Authorization in GraphQL
Blog post from Apollo
The text discusses the importance of authorization in GraphQL APIs, which is often misunderstood as being unrelated to authentication. The article explains that authentication determines whether a user is logged in or not, while authorization decides what permissions they have. It provides an example of how to set up authorization for a schema using Apollo Server 2.0, which includes generating a context object with the user's information and implementing basic whole-schema authorization. The text also covers authorization in resolvers, data models, and outside of GraphQL, providing practical tips for securing fields in a GraphQL API.
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