Re:GraphJin – GraphQL to SQL Compiler
by eurasiantiger on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @05:25PM
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I thought that was an Azure trademark…
But really, with proper authentication in place and preferably built-in to a GraphQL-enabled datastore, a GraphQL server can more secure than your average self-implemented HTTP API.
The latter can easily leak through e.g. haphazard app-level joins. Meanwhile, the GraphQL server can secure things at object level, much like if people actually integrated their frontend authentication all the way to their (No)SQL server.
But really, with proper authentication in place and preferably built-in to a GraphQL-enabled datastore, a GraphQL server can more secure than your average self-implemented HTTP API.
The latter can easily leak through e.g. haphazard app-level joins. Meanwhile, the GraphQL server can secure things at object level, much like if people actually integrated their frontend authentication all the way to their (No)SQL server.