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Nextauth not working, getting a [CLIENT_FETCH_ERROR]

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Maine Coon posted this in #help-forum
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Maine CoonOP
I'm new to Next.js and Nextauth so bare with me if my terminology is not 100%
I'm trying to implement Nextauth and specifically auth with google.

I'm getting this error:

[next-auth][error][CLIENT_FETCH_ERROR] 
https://next-auth.js.org/errors#client_fetch_error Unexpected token '<', "<!DOCTYPE "... is not valid JSON {error: {…}, url: '/api/auth/session', message: `Unexpected token '<', "<!DOCTYPE "... is not valid JSON`}

Some googling didn't really come up with good answers to fix things.

from my app/api/auth/[...nextauth].js:
export const authConfig = {
  providers: [
    GoogleProvider({
      clientId: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID,
      clientSecret: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET,
    }),
  ]
}

const handler = NextAuth(authConfig);

export { handler as GET, handler as POST};

from calling sign in my GoogleAuthButton.js
function GoogleAuthButton() {
  const { data: session } = useSession();
  const router = useRouter();

  const handleSignIn = async () => {
    try {
      await signIn("google");
      router.push("/signup");
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(error);
    }
  }

  return (
    <div>
      {!session ? (
        <button onClick={() => handleSignIn()}>Sign in with Google</button>
      ) : (
        <>
          <p>Welcome, {session.user.name}!</p>
          <button onClick={() => signOut()}>Sign out</button>
        </>
      )}
    </div>
  );
};

export default GoogleAuthButton;

Can anyone help let me know what I'm doing wrong?
Answered by not-milo.tsx
You should export your next-auth handler from /app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts as shown here: https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/initialization#route-handlers-app
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Hello,

I get the same error in production when using the latest version of next and next-auth, but the error is somehow gone when using these versions:

    "next": "13.4.3",
    "next-auth": "4.22.1",
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I updated next-auth to the most recent version(4.23.1), and tried changing the next versions until I get the error again.
I get the error when using a version of next greater than (13.4.12).
The error happens only in production. Is that the case with you too?
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You should export your next-auth handler from /app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts as shown here: https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/initialization#route-handlers-app
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If you don't do this then your auth api routes won't be generated correctly and instead you'll get a 404 page. That's why you're seeing unexpected token '<..., because you're getting back html and not json data.
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Isn`t he doing it right here?

 
const handler = NextAuth(authConfig);

export { handler as GET, handler as POST};
oh sorry, his path is wrong.
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Yeah
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But my path is exactly like here /app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts and i still get the same error
I don´t receive the error only when I'm using versions i mentioned above
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Your error might be of a different nature. Without seeing your code I can only guess.

For now let's see if changing the path solves this issue, and if it does you're free to open a new forum post with your specific problem.
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Okay thank you. I hope it helps OP.