Key GraphQL ideas
Defines all possible data a client could request.
What is Schema?
What tool helps enforce authentication and authorization directly in the schema?
what is a custom directive?
What repos are we currently using graphQL in?
marketing-content-service
This type of endpoint often leads to over-fetching or under-fetching of data?
REST endpoint
What kind of tokens do we use for our custom directives?
bearer tokens
What company developed graphQL?
This directive lets you conditionally include fields in a query?
@include
According to the graphQL docs, where should we be enforcing authorization?
business logic layer
what will be the response of this graphQL query:
query ShamrockEmployees {
ItDepartment {
AppDevs {
bestAppDevTeam
}
}
}
{
"data": {
"ItDepartment": {
"AppDevs": {
"bestAppDevTeam": "admin team"
}
}}}
Why / when would you use graphQL over REST?
You want specific data returned back to you.
Dealing with nested data.
You want to use one endpoint.
Etc...
If I want to use search resolver from the users-service, what are the two permissions needed to allow authorization?
1) Have the RepCompanyAdmin permission
2) Have the CompanyAdmin permission
What phrase have I heard nearly every day since entering the workforce?
high level overview