How do I personalize a YouTube clone with auth?
Use the signed-in user to support subscriptions to channels, likes with your account, and a watch history and watch later list tied to your user id. This turns a demo into a real, per-user experience.
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Choose an auth approach like Firebase, set up an AuthContext that tracks the user, protect routes with a ProtectedRoute component, build a login page, and configure authorized domains for production. Use the user to personalize content.
Create a ProtectedRoute component that checks auth state and redirects unauthenticated users to login. Wrap pages that require login, like uploading a video or accessing a watch later list, in it.
Listen to auth state changes in your AuthContext. Firebase and JWT auth persist the user across reloads by default. Setting the user from the auth state on app load keeps them logged in without re-authenticating.
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