permissions in the token

For example purposes our endpoint will only log welcome message:

import { createProtectedHandler, ProtectedHandlerContext } from "@saleor/app-sdk/handlers/next";
import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
import { saleorApp } from "../../../saleor-app";

export const handler = async (
  req: NextApiRequest,
  res: NextApiResponse,
  ctx: ProtectedHandlerContext
) => {
  console.log(`Greetings from ${ctx.authData.domain}`);
  res.status(200);
};

/**
 * If any of the requirements is failed, an error response will be returned.
 * Otherwise, provided handler function fill be called.
 *
 * Last argument is optional array of permissions that will be checked. If user doesn't have them, will return 401 before handler is called
 */
export default createProtectedHandler(handler, saleorApp.apl, ["MANAGE_ORDERS"]);

To make your requests successfully communicate with the backend, saleor-api-url and authorization-bearer headers are required:

fetch("/api/protected", {
  headers: {
    /**
     * Both API URL and token are available in the appBridgeState. Based on those
     * headers the backend will check if the request has enough permissions to
     * perform the action.
     */
    "saleor-api-url": saleorApiUrl,
    "authorization-bearer": token,
  },
});

If you want to read more about appBridgeState, check App Bridge documentation.

Using useAuthenticatedFetch() hook

Instead of manually attaching headers with AppBridge context, you can use useAuthenticatedFetch() hook

Since it requires AppBridge, it's only available in browser context. It depends on Window object, so your app will break if Next.js tries to render it server-side. Hence, ensure component that uses the hook is imported with dynamic()

Component must be within AppBridgeProvider to have access to the AppBridge

import { useAuthenticatedFetch } from "@saleor/app-sdk/app-bridge";
import { useEffect } from "react";

export const ClientComponent = () => {
  const fetch = useAuthenticatedFetch();

  useEffect(() => {
    /**
     * Auth headers are set up automatically, so you can just call the fetch function
     */
    fetch("/api/protected");
  }, [fetch]);

  return <div>Your UI</div>;
};