@auth directive

The @auth directive definition is dynamically generated on runtime based on user type definitions.

rules

You can have many rules for many operations. Each rule is fallen through until a match is found against the corresponding operation. If no match is found, an error is thrown. You can think of rules as a big OR.

@auth(rules: [
    { operations: [CREATE, UPDATE], ... }, ## or
    { operations: [READ, UPDATE], ...}, ## or
    { operations: [DELETE, UPDATE], ... } ## or
])

operations

operations is an array which allows you to re-use the same rule for many operations.

@auth(rules: [
    { operations: [CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE, CONNECT, DISCONNECT, SUBSCRIBE] },
    { operations: [READ] }
])
Note that the absence of an operations argument will imply all operations.

Many different operations can be called at once, for example in the following Mutation:

mutation {
    createPosts(
        input: [
            {
                content: "I like GraphQL",
                creator: { connect: { where: { id: "user-01" } } }
            }
        ]
    ) {
        posts {
            content
        }
    }
}

In the above example, there is a CREATE operation followed by a CONNECT, so the auth rule must allow a user to perform both of these operations.

Auth Value Plucking

When using the @auth directive, you use the following prefixes to substitute in their relevant values:

  • $jwt. - pulls value from JWT

  • $context. - pulls value from context