Inkwell — Frontend

Next.js (App Router) frontend for the AI ebook generator. Talks to the Spring Boot backend (ebook_writer) over its JWT auth + ebook APIs.

Getting started

npm install
cp .env.example .env.local   # set NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL to your backend
npm run dev                  # http://localhost:3000

The backend must be running (default http://localhost:8080) and its CORS app.cors.allowed-origins must include http://localhost:3000.

What's here (V0.1)

• Landing page — /
• Auth — /register, /check-email, /verify, /login, /forgot-password, /reset-password, /auth/callback ("Continue with Google" landing page — the OAuth flow itself runs on the backend; no Google credentials are needed in the frontend)
• Dashboard — /dashboard (protected placeholder; the ebook flow lands here next)

Auth state lives in lib/auth-context.tsx: the access token is kept in memory

• localStorage, and a silent refresh via the httpOnly refresh cookie restores the session on load (works when the cookie is same-site — always in local dev).

Configuration

Var	Purpose
NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL	Base URL of the backend (no trailing slash).

Structure

• lib/api.ts — typed API client + ApiError
• lib/auth-context.tsx — auth provider + useAuth()
• lib/brand.ts — product name (rename here to rebrand)
• components/ — UI primitives + site header/footer
• app/ — routes (App Router)