Security is not an afterthought. In GraphQL, we use context-based authorization to protect every field.
1Stateless Security
By using JWTs, your GraphQL server remains stateless. You don't need to store sessions on the server, which makes it easy to scale across multiple instances or even serverless functions.
2Field-Level Permissions
One of the best features of GraphQL is that you can protect specific fields. For example, any user can see a 'Product', but only an admin can see the 'profitMargin' field.
3The Middleware approach
While you can check permissions in every resolver, you can also use 'Shield' libraries or high-order functions to wrap resolvers and enforce security rules consistently.
