# Private Pages

### Pages

To protect your app pages, simply take advantage of the [NextAuth Session Hook](https://next-auth.js.org/getting-started/client#usesession):

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```typescript
import { useSession } from "next-auth/react";

export default function ExamplePage() {
  const session = useSession();
  
  if (session.status === "unauthenticated") router.push("/");
  
return (
    <section>
      {session.status === "loading" && <div>Please wait</div>}
      {session.status === "unauthenticated" && <div>Please log in</div>}
      {session.status === "authenticated" && <div>Hello World</div>}
    </section>
  )
}
```

{% endcode %}

### API

You should always protect your backend calls to avoid malicious behavior, it's similar to pages thanks to NextAuth:

{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```typescript
import { getServerSession } from "next-auth/next";
import { authOptions } from "../auth/[...nextauth]/options";

export async function POST(request: Request) {
  const session = await getServerSession(authOptions);
  if (session?.user.role !== "admin") {
    return new Response("Unauthorized", {
      status: 401,
      statusText: "Unauthorized",
    });
  }
  ...
}
```

{% endcode %}


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