Hi I want route ` dashboard` to be accessible only when the

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Hi I want route ` dashboard` to be accessible only when the user is logged in How to do it I m making a VueJS + Express app

Snackdex · Answer

if you re talking about front end routes then you would protect them by calling Session doesSessionExist

Snackdex · Answer

see https supertokens com docs session common customizations sessions protecting frontend routes

Snackdex · Answer

for backend you would use verifySession middleware https supertokens com docs session common customizations sessions session verification in api verify session

CodeX · Answer

So if I want ` dashboard` to be a frontend route I need to create Dashboard vue dashboardView html and add DashboardView component to `router index ts` right

CodeX · Answer

And in order to protect it I need to add the Session doesSessionExist based function

Snackdex · Answer

hmm i m not a vuejs guy so I really can t say for sure this doc is what you would be looking for though

Snackdex · Answer

https router vuejs org guide advanced navigation guards html

Snackdex · Answer

in the first section they have a snippet of code that looks like this

Snackdex · Answer

```const router = createRouter router beforeEach to from => explicitly return false to cancel the navigation return false ```

Snackdex · Answer

a very minimal implementation would be to return the evaluation of Session doesSessionExist

Snackdex · Answer

if false then cancel the navigation if true then proceed

Snackdex · Answer

but ideally you would want to navigate them somewhere else the next two code blocks go over those examples

CodeX · Answer

Oh yeah that s what I was looking for Thanks a lot