Can someone help me to implement authentication an...
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Rahul
01/03/2018, 1:07 PMCan someone help me to implement authentication and authorization using passport.js and graphql
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thangngoc89
01/03/2018, 1:10 PMI think that implementing the authentication logic inside graphql would make it over complicated
thangngoc89
01/03/2018, 1:11 PMyou should implement passport.js like you normally would and return a JWT token to use with each request to graphql endpoint
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Rahul
01/03/2018, 1:13 PMOkay. So you mean to say that I have to use different end points for authentication?
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logan
01/03/2018, 1:22 PMwe are working on an auth0 example at the moment – should be ready for you to check out this week!
logan
01/03/2018, 1:22 PMin the meantime, here’s an example with github auth: https://github.com/maticzav/graphql-server-github-auth-example/
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thangngoc89
01/03/2018, 1:30 PMyes. Graphql doesn't mean you can't have another REST endpoint
thangngoc89
01/03/2018, 1:32 PMsomewhere in this video, Lee Bryon talked about how facebook does auth, permission, ... with GraphQL
thangngoc89
01/03/2018, 1:33 PM(spoiler: GraphQL is only the data layer, everything else is solved at different layer). And I think that this approach is more easy to reason about. Because I can reuse most of the infrastructure built for REST and don't have to replicate everything for GraphQL endpoint
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