Bubble + Storing token in User field

Ryan Anderson

When using Bubble with Xano, I’ve see  two recommended approaches to storing the token: (1) in the URL or (2) using a third party local storage plugin.

Instead of either approach, I’m storing the token using Bubble’s native User feature which seems to store data in a cookie when a “user” is not logged in.

So I simply have a Auth Token field on the User “thing” and then use the Update User action to set and clear the token.

So far it’s been working really well but I’m wondering, is anyone aware of any downsides or a reason this isn’t the approach recommended by Xano?

mohan ramanujam

Trying to do similarly but with a different token provider. is the token you receive from bubble a jwe and if so how do you use it with create_auth_token function?

Ryan Anderson

The token I’m storing is the Xano generated one, after hitting a login or signup endpoint. I’m 100% using Bubble on the frontend and Xano on the backend.

Not sure I understand your situation sorry.

mohan ramanujam

I understand your scenarion. Not what I was thinking. Thx

Pawel Magdanski

I'm storing token in local storage currently, but it seems to cause me some trobule (sometimes it looks like the token load is not fast enought which is causing 401 for some endpoints)

I'm considering storage of token in current user, but I'm concerned how long this data is hold for not logged-in user. I've heard somewhere that it is about 3 day which is a bit short since my users will have everlasting token.

Do you some info about this maybe?

nocodetalks

@Pawel Magdanski

Yes, for the temporary users (users who don't log in), Bubble deletes the cookies after three days.

Read more here- https://manual.bubble.io/help-guides/working-with-data/authenticating-users#temporary-users

Ryan Anderson

@Pawel Magdanski yes, but there is this technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zgs-r_8VBI – have been thinking about implementing a lighter version of this but haven't gotten to it yet.

Ryan Anderson

Also, you may want to check out the new Xano Bubble Connector Plugin: https://community.xano.com/discussion/4178590/xano-connector-plugin-for-bubble-by-eli-beachy#latest

Pawel Magdanski

Thanks for all the answers. I'm about to check out the Xano Bubble Connector plugin. I was also thinking about a mix solution, using not logged-in current user and update it whenever it's empty after 3 days with token from local storage.