nuxt-auth-utils

You can implement cookie-based authentication in Nuxt without a database by using nuxt-auth-utils, which provides client and server helpers to manage sessions via cookies across deployment targets.

Yes, you can manage OAuth login flows for GitHub and Google in Nuxt by configuring OAuth providers in runtime config and wiring server routes for login and callback handlers.

You access user sessions on the client side in a Nuxt app using the useUserSession() helper, which provides user, loggedIn, session, fetch, and clear properties.

The best way to protect server routes in Nuxt using cookie sessions is the requireUserSession() server helper, which ensures routes are only accessible to authenticated users.

Yes, you need runtimeConfig keys to set up OAuth providers in Nuxt, as they securely store OAuth provider credentials and session settings required by the server route callback handlers.