undefined session in _app.tsx file

I want to get the session in the app file but undefined always appears, however the hooks work and return the session

10 Replies

I'm missing something?

Show your _app But I recommend debugging by logging the _app props Like:

const App = (...props) => {...

const App = (...props) => {...

amargoCactus•16mo ago

import { type ReactNode, type ReactElement } from 'react';
import { type NextComponentType, type NextPage } from 'next';
import {
  type AppContextType,
  type AppInitialProps,
} from 'next/dist/shared/lib/utils';
import { type Session } from 'next-auth';
import { SessionProvider } from 'next-auth/react';
import { ToastContainer } from 'react-toastify';
import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools';
import NextNProgress from 'nextjs-progressbar';

import { api } from '~/utils/api';

import Layout from '~/layouts';
import { defineAbility } from '~/config/ability';
import { AbilityContext } from '~/components/can/can.component';

import '~/styles/globals.css';

type NextPageWithLayout<P = Record<string, never>, IP = P> = NextPage<P, IP> & {
  getLayout?: (page: ReactElement) => ReactNode;
};

type AppPropsWithLayout<P> = AppInitialProps<P> & {
  Component: NextPageWithLayout;
};

type AppWithLayout<P = Record<string, never>> = NextComponentType<
  AppContextType,
  P,
  AppPropsWithLayout<P>
>;

const MyApp: AppWithLayout<{ session: Session | null }> = ({
  Component,
  pageProps: { session, ...pageProps },
}) => {
  const ability = defineAbility({
    userId: session?.user?.id ?? '',
    role: session?.user?.role?.identifier ?? '',
  });

  const getLayout = Component.getLayout ?? ((page) => <Layout>{page}</Layout>);

  return (
    <>
      <ReactQueryDevtools />
      <NextNProgress />
      <ToastContainer autoClose={3000} />
      <SessionProvider session={session}>
        <AbilityContext.Provider value={ability}>
          {getLayout(<Component {...pageProps} />)}
        </AbilityContext.Provider>
      </SessionProvider>
    </>
  );
};

export default api.withTRPC(MyApp);

import { type ReactNode, type ReactElement } from 'react';
import { type NextComponentType, type NextPage } from 'next';
import {
  type AppContextType,
  type AppInitialProps,
} from 'next/dist/shared/lib/utils';
import { type Session } from 'next-auth';
import { SessionProvider } from 'next-auth/react';
import { ToastContainer } from 'react-toastify';
import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools';
import NextNProgress from 'nextjs-progressbar';

import { api } from '~/utils/api';

import Layout from '~/layouts';
import { defineAbility } from '~/config/ability';
import { AbilityContext } from '~/components/can/can.component';

import '~/styles/globals.css';

type NextPageWithLayout<P = Record<string, never>, IP = P> = NextPage<P, IP> & {
  getLayout?: (page: ReactElement) => ReactNode;
};

type AppPropsWithLayout<P> = AppInitialProps<P> & {
  Component: NextPageWithLayout;
};

type AppWithLayout<P = Record<string, never>> = NextComponentType<
  AppContextType,
  P,
  AppPropsWithLayout<P>
>;

const MyApp: AppWithLayout<{ session: Session | null }> = ({
  Component,
  pageProps: { session, ...pageProps },
}) => {
  const ability = defineAbility({
    userId: session?.user?.id ?? '',
    role: session?.user?.role?.identifier ?? '',
  });

  const getLayout = Component.getLayout ?? ((page) => <Layout>{page}</Layout>);

  return (
    <>
      <ReactQueryDevtools />
      <NextNProgress />
      <ToastContainer autoClose={3000} />
      <SessionProvider session={session}>
        <AbilityContext.Provider value={ability}>
          {getLayout(<Component {...pageProps} />)}
        </AbilityContext.Provider>
      </SessionProvider>
    </>
  );
};

export default api.withTRPC(MyApp);

i'm trying to use defineAbility function, to define RBAC but I think I’ll create a component that wraps AbilityContext.Provider and children, as useSession hook are working

deforestor•16mo ago

Yo Sorry for the delay, I got really busy

deforestor•16mo ago

I think it really isn't possible to pass down the props to the Component, but what you can and probably should do, is get it on the server side, for example:

deforestor•16mo ago

you could do a step further and abstract that, if your getServerSideProps are repeated all the time:

deforestor•16mo ago

and to have full type safety, I did it like this: create a src/types/next.d.ts file and have this:

import type { Session } from 'next-auth';

declare module "next/app" {
  type AppProps<P = Record<string, unknown>> = {
    Component: NextComponentType<NextPageContext, any, P>;
    router: Router;
    __N_SSG?: boolean;
    __N_SSP?: boolean;
    pageProps: P & PageProps;
  };
  type PageProps = {
    session?: Session;
  };
}

import type { Session } from 'next-auth';

declare module "next/app" {
  type AppProps<P = Record<string, unknown>> = {
    Component: NextComponentType<NextPageContext, any, P>;
    router: Router;
    __N_SSG?: boolean;
    __N_SSP?: boolean;
    pageProps: P & PageProps;
  };
  type PageProps = {
    session?: Session;
  };
}

deforestor•16mo ago

Then type the _app like this:

deforestor•16mo ago

and the pages like this:

deforestor•16mo ago

the next.d.ts is what I remember finding on my research so that the PageProps and AppProps remained consistent by just adding into the existent one from next

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undefined session in _app.tsx file