Passport

Authentication with GraphQL and Passport.js: The frontend

Aug 11, 2019

In the previous articles of this series we implemented a GraphQL API that allows users to sign up and log in with their email and password as well as their Facebook account. We focused on the API and executed the mutations and queries via the Apollo-server playground. In this article, we will write…

Authentication Passport

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

Password-based authentication with GraphQL and Passport

May 29, 2019

The standard approach when using Passport.js is to have separate endpoints on your server for signup and login. The front-end sends data from the corresponding forms to these dedicated endpoints. After successful authentication, the user is redirected to some URL. With GraphQL you would also need to…

Authentication Passport