This tutorial guides you through building a Vue.js application secured by Okta's OpenID Connect (OIDC) API, including CRUD operations via a backend REST API. We'll use Vue.js with vue-cli, vue-router, and the Okta Vue SDK, along with Node.js, Express, Okta JWT Verifier, Sequelize, and Epilogue on the backend.
Key Features:
- Secure authentication using Okta's OIDC API.
- Vue.js project scaffolding with vue-cli's PWA template.
- Okta Vue SDK for authentication flow management and route protection.
- Backend REST API server (Node, Express, Sequelize) for CRUD operations.
- Dynamic navigation based on authentication status.
- Comprehensive testing of authentication and CRUD functionality.
About Vue.js:
Vue.js is a user-friendly and powerful JavaScript framework ideal for building high-performance web applications.
This tutorial creates a frontend SPA (homepage, login/logout, posts manager) and a backend REST API server (Express, Sequelize, Epilogue). Okta's OIDC handles authentication via the Okta Vue SDK. The server uses JWT-based authentication, validated by Okta's JWT Verifier middleware. Exposed endpoints (GET /posts
, GET /posts/:id
, POST /posts
, PUT /posts/:id
, DELETE /posts/:id
) all require a valid access token.
Setting up Your Vue.js App:
Use vue-cli
to scaffold the project:
npm install -g vue-cli vue init pwa my-vue-app cd ./my-vue-app npm install npm run dev
This creates a PWA with features like hot reloading and unit testing. Access it at http://localhost:8080
.
Installing Bootstrap:
Enhance the UI with Bootstrap-Vue:
npm i --save bootstrap-vue bootstrap
Modify ./src/main.js
to include Bootstrap-Vue and its CSS.
Okta Authentication Integration:
- Create an OIDC application in your Okta developer account.
- Install the Okta Vue SDK:
npm i --save @okta/okta-vue
- Configure the router (
./src/router/index.js
) with Okta'sAuth
plugin, replacing placeholders with your Okta domain and client ID. ImplementauthRedirectGuard
for route protection.
Customizing the App Layout:
Modify ./src/App.vue
to dynamically show "Login" or "Logout" based on the user's authentication status using v-if
. Implement login and logout methods using the $auth
object provided by the Okta Vue SDK.
Creating the Backend REST API Server:
- Install dependencies:
npm i --save express cors @okta/jwt-verifier sequelize sqlite3 epilogue axios
- Create
./src/server.js
. This file sets up Express, Sequelize (using SQLite for simplicity), Epilogue for REST endpoint generation, and Okta JWT Verifier middleware for authentication.
Completing the Posts Manager Component:
Create ./src/api.js
for centralized API interaction. This helper handles adding the access token to API requests. Then, complete ./src/components/PostsManager.vue
to implement CRUD operations using the api
helper functions.
Testing the Application:
Run the server (node ./src/server
) and the frontend (npm run dev
). Test authentication and CRUD functionality.
Further Resources:
- Vue.js
- [Okta Developer Blog](Original blog post URL - replace with actual URL if available)
- GitHub Repository
(FAQs section removed as it's a repetition of information already covered in the tutorial.)
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