Authorization

3 ways for authorization with GraphQL and Apollo

Oct 14, 2019

Authentication and Authorization with GraphQL can be a confusing topic. There is not a lot of best practices and little content on this topic. This article aims at comparing three different ways of implementing authorization (meaning how to decide which user is allowed to see what). We will have a…

Authorization Authentication

Authorization with GraphQL and custom directives

Sep 25, 2019

Authorization is a crucial part of most applications. Still, access-control is not part of the GraphQL spec. This leaves developers with different options. Since authorization touches a lot of different areas of your typical app selecting one of these options can be a tough choice to make. In this…

Authorization Authentication

Authentication and Authorization with GraphQL and Passport

May 29, 2019

Authentication and authorization can be a challenging topic. Especially with GraphQL as a pretty young technology, there seems to be a lot of uncertainty and confusion. Should you use a library like Passport.js which is established? But how would you integrate that with GraphQL? Should you rather…

Authentication Authorization Passport Series