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Best Way to Check if Session exists
I am working on an app with a cohort team and we are using createEmailPasswordSession ... all of this is being run in nextJs via a context provider.
TypeScript
useEffect(() => {
const getSession = async () => {
try {
await account.getSession('current');
console.log('User is signed in');
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
};
getSession();
}, []);
this is great if a session exists. but if it doesn't it returns an error ... is there a better way to check if a session exists.
goal is on page loads to route user to a dashboard or not based on if they are logged in.
TL;DR
To check if a session exists without causing errors, you can use a conditional check like this:
```js
useEffect(() => {
const getSession = async () => {
const userSession = await account.getSession('current').catch(e => null);
if(userSession) {
console.log('User is signed in');
// Redirect user to dashboard
} else {
console.log('No user session found');
// Redirect user to login page
}
};
getSession();
}, []);
``` 