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# Setting up your routes for LiveView
A built in live session wrapper is provided that will set the user assigns for you. To use it, wrap your live routes like so:
```elixir
ash_authentication_live_session :session_name do
live "/route", ProjectLive.Index, :index
end
```
There are two problems with the above, however.
1. If there is no user present, it will not set `current_user: nil`.
2. You may want a way to require that a user is present for some routes, and not for others.
## Authentication helper
To accomplish this, we use standard Phoenix [`on_mount` hooks](https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/Phoenix.LiveView.html#on_mount/1-examples). Lets define a hook that gives us three potential behaviors, one for optionally having a user signed in, one for requiring a signed in user, and one for requiring that there is no signed in user.
```elixir
# lib/my_app_web/live_user_auth.ex
defmodule MyAppWeb.LiveUserAuth do
@moduledoc """
Helpers for authenticating users in LiveViews.
"""
import Phoenix.Component
use MyAppWeb, :verified_routes
def on_mount(:live_user_optional, _params, _session, socket) do
if socket.assigns[:current_user] do
{:cont, socket}
else
{:cont, assign(socket, :current_user, nil)}
end
end
def on_mount(:live_user_required, _params, _session, socket) do
if socket.assigns[:current_user] do
{:cont, socket}
else
{:halt, Phoenix.LiveView.redirect(socket, to: ~p"/sign-in")}
end
end
def on_mount(:live_no_user, _params, _session, socket) do
if socket.assigns[:current_user] do
{:halt, Phoenix.LiveView.redirect(socket, to: ~p"/")}
else
{:cont, assign(socket, :current_user, nil)}
end
end
end
```
And we can use this as follows:
```elixir
# lib/my_app_web/router.ex
# ...
scope "/", MyAppWeb do
# ...
ash_authentication_live_session :authentication_required,
on_mount: {MyAppWeb.LiveUserAuth, :live_user_required} do
live "/protected_route", ProjectLive.Index, :index
end
ash_authentication_live_session :authentication_optional,
on_mount: {MyAppWeb.LiveUserAuth, :live_user_optional} do
live "/", ProjectLive.Index, :index
end
end
# ...
```
If you want to allow access to a live_view based on users role or some other condition:
```elixir
def on_mount({:required_role, role}, _params, _session, socket) do
if socket.assigns[:current_user] && socket.assigns[:current_user].role == role do
{:cont, socket}
else
{:halt, Phoenix.LiveView.redirect(socket, to: ~p"/")}
end
end
```
You can also match multiple roles:
```elixir
def on_mount({:required_roles, roles}, _params, _session, socket) do
if socket.assigns[:current_user] && Enum.any?(roles, &(socket.assigns[:current_user].role == &1)) do
{:cont, socket}
else
{:halt, Phoenix.LiveView.redirect(socket, to: ~p"/")}
end
end
```
Use it in a on_mount call in a LiveView:
```elixir
on_mount {MyAppWeb.LiveUserAuth, {:required_role: :admin}}
```
```elixir
on_mount {MyAppWeb.LiveUserAuth, {:required_roles: [:admin, :staff]}}
```
You can also use this to prevent users from visiting the auto generated `sign_in` route:
```elixir
sign_in_route(on_mount: [{MyAppWeb.LiveUserAuth, :live_no_user}])
```
## Automatic Session Disconnection on Sign Out
When configured, AshAuthentication.Phoenix can automatically disconnect all LiveView
sessions when a user signs out. This ensures that tabs left open won't continue to
function after the user has signed out elsewhere.
### How It Works
1. On sign-in, `set_live_socket_id/2` stores a session identifier based on the token's JTI
2. When the user signs out, the token is revoked
3. The `TokenRevocationNotifier` broadcasts a "disconnect" message to all configured endpoints
4. Phoenix disconnects any LiveView sockets with that session ID
### Configuration
This feature is automatically configured when you run the installer. If you're upgrading
an existing installation, you'll need to:
1. Update your auth controller to call `set_live_socket_id/2`:
```elixir
def success(conn, _activity, user, token) do
conn
|> store_in_session(user)
|> set_live_socket_id(token) # Add this line
|> redirect(to: ~p"/")
end
```
2. Configure your Token resource:
```elixir
defmodule MyApp.Accounts.Token do
use Ash.Resource,
extensions: [AshAuthentication.TokenResource],
simple_notifiers: [AshAuthentication.Phoenix.TokenRevocationNotifier]
token do
endpoints [MyAppWeb.Endpoint]
live_socket_id_template &("users_sessions:#{&1["jti"]}")
end
end
```