---
title: "Introducing Protected Pages"
description: "Learn how LaunchFa.st helps you create protected pages to prevent un-authenticated access."
source: "https://www.launchfa.st/features/protected-pages"
author: "Rishi Raj Jain"
created_at: 2024-03-14T19:00:00.000Z
---
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LaunchFa.st comes with baked-in protected page(s) to help you **prevent un-authenticated access** to such pages. With the authentication methods such as Twitter OAuth 2.0, Google OAuth 2.0 and Credentials (email and password) built in with LaunchFa.st, such authenticated methods can be used by your users to get access to the protected pages in your application.
Here's how easily you can create protected pages with LaunchFa.st:
- Create a file, say `protected.astro` with the following code:
```html
---
// File: src/pages/protected.astro
import { getSession } from '@/lib/utils/auth'
const session = getSession(Astro.cookies)
if (!session) return webResponse('Unauthorized', 403, {})
---
Protected Content!
```
- That's it! The `getSession` in the LaunchFast Starter Kit takes care of decoding the session cookies and validating the user authentication status. If unauthorized, a 403 response is sent enforcing authentication based access to the content.
Worry not, with LaunchFa.st you get such a page `protected.astro` built for you with goodies on top.