Route Protection with Middleware

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Route Protection with Middleware

Middleware runs before a request is completed, allowing you to intercept and redirect users based on authentication status.

snippet.js
javascript
export function middleware(request) {
  const token = request.cookies.get('session');
  if (!token && request.nextUrl.pathname.startsWith('/dashboard')) {
    return NextResponse.redirect(new URL('/login', request.url));
  }
}

nextjs

Breakdown

const token = request.cookies.get('session')

Retrieves the session cookie from the incoming request object.

return NextResponse.redirect(...)

Redirects the user to the login page if the required session token is missing.

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