Authentication & Authorization in GraphQL

- GraphQL Overview
- GraphQL Tooling with Apollo
- Authentication & Authorization in GraphQL
- GraphQL for the next billion users

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1. AUTHENTICATION & AUTHORIZATION in GraphQL PROSPER OTEMUYIWA | BuzzJS NYC 2018
2. 2 A LITTLE ABOUT ME! BuzzJS NYC 2018
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7. 7 Look at all the data! Where do I start from? BuzzJS NYC 2018
8. How many clients will consume this data? 8 BuzzJS NYC 2018
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10. What’s an effective way to fetch this data? 10 REST BuzzJS NYC 2018
11. 11 REST is great but... ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ BuzzJS NYC 2018
12. How do we fetch data effectively & fast? 12 Okay Prosper, what will save us? BuzzJS NYC 2018
13. 13 BuzzJS NYC 2018 Source: https://goo.gl/AvC3Yg
14. What’s GraphQL? 14 ▰ ▰ ▰ BuzzJS NYC 2018
15. 15 BuzzJS NYC 2018 Build a Schema on the Server
16. 16 BuzzJS NYC 2018 Construct a query on the client to fetch data Fetch whatever data you want at once!
17. 17 Data sent back to the Client BuzzJS NYC 2018
18. 18 BuzzJS NYC 2018 GraphQL Playground: Query your Schemas
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20. Build the Schema & GraphQL Server with Apollo Server 20
21. Build the Schema & GraphQL Server 21 apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/v2
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23. Data Fetching With Apollo Client 23 Fetch data declaratively
24. State Management with Apollo Link State 24
25. Manage local State 25 Request for local data with @client directive github.com/apollographql/apollo-link-state
26. Use the Client to query efficiently 26 apollographql.com/docs/react
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28. APOLLO ENGINE - New Relic for GraphQL 28
29. APOLLO ENGINE - QUERY & SCHEMA ANALYSIS 29
30. 30 APOLLO ENGINE apollographql.com/engine apollographql.com/docs/engine
32. Authentication & Authorization 32 BuzzJS NYC 2018
33. AUTHENTICATION & AUTHORIZATION 33 ...DIFFERENT WAYS OF GOING ABOUT THIS!
34. 34 Typical REST API authentication middleware
35. AUTHENTICATION & AUTHORIZATION 35 ...how can we achieve this in GraphQL?
36. GENERAL: BUILD THE CONTEXT OBJECT 36 ..build the context object with info from the request headers.
37. 37 ...now we have context.user
38. Context Object? Oh Yeah! 38 The context object is passed to every single resolver at every level.
39. Resolver Level Auth. 39 1
40. Resolver Level Auth. 40 Resolvers have the ability to check user roles or scopes and make authorization decisions.
41. 41 ...Allow access for this particular user
42. Resolver Level Auth. Repetitive? 42 ...the approach is great but imagine doing this check for every resolver. Ah!
43. Resolver Level Auth. Abstract the code. 43 Write once, call it anywhere & everywhere.
45. ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ Apollo Server 2.0 RC
46. More Info on Error Handling: apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/v2/feat ures/errors.html
47. Auth. Delegation to Models 47 2
48. Recommendation 48 Clog your resolvers with data fetching and mutation logic. Move them to Models.
50. Recommendation 50 Go ahead and perform the authorization inside the Model.
52. Auth via Custom Directives 52 3
53. Custom Directives 53 Custom directives can be used for a lot of things: auth, error tracking, translation, etc
54. Custom Directives for Auth 54
55. Custom Directives for Auth 55 apollographql.com/docs/graphql-tools/ schema-directives.html Implementation detail is a little bit complex, but more details can be found in the link below.
56. Auth. outside GraphQL 56 4
57. Auth. outside GraphQL 57 If your REST API already has authorization baked in, why bother implementing on the GraphQL level?
58. 58 ...pass the request header, then….
59. 59 …then pass the header to the model method.
60. GraphQL for the next Billion Users 60 BuzzJS NYC 2018
61. GraphQL for the next Billion Users 61 GraphQL on the Edge
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63. GraphQL for the next Billion Users 63 Sign up for Early Access: apollographql.com/edge
64. More Information on Auth. 64 GraphQL & Apollo: apollographql.com/docs JWT Book: auth0.com/resources/ebooks/jwt-handbook Authentication & Authorization: auth0.com/blog
65. 65 THANKS! Any questions? BuzzJS NYC 2018