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Secure & customizable authentication

Payload offers out-of-the-box, customizable user authentication, ensuring native security across your apps.

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Simplified Authentication for Headless CMS

Authentication for every use case

Securely manage scenarios ranging from e-commerce accounts to user profiles on social sites, Next.js apps, and anywhere else you can imagine.

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Enterprise-ready security

Payload uses JWT-based tokens and HTTP-only cookies to safeguard your data and users, offering protection from threats like XSS and CSRF across your admin panel and applications.

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import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
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export const Admins: CollectionConfig = {
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slug: 'admins',
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auth: {Code feature
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tokenExpiration: 7200, // How many seconds to keep the user logged in
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verify: true, // Require email verification before being allowed to authenticate
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maxLoginAttempts: 5, // Automatically lock a user out after X amount of failed logins
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lockTime: 600 * 1000, // Time period to allow the max login attempts
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// More options are available
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},
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fields: [
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{
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name: 'role',
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type: 'select',
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required: true,
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options: [
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'user',
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'admin',
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'editor',
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'developer',
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],
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},
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],
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}
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Ready to use operations

Leverage pre-built login, logout, and password reset available through REST, GraphQL, and Node. Move faster with clean, reusable code—no need to build from scratch.

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Alternative authorization with API keys

Simplify third-party integrations with non-expiring, user-specific API keys for seamless authentication.

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const request = await fetch("http://localhost:3000/api/pages", {
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headers: {
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Authorization: `${User.slug} API-Key ${YOUR_API_KEY}`,
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},
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});
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Single sign-on (SSO)

Enterprise clients can seamlessly integrate with any SAML or OAuth 2.0 identity provider, and eliminate the need to maintain individual logins.

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Swap in custom components

Extend the admin UI with React.

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Authentication

Payload auth works in your own projects too.

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Localized content

Easily localize content on a field by field basis.

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20+ field types

Payload has a field type for anything you need.

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Handle file uploads

Store uploads locally or in the cloud.

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Add custom endpoints

Express endpoints for custom functionality.

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Extend with hooks

A powerful pattern to add your own logic.

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Manage versions and drafts

Preview drafts and store version history.

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