implemented login

auth.config.ts

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+/**
+ * @module auth.config.ts
+ * @description defines how user session is to be checked and redirects anonymous user to login page 
+ */
+import type { NextAuthConfig } from 'next-auth';
+ 
+export const authConfig = {
+  pages: {
+    signIn: '/login',
+  },
+  // this will prevent users from accessing the dashboard pages unless they are logged in
+  callbacks: {
+    // The authorized callback is used to verify if the request is authorized to access a
+    // page via Next.js Middleware. It is called before a request is completed, and it
+    // receives an object with the auth and request properties.
+    // The auth property contains the user's session, and the request property contains
+    // the incoming request.
+    authorized({ auth, request: { nextUrl } }) {
+      const isLoggedIn = !!auth?.user;
+      return(isLoggedIn);
+    },
+  },
+  providers: [], // Add providers with an empty array for now
+} satisfies NextAuthConfig;