Username and password used to cut it. Rolling your own auth, used to cut it.
It doesn’t anymore.
Users demand better security and seamless login. These two concepts are a bit at odds with each other.
Single sign on, such as Google Login, Facebook Login, Github Login, has made it far more seamless for users to securely access your project but….
Most web frameworks are not designed to work with each other _and_ each others’ users seamlessly.
Let’s say you built a Django application and have Django AllAuth. That’s is an awesome start. One I have recommended many times.
Now you want a more powerful frontend. Say React or Vue. How about a new OAuth provider that isn’t supported by All Auth. What if you want to leave Django altogether for FastAPI or Flask? Or CrewAI?
How to do you migrate users? How do you migrate securely? What if you change your mind after a few weeks of using any other backend? What do you do then?
This is where Clerk comes in.
Clerk is a platform for User management. It’s wild how dead simple it is to unlock things like:
– Social Auth (or Single Sign on) with major providers like Google Login, Facebook Login, Apple, Microsoft, GitHub, Slack, and so many others
– Two factor authentication
– Exporting users (if you need to migrate away)
– About 20 lines of code for a MVP
Clerk allows you to use any frontend or backend stack with the exact same users. FastAPI for analytics video tracking? Done. Django for user blog posts? Done. Next.js for user interface done? Switch to Remix without skipping a beat? Done.
Join clerk right now: https://go.clerk.com/YXDCdS6
Topics covered:
– Clerk SDK integration for unified authentication across React/Django/FastAPI
– Custom Django User model for 1-to-1 Clerk integration
– Develop with containers and Docker Compose (only need to install Docker)
– CORS configuration for frontend-backend communication
– API middleware for auth verification and user injection
– Login required routes on frontend and backend
– User data sync between Clerk and Django database
– Django-only REST API design with QuerySets and filtering (no DRF or Django-Ninja)
– Full-stack architecture with Next.js/React and Django/FastAPI
Code: https://github.com/codingforentrepreneurs/usernado-clerk-x-python
Chapters:
00:00:00 Welcome
00:04:17 Demo
00:09:42 Proof of Concept with React & Docker
00:11:27 Setup Docker Compose Environment
00:18:08 Hello World with React, Vite and Docker Compose
00:24:51 Browser Access for Docker Compose
00:30:00 Clerk & React
00:37:52 Clerk Auth Token & User React Hooks
00:44:47 Dockerfile for React Development
00:56:24 Python & Django Dev Setup in Docker Compose
01:09:10 Automatic Container Builds with Docker Compose Watch
01:14:52 React & Django with CORS
01:17:47 Hello World API Endpoint with Django
01:20:06 Django Settings and the Clerk Secret Key
01:24:33 Clerk SDK for Python in Django
01:31:41 Get Clerk User Data via Python SDK
01:40:08 Username Challenges with Django & Clerk
01:43:06 Custom Django User Model for Clerk
01:54:50 Update or Create Django User from Clerk
02:06:57 Middleware for Request User and Clerk
02:15:20 Login Required Decorator for Clerk Users
02:20:51 FastAPI with Clerk in 11 Minutes
02:31:38 Next.js & Docker Compose
02:37:53 Integrate Clerk with Next.js
02:44:00 Login Required Routes with Next.js and Clerk
02:48:59 Custom Login & Register Pages
02:57:16 Configure Redirects
02:59:47 Custom Layout Designs for Routes and Users
03:05:25 Next.js Form to Send User Data
03:15:50 FastAPI as User Data Handler
03:19:21 Storing Clerk User Data from Next.js to Django
03:31:18 Filtering Data with Django QuerySets
03:36:22 User Posts as List API View in Django
03:41:26 Listing User Data with Clerk, SWR, Next.js, and Django
03:50:26 Thank you
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