README.md

Neon Authorize + Clerk Example (SQL from the Backend)

This repository is a guided getting started example for Neon Authorize + Clerk.

1. Create a Neon project
2. Create a Clerk Application
3. Head to the Clerk dashboard, and find "JWT Templates"
4. Create a JWT Template ("Blank") and give it any name (e.g., "my-jwt-template")
5. Copy the "JWKS Endpoint" URL and save it for later
6. Head to the Neon Console, and find "Authorize"
7. Inside Authorize, click "Add Authentication Provider", paste in the JWKS Endpoint URL you copied earlier, and submit
8. Follow the steps in the UI to setup the roles for Neon Authorize. You should ignore the schema related steps if you're following this guide
9. Clone this repository and run npm install or bun install
10. Create a .env file in the root of this project and add the following:

NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=
CLERK_SECRET_KEY=

# For the `neondb_owner` role.
DATABASE_URL=
# For the `authenticated`, passwordless role.
DATABASE_AUTHENTICATED_URL=

NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_IN_URL=/sign-in
NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_SIGN_UP_URL=/sign-up

11. Run npm run drizzle:migrate or bun run drizzle:migrate to apply the migrations
12. Run npm run dev or bun run dev
13. Open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000
14. Login and play around!