---
id: cognito
title: Amazon Cognito
---

## Documentation

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-userpools-server-contract-reference.html

## Configuration

https://console.aws.amazon.com/cognito/users/

You need to select your AWS region to go the the Cognito dashboard.

## Options

The **Amazon Cognito Provider** comes with a set of default options:

- [Amazon Cognito Provider options](https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth/blob/main/packages/next-auth/src/providers/cognito.ts)

You can override any of the options to suit your own use case.

## Example

```js
import CognitoProvider from "next-auth/providers/cognito";
...
providers: [
  CognitoProvider({
    clientId: process.env.COGNITO_CLIENT_ID,
    clientSecret: process.env.COGNITO_CLIENT_SECRET,
    issuer: process.env.COGNITO_ISSUER,
  })
]
...
```

:::tip
The issuer is a URL, that looks like this: `https://cognito-idp.{region}.amazonaws.com/{PoolId}`
:::

`PoolId` is from `General Settings` in Cognito, not to be confused with the App Client ID.

:::warning
Make sure you select all the appropriate client settings or the OAuth flow will not work.
:::

![cognito](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7902980/83951604-cd096e80-a832-11ea-8bd2-c496ec9a16cb.PNG)
