import Layout from '~/layouts/tutorials/TutorialLayout'
export const meta = {
title: 'Creating a user management dashboard with NextJS and Supabase',
author: 'Rich Haines',
video: 'https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0Fs96oZ4se0',
}
In this 25-minute guide, we’ll be building a collaborative user managment app using NextJS and Supabase.
As users add and move rectangles in a canvas, changes will be automatically synced and persisted, allowing for a canvas that updates in real-time across clients.
Users will also be able to see other users selections, and undo and redo actions.

### GitHub
Should you get stuck while working through the guide, refer to [this repo](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/tree/master/examples/user-management/nextjs-ts-user-management).
## Building the App
Let's start building the Next.js app from scratch.
### Initialize a Next.js app
We can use [`create-next-app`](https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started) to initialize
an app called `supabase-nextjs`:
```bash
npx create-next-app@latest --use-npm supabase-nextjs
cd supabase-nextjs
```
```bash
npx create-next-app@latest --ts --use-npm supabase-nextjs
cd supabase-nextjs
```
Then install the Supabase client library: [supabase-js](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-js)
```bash
npm install @supabase/supabase-js
```
And finally we want to save the environment variables in a `.env.local`.
All we need are the API URL and the `anon` key that you copied [earlier](#get-the-api-keys).
```bash title=.env.local
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=YOUR_SUPABASE_URL
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=YOUR_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY
```
And one optional step is to update the CSS file `styles/globals.css` to make the app look nice.
You can find the full contents of this file [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/supabase/supabase/master/examples/user-management/nextjs-ts-user-management/styles/globals.css).
### Set up a Login component
#### Supabase Auth Helpers
Next.js is a highly versatile framework offering pre-rendering at build time (SSG), server-side rendering at request time (SSR), API routes, and middleware edge-functions.
It can be challenging to authenticate your users in all these different environments, that's why we've created the [Supabase Auth Helpers](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/auth-helpers/nextjs) to make user management and data fetching within Next.js as easy as possible.
Install the auth helpers for React and Next.js
```bash
npm install @supabase/auth-helpers-react @supabase/auth-helpers-nextjs
```
Wrap your `pages/_app.js` component with the `SessionContextProvider` component:
```jsx title=pages/_app.js
import '../styles/globals.css'
import { createBrowserSupabaseClient } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-nextjs'
import { SessionContextProvider } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-react'
function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }) {
const [supabaseClient] = useState(() => createBrowserSupabaseClient())
return (
)
}
export default MyApp
```
Wrap your `pages/_app.tsx` component with the `SessionContextProvider` component:
```jsx lines=2,8 title=pages/_app.tsx
import { createBrowserSupabaseClient } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-nextjs'
import { SessionContextProvider, Session } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-react'
function MyApp({
Component,
pageProps,
}: AppProps<{
initialSession: Session,
}>) {
const [supabaseClient] = useState(() => createBrowserSupabaseClient())
return (
)
}
export default MyApp
```
See the [Auth Helpers docs](/docs/guides/auth/auth-helpers/nextjs#usage-with-typescript) for more details on usage with TypeScript.
#### Supabase Auth UI
We can use the [Supabase Auth UI](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/auth-helpers/auth-ui) a pre-built React component for authenticating users via OAuth, email, and magic links.
Install the Supabase Auth UI for React
```bash
npm install @supabase/auth-ui-react
```
Add the `Auth` component to your home page
```jsx title=pages/index.js
import { Auth, ThemeSupa } from '@supabase/auth-ui-react'
import { useSession, useSupabaseClient } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-react'
const Home = () => {
const session = useSession()
const supabase = useSupabaseClient()
return (
{!session ? (
) : (
Account page will go here.
)}
)
}
export default Home
```
### Account page
After a user is signed in we can allow them to edit their profile details and manage their account.
Let's create a new component for that called `Account.js` within a `components` folder.
```tsx title=components/Account.js
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
import { useUser, useSupabaseClient } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-react'
export default function Account({ session }) {
const supabase = useSupabaseClient()
const user = useUser()
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true)
const [username, setUsername] = useState(null)
const [website, setWebsite] = useState(null)
const [avatar_url, setAvatarUrl] = useState(null)
useEffect(() => {
getProfile()
}, [session])
async function getProfile() {
try {
setLoading(true)
let { data, error, status } = await supabase
.from('profiles')
.select(`username, website, avatar_url`)
.eq('id', user.id)
.single()
if (error && status !== 406) {
throw error
}
if (data) {
setUsername(data.username)
setWebsite(data.website)
setAvatarUrl(data.avatar_url)
}
} catch (error) {
alert('Error loading user data!')
console.log(error)
} finally {
setLoading(false)
}
}
async function updateProfile({ username, website, avatar_url }) {
try {
setLoading(true)
const updates = {
id: user.id,
username,
website,
avatar_url,
updated_at: new Date().toISOString(),
}
let { error } = await supabase.from('profiles').upsert(updates)
if (error) throw error
alert('Profile updated!')
} catch (error) {
alert('Error updating the data!')
console.log(error)
} finally {
setLoading(false)
}
}
return (
setUsername(e.target.value)}
/>
setWebsite(e.target.value)}
/>
)
}
```
Let's create a new component for that called `Account.tsx` within a `components` folder.
```tsx title=components/Account.tsx
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
import { useUser, useSupabaseClient, Session } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-react'
import { Database } from '../utils/database.types'
type Profiles = Database['public']['Tables']['profiles']['Row']
export default function Account({ session }: { session: Session }) {
const supabase = useSupabaseClient()
const user = useUser()
const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true)
const [username, setUsername] = useState(null)
const [website, setWebsite] = useState(null)
const [avatar_url, setAvatarUrl] = useState(null)
useEffect(() => {
getProfile()
}, [session])
async function getProfile() {
try {
setLoading(true)
if (!user) throw new Error('No user')
let { data, error, status } = await supabase
.from('profiles')
.select(`username, website, avatar_url`)
.eq('id', user.id)
.single()
if (error && status !== 406) {
throw error
}
if (data) {
setUsername(data.username)
setWebsite(data.website)
setAvatarUrl(data.avatar_url)
}
} catch (error) {
alert('Error loading user data!')
console.log(error)
} finally {
setLoading(false)
}
}
async function updateProfile({
username,
website,
avatar_url,
}: {
username: Profiles['username']
website: Profiles['website']
avatar_url: Profiles['avatar_url']
}) {
try {
setLoading(true)
if (!user) throw new Error('No user')
const updates = {
id: user.id,
username,
website,
avatar_url,
updated_at: new Date().toISOString(),
}
let { error } = await supabase.from('profiles').upsert(updates)
if (error) throw error
alert('Profile updated!')
} catch (error) {
alert('Error updating the data!')
console.log(error)
} finally {
setLoading(false)
}
}
return (
setUsername(e.target.value)}
/>
setWebsite(e.target.value)}
/>
)
}
```
### Launch!
Now that we have all the components in place, let's update `pages/index.js`:
```jsx lines=3,14 title=pages/index.js
import { Auth, ThemeSupa } from '@supabase/auth-ui-react'
import { useSession, useSupabaseClient } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-react'
import Account from '../components/Account'
const Home = () => {
const session = useSession()
const supabase = useSupabaseClient()
return (
{!session ? (
) : (
)}
)
}
export default Home
```
Once that's done, run this in a terminal window:
```bash
npm run dev
```
And then open the browser to [localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) and you should see the completed app.
## Bonus: Profile photos
Every Supabase project is configured with [Storage](/docs/guides/storage) for managing large files like
photos and videos.
### Create an upload widget
Let's create an avatar widget for the user so that they can upload a profile photo. We can start by creating a new component:
```jsx title=components/Avatar.js
import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
import { useSupabaseClient } from '@supabase/auth-helpers-react'
export default function Avatar({ uid, url, size, onUpload }) {
const supabase = useSupabaseClient()
const [avatarUrl, setAvatarUrl] = useState(null)
const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false)
useEffect(() => {
if (url) downloadImage(url)
}, [url])
async function downloadImage(path) {
try {
const { data, error } = await supabase.storage.from('avatars').download(path)
if (error) {
throw error
}
const url = URL.createObjectURL(data)
setAvatarUrl(url)
} catch (error) {
console.log('Error downloading image: ', error)
}
}
const uploadAvatar = async (event) => {
try {
setUploading(true)
if (!event.target.files || event.target.files.length === 0) {
throw new Error('You must select an image to upload.')
}
const file = event.target.files[0]
const fileExt = file.name.split('.').pop()
const fileName = `${uid}.${fileExt}`
const filePath = `${fileName}`
let { error: uploadError } = await supabase.storage
.from('avatars')
.upload(filePath, file, { upsert: true })
if (uploadError) {
throw uploadError
}
onUpload(filePath)
} catch (error) {
alert('Error uploading avatar!')
console.log(error)
} finally {
setUploading(false)
}
}
return (
)
}
```
### Add the new widget
And then we can add the widget to the Account page:
```jsx title=components/Account.js
// Import the new component
import Avatar from './Avatar'
// ...
return (
{/* Add to the body */}
{
setAvatarUrl(url)
updateProfile({ username, website, avatar_url: url })
}}
/>
{/* ... */}
)
```
## Next steps
At this stage you have a fully functional application!
- See the complete [example on GitHub](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/tree/master/examples/user-management/nextjs-ts-user-management) and deploy it to Vercel.
- Explore the [pre-built Auth UI for React](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/auth-helpers/auth-ui).
- Explore the [Auth Helpers for Next.js](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/auth-helpers/nextjs).
- Explore the [Supabase Cache Helpers](https://github.com/psteinroe/supabase-cache-helpers).
- See the [Next.js Subscription Payments Starter](https://github.com/vercel/nextjs-subscription-payments) template on GitHub.
- Got a question? [Ask here](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/discussions).
- Sign in: [app.supabase.com](https://app.supabase.com)
export default ({ children }) =>