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Set up Frontend

Next, we need to configure Amplify on the client so that we can use it to interact with our backend services.

Open src/App.js and add the following code below the last import:

import Amplify, { Auth } from "aws-amplify";
import awsExports from "./aws-exports";
Amplify.configure(awsExports);

And that’s all it takes to configure Amplify.

As you add or remove categories and make updates to your backend configuration using the Amplify CLI, the configuration in aws-exports.js will update automatically.

amplify-frontendsetup

Now that our React app is set up and Amplify is initialized, we’re ready to add User Authentication in the next step.