Next integration and social login

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Hello there.

First of all, thank you for this project 😀 At last an auth project that makes sens (or at least, that matches my own views about how an auth provider should be build 😅 )

One thing is puzzling me though. When following the documentation about nextjs integration, we get to understand that in this mode, nextjs will act as a bridge to our ory network instance. I think it's definitely a fantastic idea :

• good developper experience
• don't have to worry about cookie policy and cors
• we can live with the default for a while, until we decide to use elements <- very good point when you want to create something quickly while having proper security.

But, first issue arises when you try to connect a social provider : the redirect URI is always the project slug, and obviously, it cannot work, and didn't find a way to change this behaviour. Reading different issues and questions here, I'm having a hard time understanding what ORY wants us to do : 

• don't use this bridge mode, use custom domain + redirections, but in that case, what is the point of the nextjs integration ?
• don't support social login in this scenario, but in that case, documentation should state it clearly

Did I miss something ?

EDIT: sorry, maybe more context on "obviously it cannot work"
Without a custom domain, sure obviously it wont work. With a custom domain, cookie will be set properly, but how to get redirected back to my original application ? 

[aeneasr]

Hey there, thank you very much for the detailed description! It's true that the NextJS integration does not properly deal with social sign in. It is possible to make it work (the Ory Tunnel for example is able to do this), but we have not yet implemented it in the NextJS API.

Generally speaking, when deploying to production, it is a good idea to use a custom domain instead, as you also get additional security safeguards using custom domains. You can customize the redirect URL using the ?return_to query parameter when initializing the login or registration flow in the Ory Console: https://console.ory.sh/projects/current/browser-redirects