Directus Auth out of the Box — Registration, Login, Email Verification and Password Reset

One of the things I appreciate most about Directus is that authentication is built in. Registration, login, email verification, and password reset — all handled without reaching for a third party auth service like Auth0 or Clerk. Here's how I implement the full auth flow in a TanStack Start app using the Directus SDK. User Registration The SDK's registerUser function handles registration. You pass the email, password and any additional fields. The verification_url tells Directus where to redirect the user after they click the link in their email — Directus appends the token to that URL automatically. export async function registerUser( email: string, password: string, firstName: string, lastName: string, ) { const options = { first_name: firstName, last_name: lastName, verification_url: `${import.meta.env.VITE_TANSTACK_URL}/auth/verify-email`, }; return await directus.request( registerUserDirectus(email, password, options), ); } Directus sends the verification email automatically via y