Amplify JavaScript library integrate into React application

A.T.M Ruhul Amin
2 min readJan 14, 2023

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AWS Amplify can be integrated into web and mobile applications using the Amplify JavaScript library, which provides a set of APIs for interacting with backend services such as authentication, storage, and APIs. Here’s an example of how to use the Amplify JavaScript library to integrate authentication into a React application:

  1. First, you will need to install the Amplify CLI and the Amplify JavaScript library. This can be done by running the following command:
npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli
npm install aws-amplify
  1. Next, you will need to configure the Amplify CLI by running the following command:
amplify configure

This will prompt you to enter your AWS credentials and configure the CLI with your desired AWS region.

  1. Once the CLI is configured, you can use it to create a new authentication service by running the following command
amplify add auth

This will prompt you to select the type of authentication you want to use (e.g. email/password, social providers, etc.)

  1. After adding the auth service, you can then run the following command to push the changes to your AWS backend
amplify push
  1. In your React application, you can then import the Amplify library and use the Auth module to interact with the authentication service. For example, you can use the Auth.signIn method to sign a user in and the Auth.signOut method to sign a user out.
import Amplify, { Auth } from 'aws-amplify';
Amplify.configure({
Auth: {
region: 'YOUR_REGION',
userPoolId: 'YOUR_USER_POOL_ID',
userPoolWebClientId: 'YOUR_APP_CLIENT_ID',
}
});
async function signIn(username, password) {
try {
const user = await Auth.signIn(username, password);
console.log('user successfully signed in:', user);
} catch (error) {
console.log('error signing in:', error);
}
}
async function signOut() {
try {
await Auth.signOut();
console.log('user signed out');
} catch (error) {
console.log('error signing out:', error);
}
}

Please note that this is a simplified example, and there are many other things you can do with the Amplify library, such as adding a storage service, creating a GraphQL API, and more.

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A.T.M Ruhul Amin

Tech Lead | Java | Spring Boot | Python | React | Angular | Serverless | AWS Certified | AWS Community Builder | GitHub Link : https://github.com/ruhulmus