#How do you fetch and share authedUser throughout the app?

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vast linden
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I tried several methods and I've landed on fetching the user in the middleware and then passing it to the _app.tsx through the headers and then sharing it with context. Please let me know if this is a right approach.

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vast linden
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vast linden
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I am using old pages router. Is this still relevant?

Maybe it is just better to fetch authedUser on client side?

carmine python
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@vast linden How do you consume the user data on your pages?

vast linden
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I take it out from the pageProps in the _app.tsx and then share it with context. But with this approach I have to fetch authedUser in every single route using getServerSideProps, to make it available under pageProps inside _app.tsx. Which is not ideal, because it does not let me use static generation

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The reason I need it on every page is because I need user info in layout to show in the navigation bar

carmine python
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well, your approach is not correct

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you want to show user data in the navigation bar but you still want SSG

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it doesn't make sense

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static generation happens in build time and at that moment you don't know auth user

vast linden
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yeah. I know it is not correct, that's why I am asking which would be the best approach, to fetch authed user on client side? What would you recommend

carmine python
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from your previous messages, I guess you are on the page router, right?

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You can fetch user data from the client side and store it in your global state

vast linden
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Thanks

carmine python
vast linden
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I do. but I could not fetch it inside layout since I was using SSR