Does my auth framework only need to integrate with React framework or with Convex also?
This feels like a stupid question. I’m building an app with TanStack Start and want to use Convex as DB. Let’s say I’m planning on using auth ProviderX. Does the auth provider have to also integrate directly with Convex or does it only need to interact with TS Start? If a user is authenticated on an app level do they also need to be authenticated on a DB level to run queries that are a part of the page loaders?
When I was playing with Remix/RR7 last year, the access to a DB, even for checking for valid users, was all based on page loaders, and then a DB query that just used a user/pass from the .env, not something that needed to check with the database on its own if it had permission to read/write. Live SSR vs Client side I guess?
Does this question make sense?
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If the server is the only one making requests to Convex, you just need to authenticate that server. But I'd assume your frontend will be talking to Convex queries & mutations, so it'd need to be authenticated with Convex. There's some work to be done in integrating Convex auth & TanStack server-side, but the browser<->convex integration is well established for various providers, etc