Session Strategies
Gitlab Strategy

Gitlab Strategy

The Gitlab strategy for remix-auth (opens in a new tab) is used to authenticate users against a Gitlab account. It extends the OAuth2Strategy.

Supported runtimes

RuntimeHas Support
Node.js✅
Cloudflare✅

Setup Guide

Install the package

npm install remix-auth-gitlab

Create the strategy instance

app/services/auth.server.ts
import { GitlabStrategy } from "remix-auth-gitlab";
 
let gitlabStrategy = new GitlabStrategy(
  {
    clientID: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    clientSecret: "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
    callbackURL: "https://example.com/auth/gitlab/callback",
  },
  async ({ accessToken, extraParams, profile }) => {
    // Get the user data from your DB or API using the tokens and profile
    return User.findOrCreate({ email: profile.emails[0].value });
  }
);
 
authenticator.use(gitlabStrategy);

Setup your routes

app/routes/login.tsx
export default function Login() {
  return (
    <Form action="/auth/gitlab" method="post">
      <button>Login with Gitlab</button>
    </Form>
  );
}
app/routes/auth/gitlab.tsx
import { ActionFunction, LoaderFunction, redirect } from "remix";
import { authenticator } from "~/auth.server";
 
export let loader: LoaderFunction = () => redirect("/login");
 
export let action: ActionFunction = ({ request }) => {
  return authenticator.authenticate("gitlab", request);
};
app/routes/auth/gitlab/callback.tsx
import { LoaderFunction } from "remix";
import { authenticator } from "~/auth.server";
 
export let loader: LoaderFunction = ({ request }) => {
  return authenticator.authenticate("gitlab", request, {
    successRedirect: "/dashboard",
    failureRedirect: "/login",
  });
};
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