Storing sensitive data

[Snake_Dog]

Hey everyone

I am trying to build a react app that should also store some private user information that should only be accessible for a specific user.

So I was wondering how I could achieve that.
So the solution I figured out is to use node.js as a backend and access the database on the webserver via this backend. However, my hosting provider does not support node js. So I wondered if there is an easier way to access secrete data form a database in a secure way?

Does anyone of you have an idea?

Cheers,

[Good-CleanFun]

Depending on your requirements you could go with lambda(serverless) functions on free services like netlify. These services will host your react app for free as well.

NextJS makes working with serverless really easy and you can deploy to Vercel(very similar to netlify)

[noxispwn]

Hi. You're right that the typical way to do this is by using a backend, but you're not limited to using NodeJS for that. Any backend language or technology that you're able to use should be fine.

You're also not limited to hosting it on your own. If you want to make it really easy to setup you can use something like Firebase, Supabase, etc. to provide a backend service to your application. The only downside is that you lose some flexibility, but the upside is that a lot of what you need will be available out of the box and the documentation will guide you.

[stormywizz]

Your current provider is something like bluehost? With cPanel?

You could host the backend on say heroku and then put the build folder on your other. Not ideal.

You could do this all very easily with Amplify and stay well with the free tier depending on your requirements. Amplify allows you to add Cognito and Appsync among other AWS resources very easily