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E-commerce store on React Router v8, MySQL 8 and Better Auth

verified 2026-07-15mysql23.22.6postgres3.4.9better-auth1.6.23react-router8.2.0@neondatabase/serverless1.1.0

Type-checked against the real SDKs, migration applied to a live MySQL 8, connection clients load-tested, then tracked for upstream drift and re-verified when it moves. How we verify

request path
Browserrequest
fetch
React Router v8routing + proxy
verify
Better Authsession
query
MySQL 8pooled

session validation runs in server components and route handlers, not at the edge

What you're getting

React Router v8

React Router v8 (framework mode) — SSR, config/file routes under app/, loaders/actions, and resource routes for API endpoints.

MySQL 8

MySQL 8 via Drizzle ORM and the mysql2 driver.

Better Auth

Better Auth — self-hosted auth running inside your app against your Postgres (Drizzle adapter).

E-commerce store

E-commerce storefront — product catalog with per-SKU variants, guest-compatible carts, and price-snapshotting orders.

Setup

bun add react-router react react-dom drizzle-orm mysql2 better-auth
DATABASE_URLMySQL connection string (mysql://…)
BETTER_AUTH_SECRETgenerate with `openssl rand -base64 32`
BETTER_AUTH_URLyour app's base URL

Apply the schema with bunx drizzle-kit push

Initialization

Database client

app/lib/db.ts
import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/mysql2";
import mysql from "mysql2/promise";

// ponytail: single module-level pool; the runtime + mysql2's pool handle concurrency,
// so no globalThis singleton dance needed.
const pool = mysql.createPool(process.env.DATABASE_URL!);

export const db = drizzle({ client: pool });
import { boolean, mysqlTable, text, timestamp, varchar } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";

export const user = mysqlTable("user", {
  id: varchar("id", { length: 255 }).primaryKey(),
  name: text("name").notNull(),
  email: varchar("email", { length: 255 }).notNull().unique(),
  emailVerified: boolean("email_verified").notNull().default(false),
  image: text("image"),
  createdAt: timestamp("created_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
  updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
});

export const session = mysqlTable("session", {
  id: varchar("id", { length: 255 }).primaryKey(),
  expiresAt: timestamp("expires_at").notNull(),
  token: varchar("token", { length: 255 }).notNull().unique(),
  createdAt: timestamp("created_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
  updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at").notNull(),
  ipAddress: text("ip_address"),
  userAgent: text("user_agent"),
  userId: varchar("user_id", { length: 255 })
    .notNull()
    .references(() => user.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
});

export const account = mysqlTable("account", {
  id: varchar("id", { length: 255 }).primaryKey(),
  accountId: text("account_id").notNull(),
  providerId: text("provider_id").notNull(),
  userId: varchar("user_id", { length: 255 })
    .notNull()
    .references(() => user.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
  accessToken: text("access_token"),
  refreshToken: text("refresh_token"),
  idToken: text("id_token"),
  accessTokenExpiresAt: timestamp("access_token_expires_at"),
  refreshTokenExpiresAt: timestamp("refresh_token_expires_at"),
  scope: text("scope"),
  password: text("password"),
  createdAt: timestamp("created_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
  updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at").notNull(),
});

export const verification = mysqlTable("verification", {
  id: varchar("id", { length: 255 }).primaryKey(),
  identifier: text("identifier").notNull(),
  value: text("value").notNull(),
  expiresAt: timestamp("expires_at").notNull(),
  createdAt: timestamp("created_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
  updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
});
// Better Auth instance (self-hosted, React Router v8).
import { betterAuth } from "better-auth";
import { drizzleAdapter } from "better-auth/adapters/drizzle";
// Reuse the SAME postgres-js/Drizzle client the db slice exported in
// app/lib/db.ts — Better Auth shares the pooled `DATABASE_URL` connection.
import { db } from "./db";
import * as authSchema from "@/db/auth-schema";

export const auth = betterAuth({
  // Drizzle adapter over the shared client. The schema is passed HERE (not into
  // drizzle()) — it is the only consumer that needs it, so the db client stays
  // schema-less. ponytail: do NOT enable experimental.joins; it is the one option
  // that would make the adapter reach into db._.fullSchema.
  // ponytail: usePlural stays false (the default) — with it true Better Auth would
  // look for `sessions`/`accounts` and could bind to the analytics/ledger app-type tables.
  database: drizzleAdapter(db, { provider: "mysql", schema: authSchema }),
  // ponytail: email+password is the shortest real auth that works out of
  // the box — add socialProviders / plugins here when the app needs them.
  emailAndPassword: { enabled: true },
  secret: process.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET,
  baseURL: process.env.BETTER_AUTH_URL,
});

export type Session = typeof auth.$Infer.Session;
// Better Auth mounted as a React Router resource route (a route module with NO
// default component). auth.handler is framework-agnostic — (Request) => Response —
// so the GET loader and the POST/etc. action both delegate straight to it. The
// `$` splat catches every /api/auth/* sub-path Better Auth routes internally.
import type { LoaderFunctionArgs, ActionFunctionArgs } from "react-router";
import { auth } from "@/lib/auth";

export function loader({ request }: LoaderFunctionArgs) {
  return auth.handler(request);
}

export function action({ request }: ActionFunctionArgs) {
  return auth.handler(request);
}
// Session gate — the RR7 replacement for Next's Edge proxy. Protected loaders
// call `await requireAuth(request)`. Unlike the proxy's cookie-existence check,
// this does the REAL server-side validation via auth.api.getSession, then throws
// a redirect Response (React Router short-circuits the loader on a thrown Response)
// to bounce logged-out users before the protected data ever loads.
import { redirect } from "react-router";
import { auth } from "@/lib/auth";

export async function requireAuth(request: Request) {
  const session = await auth.api.getSession({ headers: request.headers });
  if (!session) {
    throw redirect("/sign-in");
  }
  return session;
}

E-commerce schema: product catalog, carts & orders

Product catalog & variants

products (display unit) and product_variants (buyable SKUs carrying price_cents and inventory_qty)

Cart & checkout

carts (nullable user_id for guest shoppers) and cart_items (one row per variant per cart, quantity-bumped on re-add)

Orders & line items

orders (captured totalCents + status walk) and order_items (frozen sku + unitPriceCents snapshot, variantId set-null on delete)

src/db/schema.ts
// === file: app/db/schema.ts ===
import { relations, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
import {
  check,
  index,
  int,
  mysqlTable,
  text,
  timestamp,
  unique,
  varchar,
} from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core";
// Better Auth owns identity; we only reference its `user` table by id.
import { user } from "./auth-schema";

export type OrderStatus = "pending" | "paid" | "shipped" | "cancelled";

/** Catalog product — the marketing/display unit. Money + stock live on the
 *  variant below, never here, so a product can have many priced SKUs. */
export const products = mysqlTable(
  "products",
  {
    id: varchar("id", { length: 36 }).primaryKey(),
    slug: varchar("slug", { length: 255 }).notNull().unique(),
    name: text("name").notNull(),
    description: text("description"),
    createdAt: timestamp("created_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
  },
  (t) => [index("idx_product_slug").on(t.slug)],
);

/** A buyable SKU under a product. Price (integer cents) and inventory live here
 *  because that's what a customer actually adds to a cart and pays for. */
export const productVariants = mysqlTable(
  "product_variants",
  {
    id: varchar("id", { length: 36 }).primaryKey(),
    productId: varchar("product_id", { length: 36 })
      .notNull()
      .references(() => products.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    sku: varchar("sku", { length: 255 }).notNull().unique(),
    name: text("name").notNull(), // e.g. "Large / Black"
    // Money as integer cents — no float money in the catalog.
    priceCents: int("price_cents").notNull().default(0),
    inventoryQty: int("inventory_qty").notNull().default(0),
    createdAt: timestamp("created_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
  },
  (t) => [index("idx_variant_product").on(t.productId)],
);

/** One open cart per shopper. userId is nullable so guests can shop before they
 *  authenticate; on login the app reassigns the guest cart to user.id. */
export const carts = mysqlTable(
  "carts",
  {
    id: varchar("id", { length: 36 }).primaryKey(),
    // Better Auth's user.id is text — match it as varchar(255). Nullable: a guest
    // cart has no user yet.
    userId: varchar("user_id", { length: 255 }).references(() => user.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    createdAt: timestamp("created_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
  },
  (t) => [index("idx_cart_user").on(t.userId)],
);

/** A variant + quantity in a cart. The composite unique keeps one row per
 *  variant per cart (the app bumps quantity instead of inserting duplicates). */
export const cartItems = mysqlTable(
  "cart_items",
  {
    id: varchar("id", { length: 36 }).primaryKey(),
    cartId: varchar("cart_id", { length: 36 })
      .notNull()
      .references(() => carts.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    variantId: varchar("variant_id", { length: 36 })
      .notNull()
      .references(() => productVariants.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    quantity: int("quantity").notNull().default(1),
  },
  (t) => [
    unique("cart_items_cart_variant_unique").on(t.cartId, t.variantId),
    index("idx_cart_item_cart").on(t.cartId),
  ],
);

/** A placed order. totalCents is the captured total at checkout; status walks
 *  the fulfilment states. userId is nullable to allow guest checkout. */
export const orders = mysqlTable(
  "orders",
  {
    id: varchar("id", { length: 36 }).primaryKey(),
    userId: varchar("user_id", { length: 255 }).references(() => user.id, { onDelete: "set null" }),
    status: varchar("status", { length: 32 }).$type<OrderStatus>().notNull().default("pending"),
    totalCents: int("total_cents").notNull().default(0),
    // ponytail: opaque payment-provider id (Stripe/etc.) — no provider FK needed.
    providerPaymentId: text("provider_payment_id"),
    createdAt: timestamp("created_at").notNull().defaultNow(),
  },
  (t) => [
    index("idx_order_user").on(t.userId),
    index("idx_order_status").on(t.status),
    check(
      "orders_status_check",
      sql`${t.status} in ('pending','paid','shipped','cancelled')`,
    ),
  ],
);

/** Order line item. Snapshots unitPriceCents (and the SKU string) at purchase
 *  time so re-pricing or deleting a variant never rewrites order history — the
 *  variant FK is set null on delete, the snapshot stays. */
export const orderItems = mysqlTable(
  "order_items",
  {
    id: varchar("id", { length: 36 }).primaryKey(),
    orderId: varchar("order_id", { length: 36 })
      .notNull()
      .references(() => orders.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
    // Keep the line even if the catalog variant is later removed.
    variantId: varchar("variant_id", { length: 36 }).references(() => productVariants.id, {
      onDelete: "set null",
    }),
    // Frozen at checkout — the SKU and price as they were when bought.
    sku: text("sku").notNull(),
    unitPriceCents: int("unit_price_cents").notNull(),
    quantity: int("quantity").notNull().default(1),
  },
  (t) => [
    // Drives the "line items for this order" lookup.
    index("idx_order_item_order").on(t.orderId),
  ],
);

export const productsRelations = relations(products, ({ many }) => ({
  variants: many(productVariants),
}));

export const productVariantsRelations = relations(
  productVariants,
  ({ one, many }) => ({
    product: one(products, {
      fields: [productVariants.productId],
      references: [products.id],
    }),
    cartItems: many(cartItems),
    orderItems: many(orderItems),
  }),
);

export const cartsRelations = relations(carts, ({ one, many }) => ({
  user: one(user, { fields: [carts.userId], references: [user.id] }),
  items: many(cartItems),
}));

export const cartItemsRelations = relations(cartItems, ({ one }) => ({
  cart: one(carts, { fields: [cartItems.cartId], references: [carts.id] }),
  variant: one(productVariants, {
    fields: [cartItems.variantId],
    references: [productVariants.id],
  }),
}));

export const ordersRelations = relations(orders, ({ one, many }) => ({
  user: one(user, { fields: [orders.userId], references: [user.id] }),
  items: many(orderItems),
}));

export const orderItemsRelations = relations(orderItems, ({ one }) => ({
  order: one(orders, { fields: [orderItems.orderId], references: [orders.id] }),
  variant: one(productVariants, {
    fields: [orderItems.variantId],
    references: [productVariants.id],
  }),
}));

Deploy targets

✓ The right DB client for where you deploy: load-tested with concurrent queries against a live database. Edge needs the HTTP driver (no TCP); serverless needs a tiny pool.
src/lib/db.ts
import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/mysql2";
import mysql from "mysql2/promise";

// Serverless: a small pool per short-lived instance — many instances × a big pool exhausts MySQL.
export const pool = mysql.createPool({ uri: process.env.DATABASE_URL!, connectionLimit: 2 });
export const db = drizzle({ client: pool });
import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/mysql2";
import mysql from "mysql2/promise";

// Long-running process: a real, reused pool (mysql2 manages idle recycling).
export const pool = mysql.createPool({ uri: process.env.DATABASE_URL!, connectionLimit: 10 });
export const db = drizzle({ client: pool });
import { drizzle } from "drizzle-orm/planetscale-serverless";
import { Client } from "@planetscale/database";

// Edge/Workers have NO TCP sockets, so mysql2 cannot run here. PlanetScale's HTTP driver
// speaks MySQL over fetch — the client that works on Workers (the MySQL analog of Neon's HTTP driver).
const client = new Client({ url: process.env.DATABASE_URL! });
export const db = drizzle({ client });

Decisions and compatibility

note

Framework mode (not data/library mode): routes live under app/, declared in app/routes.ts. API endpoints are resource routes (a route module exporting loader/action but no default component).

note

mysql2's pool multiplexes connections; drizzle-orm/mysql2 wraps it. One module-level pool is right for a serverless/edge app — the runtime and the pool handle concurrency.

note

MySQL has no row-level security: multi-tenant isolation is enforced in application code via the forOrg helper (src/lib/tenant.ts), not by the database. See the tenant-scoping section on SaaS pages.

note

Self-hosted: Better Auth owns the user/session/account/verification tables. This stack emits them (db/auth-schema.ts) and hands them to the Drizzle adapter, so app-type schemas can foreign-key `user` directly.

note

Money is stored as integer cents on product_variants (price_cents) and snapshotted onto order_items (unit_price_cents) at checkout — repricing or deleting a variant never rewrites order history.

note

cart_items carries a composite unique on (cart_id, variant_id) so the app bumps quantity rather than inserting duplicate rows; orders.status is a text + CHECK column (pending/paid/shipped/cancelled) to avoid ALTER TYPE migrations.

caveat

MySQL provides no row-level security. On MySQL, multi-tenant isolation is APP-ENFORCED via the forOrg helper (src/lib/tenant.ts), not database-enforced like Postgres RLS. Every org-scoped query MUST go through forOrg — a missed query leaks across tenants. Postgres cells enforce this in the database itself (RLS), so it holds even for a query that forgets to scope.