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Sun Walker
06/17/2020, 1:46 AMWhat request should we make on app load to check if session has expired since the last time user opened the app? - s
Sun Walker
06/17/2020, 1:47 AMIs it this:Copy codeJavaScript const val = await supertokens.doesSessionExist(); - r
rp
06/17/2020, 5:27 AMyup! - s
Sun Walker
06/17/2020, 12:07 PMAh so I don't need to do a generic /check route with the middleware, this call actually checks if there is an active session in the db? - r
rp
06/17/2020, 12:08 PMi'm not sure what the /check route was for - s
Sun Walker
06/17/2020, 1:01 PMjust so that the request passes through supertokens.middleware() so that supertokens can check if the user has correct credentials being sent - r
rp
06/17/2020, 1:02 PMahh i see. Yea, so you do not need that. You can just use
which returns a booleanawait supertokens.doesSessionExist() - r
rp
06/17/2020, 1:02 PMtrue = session is alive, else false - s
Sun Walker
06/17/2020, 4:03 PMSo I need both:
(get request to go through supertokens.middleware) and/check
both on app loadawait supertokens.doesSessionExist() - s
Sun Walker
06/17/2020, 4:03 PMOr just 1? - r
rp
06/17/2020, 4:03 PMhmmm you just need await supertokens.doesSessionExist() - r
rp
06/17/2020, 4:04 PMyou should never need to call the /check API - s
Sun Walker
06/17/2020, 4:04 PMAh, cool this is my function to run on initial app load (removed /check)Copy codeJavaScript const initialCheck = async () => { const val = await st.doesSessionExist(); const id = await getUserId(); if (val && id) { setAuthFlow({ loading: false, loggedIn: true, pop: true }); } else { setAuthFlow({ loading: false, loggedIn: false, pop: true }); } }; - r
rp
06/17/2020, 4:05 PMcool! - s
Sun Walker
06/17/2020, 4:05 PMNoice! - u
user
06/19/2020, 5:56 PMIf I wanted to setup a staging and production service for supertokens, would I need to create 2 separate GCP instances? Or could I just use 1 instance with 2 separate db instances? - r
rp
06/19/2020, 8:09 PM@User you would need two separate instances of supertokens running for that (within one or two GCP instances). You could connect them both to the same db instance, but with different tables or databases. Technically, you could use one instance of supertokens for production and dev, but that would mean session data for prod and dev would be in the same table in your postgres db - r
rp
06/19/2020, 8:09 PMYou could also use the in memory db for the development one if you want - u
user
06/19/2020, 8:52 PMOK gotcha - r
rp
06/19/2020, 8:53 PMAlso, did you try to simulate token theft on our site? I believe you might have been logged out. - u
user
06/19/2020, 8:54 PM@User having trouble getting the key to be found - u
user
06/19/2020, 8:54 PM> Also, did you try to simulate token theft on our site? I believe you might have been logged out. @User Definitely not. I think i was logged out - r
rp
06/19/2020, 8:55 PM> having trouble getting the key to be found You need to pass the license key as an environment variable. You can find it on your dashboard - u
user
06/19/2020, 8:55 PMOhhh - u
user
06/19/2020, 8:55 PMI added the key to the root of my server - r
rp
06/19/2020, 8:56 PMI see. You should checkout this link if you haven't: https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-docker-postgresql - r
rp
06/19/2020, 8:57 PMIt contains the instructions on how to run the docker image you are running - r
rp
06/19/2020, 8:58 PMCopy codedocker run \ -p 3567:3567 \ -e LICENSE_KEY_ID=yourLicenseKeyID \ -d supertokens/supertokens-postgresql - r
rp
06/19/2020, 8:58 PMthe above should start the container with the in memory db. - u
user
06/19/2020, 9:30 PMGotcha