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are there nothing in `@ory/nextjs` package that gives access to `frontendAPI` on client side?

you can use the useSession() hook from client side

but you need to configure cors acordingly

and also your component should be rendered inside a  &lt;SessionProvider&gt;. 

there is an example next app in the docs/github

I do have my component inside &lt;SessionProvider&gt;

The next app example only does server rendering for all pages 

```"use client"


import { useSession } from "@ory/elements-react/client"
import "@ory/elements-react/theme/styles.css"

export default function ClientPage() {
  
  const { session } = useSession()

  return (
    &lt;div className='flex flex-col gap-8 items-center mb-8'&gt;
      &lt;div className='space-y-4 max-w-2xl'&gt;
        &lt;h2&gt;Session&lt;/h2&gt;
        &lt;pre className='p-4 rounded text-sm overflow-auto'&gt;
          {JSON.stringify(session, null, 2)}
        &lt;/pre&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  )
}```