---
id: with-react
title: 'Quickstart: React'
description: Learn how to use Supabase in your React App.
sidebar_label: React
---

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## Intro

This example provides the steps to build a simple user management app (from scratch!) using Supabase and React. It includes:

- Supabase [Database](/docs/guides/database): a Postgres database for storing your user data.
- Supabase [Auth](/docs/guides/auth): users can sign in with magic links (no passwords, only email).
- Supabase [Storage](/docs/guides/storage): users can upload a photo.
- [Row Level Security](/docs/guides/auth#row-level-security): data is protected so that individuals can only access their own data.
- Instant [APIs](/docs/guides/api): APIs will be automatically generated when you create your database tables.

By the end of this guide you'll have an app which allows users to login and update some basic profile details:

![Supabase User Management example](/img/user-management-demo.png)

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Clicking this button the application will:

- Launch and prepare the Postgres database in Supabase.
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- Prepare the deployed application with all the necessary environment variables.

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## Project set up

Before we start building we're going to set up our Database and API. This is as simple as starting a new Project in Supabase
and then creating a "schema" inside the database.

### Create a project

1. Go to [app.supabase.com](https://app.supabase.com).
1. Click on "New Project".
1. Enter your project details.
1. Wait for the new database to launch.

### Set up the database schema

Now we are going to set up the database schema. We can use the "User Management Starter" quickstart in the SQL Editor,
or you can just copy/paste the SQL from below and run it yourself.

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1. Go to the [SQL Editor](https://app.supabase.com/project/_/sql) page in the Dashboard.
2. Click **User Management Starter**.
3. Click **Run**.

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```sql
-- Create a table for public "profiles"
create table profiles (
  id uuid references auth.users not null,
  updated_at timestamp with time zone,
  username text unique,
  avatar_url text,
  website text,

  primary key (id),
  unique(username),
  constraint username_length check (char_length(username) >= 3)
);

alter table profiles enable row level security;

create policy "Public profiles are viewable by everyone."
  on profiles for select
  using ( true );

create policy "Users can insert their own profile."
  on profiles for insert
  with check ( auth.uid() = id );

create policy "Users can update own profile."
  on profiles for update
  using ( auth.uid() = id );

-- Set up Realtime!
begin;
  drop publication if exists supabase_realtime;
  create publication supabase_realtime;
commit;
alter publication supabase_realtime add table profiles;

-- Set up Storage!
insert into storage.buckets (id, name)
values ('avatars', 'avatars');

create policy "Avatar images are publicly accessible."
  on storage.objects for select
  using ( bucket_id = 'avatars' );

create policy "Anyone can upload an avatar."
  on storage.objects for insert
  with check ( bucket_id = 'avatars' );

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### Get the API Keys

Now that you've created some database tables, you are ready to insert data using the auto-generated API.
We just need to get the URL and `anon` key from the API settings.

1. Go to the [Settings](https://app.supabase.com/project/_/settings) page in the Dashboard.
2. Click **API** in the sidebar.
3. Find your API `URL`, `anon`, and `service_role` keys on this page.

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## Building the App

Let's start building the React app from scratch.

### Initialize a React app

We can use [Create React App](https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started/) to initialize
an app called `supabase-react`:

```bash
npx create-react-app supabase-react
cd supabase-react
```

Then let's install the only additional dependency: [supabase-js](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-js). We're going to install the "rc" (release candidate) version until this is released for general use.

```bash
npm install @supabase/supabase-js@rc
```

And finally we want to save the environment variables in a `.env`.
All we need are the API URL and the `anon` key that you copied [earlier](#get-the-api-keys).

```bash title=".env"
REACT_APP_SUPABASE_URL=YOUR_SUPABASE_URL
REACT_APP_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=YOUR_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY
```

Now that we have the API credentials in place, let's create a helper file to initialize the Supabase client. These variables will be exposed
on the browser, and that's completely fine since we have [Row Level Security](/docs/guides/auth#row-level-security) enabled on our Database.

```js title="src/supabaseClient.js"
import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'

const supabaseUrl = process.env.REACT_APP_SUPABASE_URL
const supabaseAnonKey = process.env.REACT_APP_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY

export const supabase = createClient(supabaseUrl, supabaseAnonKey)
```

And one optional step is to update the CSS file `src/index.css` to make the app look nice.
You can find the full contents of this file [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/supabase/examples/main/supabase-js-v2/user-management/react-user-management/src/index.css).

### Set up a Login component

Let's set up a React component to manage logins and sign ups. We'll use Magic Links, so users can sign in with their email without using passwords.

```jsx title="/src/Auth.js"
import { useState } from 'react'
import { supabase } from './supabaseClient'

export default function Auth() {
  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
  const [email, setEmail] = useState('')

  const handleLogin = async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault()

    try {
      setLoading(true)
      const { error } = await supabase.auth.signInWithOtp({ email })
      if (error) throw error
      alert('Check your email for the login link!')
    } catch (error) {
      alert(error.error_description || error.message)
    } finally {
      setLoading(false)
    }
  }

  return (
    <div className="row flex-center flex">
      <div className="col-6 form-widget" aria-live="polite">
        <h1 className="header">Supabase + React</h1>
        <p className="description">
          Sign in via magic link with your email below
        </p>
        {loading ? (
          'Sending magic link...'
        ) : (
          <form onSubmit={handleLogin}>
            <label htmlFor="email">Email</label>
            <input
              id="email"
              className="inputField"
              type="email"
              placeholder="Your email"
              value={email}
              onChange={(e) => setEmail(e.target.value)}
            />
            <button className="button block" aria-live="polite">
              Send magic link
            </button>
          </form>
        )}
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}
```

### Account page

After a user is signed in we can allow them to edit their profile details and manage their account.

Let's create a new component for that called `Account.js`.

```jsx title="src/Account.js"
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
import { supabase } from './supabaseClient'

const Account = ({ session }) => {
  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true)
  const [username, setUsername] = useState(null)
  const [website, setWebsite] = useState(null)
  const [avatar_url, setAvatarUrl] = useState(null)

  useEffect(() => {
    getProfile()
  }, [session])

  const getProfile = async () => {
    try {
      setLoading(true)
      const { user } = session

      let { data, error, status } = await supabase
        .from('profiles')
        .select(`username, website, avatar_url`)
        .eq('id', user.id)
        .single()

      if (error && status !== 406) {
        throw error
      }

      if (data) {
        setUsername(data.username)
        setWebsite(data.website)
        setAvatarUrl(data.avatar_url)
      }
    } catch (error) {
      alert(error.message)
    } finally {
      setLoading(false)
    }
  }

  const updateProfile = async (e) => {
    e.preventDefault()

    try {
      setLoading(true)
      const { user } = session

      const updates = {
        id: user.id,
        username,
        website,
        avatar_url,
        updated_at: new Date(),
      }

      let { error } = await supabase.from('profiles').upsert(updates)

      if (error) {
        throw error
      }
    } catch (error) {
      alert(error.message)
    } finally {
      setLoading(false)
    }
  }

  return (
    <div aria-live="polite">
      {loading ? (
        'Saving ...'
      ) : (
        <form onSubmit={updateProfile} className="form-widget">
          <div>Email: {session.user.email}</div>
          <div>
            <label htmlFor="username">Name</label>
            <input
              id="username"
              type="text"
              value={username || ''}
              onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)}
            />
          </div>
          <div>
            <label htmlFor="website">Website</label>
            <input
              id="website"
              type="url"
              value={website || ''}
              onChange={(e) => setWebsite(e.target.value)}
            />
          </div>
          <div>
            <button className="button primary block" disabled={loading}>
              Update profile
            </button>
          </div>
        </form>
      )}
      <button
        type="button"
        className="button block"
        onClick={() => supabase.auth.signOut()}
      >
        Sign Out
      </button>
    </div>
  )
}

export default Account
```

### Launch!

Now that we have all the components in place, let's update `App.js`:

```jsx title="src/App.js"
import './index.css'
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
import { supabase } from './supabaseClient'
import Auth from './Auth'
import Account from './Account'

export default function App() {
  const [session, setSession] = useState(null)

  useEffect(() => {
    supabase.auth.getSession().then(({ data: { session } }) => {
      setSession(session)
    })

    supabase.auth.onAuthStateChange((_event, session) => {
      setSession(session)
    })
  }, [])

  return (
    <div className="container" style={{ padding: '50px 0 100px 0' }}>
      {!session ? (
        <Auth />
      ) : (
        <Account key={session.user.id} session={session} />
      )}
    </div>
  )
}
```

Once that's done, run this in a terminal window:

```bash
npm start
```

And then open the browser to [localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) and you should see the completed app.

![Supabase React](/img/supabase-react-demo.png)

## Bonus: Profile photos

Every Supabase project is configured with [Storage](/docs/guides/storage) for managing large files like photos and videos.

### Add @reach/visually-hidden

The upload widget uses one additional npm library. You can install it like so: `npm install @reach/visually-hidden`.

### Create an upload widget

Let's create an avatar for the user so that they can upload a profile photo. We can start by creating a new component:

```jsx title="src/Avatar.js"
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
import { supabase } from './supabaseClient'
import VisuallyHidden from '@reach/visually-hidden'

export default function Avatar({ url, size, onUpload }) {
  const [avatarUrl, setAvatarUrl] = useState(null)
  const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false)

  useEffect(() => {
    if (url) downloadImage(url)
  }, [url])

  const downloadImage = async (path) => {
    try {
      const { data, error } = await supabase.storage
        .from('avatars')
        .download(path)
      if (error) {
        throw error
      }
      const url = URL.createObjectURL(data)
      setAvatarUrl(url)
    } catch (error) {
      console.log('Error downloading image: ', error.message)
    }
  }

  const uploadAvatar = async (event) => {
    try {
      setUploading(true)

      if (!event.target.files || event.target.files.length === 0) {
        throw new Error('You must select an image to upload.')
      }

      const file = event.target.files[0]
      const fileExt = file.name.split('.').pop()
      const fileName = `${Math.random()}.${fileExt}`
      const filePath = `${fileName}`

      let { error: uploadError } = await supabase.storage
        .from('avatars')
        .upload(filePath, file)

      if (uploadError) {
        throw uploadError
      }

      onUpload(filePath)
    } catch (error) {
      alert(error.message)
    } finally {
      setUploading(false)
    }
  }

  return (
    <div style={{ width: size }} aria-live="polite">
      <img
        src={avatarUrl ? avatarUrl : `https://place-hold.it/${size}x${size}`}
        alt={avatarUrl ? 'Avatar' : 'No image'}
        className="avatar image"
        style={{ height: size, width: size }}
      />
      {uploading ? (
        'Uploading...'
      ) : (
        <>
          <label className="button primary block" htmlFor="single">
            Upload an avatar
          </label>
          <VisuallyHidden>
            <input
              type="file"
              id="single"
              accept="image/*"
              onChange={uploadAvatar}
              disabled={uploading}
            />
          </VisuallyHidden>
        </>
      )}
    </div>
  )
}
```

### Add the new widget

And then we can add the widget to the Account page:

```jsx title="src/Account.js"
// Import the new component
import Avatar from './Avatar'

// ...

return (
  <div className="form-widget">
    {/* Add to the body */}
    <Avatar
      url={avatar_url}
      size={150}
      onUpload={(url) => {
        setAvatarUrl(url)
        updateProfile({ username, website, avatar_url: url })
      }}
    />
    {/* ... */}
  </div>
)
```

## Next steps

At this stage you have a fully functional application!

- Got a question? [Ask here](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/discussions).
- Sign in: [app.supabase.com](https://app.supabase.com)