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Version: v4

Dgraph

This is the Dgraph Adapter for next-auth.

Getting Started​

  1. Install the necessary packages
npm install next-auth @next-auth/dgraph-adapter
  1. Add this adapter to your pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js next-auth configuration object.
pages/api/auth/[...nextauth].js
import NextAuth from "next-auth"
import { DgraphAdapter } from "@next-auth/dgraph-adapter"

// For more information on each option (and a full list of options) go to
// https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/options
export default NextAuth({
// https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/providers
providers: [],
adapter: DgraphAdapter({
endpoint: process.env.DGRAPH_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT,
authToken: process.env.DGRAPH_GRAPHQL_KEY,

// you can omit the following properties if you are running an unsecure schema
authHeader: process.env.AUTH_HEADER, // default: "Authorization",
jwtSecret: process.env.SECRET,
}),
})

Quick start with the unsecure schema​

The quickest way to use Dgraph is by applying the unsecure schema to your local Dgraph instance or if using Dgraph cloud you can paste the schema in the codebox to update.

danger

This approach is not secure or for production use, and does not require a jwtSecret.

This schema is adapted for use in Dgraph and based upon our main schema

Unsecure schema​

type Account {
id: ID
type: String
provider: String @search(by: [hash])
providerAccountId: String @search(by: [hash])
refreshToken: String
expires_at: Int64
accessToken: String
token_type: String
refresh_token: String
access_token: String
scope: String
id_token: String
session_state: String
user: User @hasInverse(field: "accounts")
}
type Session {
id: ID
expires: DateTime
sessionToken: String @search(by: [hash])
user: User @hasInverse(field: "sessions")
}
type User {
id: ID
name: String
email: String @search(by: [hash])
emailVerified: DateTime
image: String
accounts: [Account] @hasInverse(field: "user")
sessions: [Session] @hasInverse(field: "user")
}

type VerificationToken {
id: ID
identifier: String @search(by: [hash])
token: String @search(by: [hash])
expires: DateTime
}

Securing your database​

For production deployments you will want to restrict the access to the types used by next-auth. The main form of access control used in Dgraph is via @auth directive alongide types in the schema.

Secure schema​

type Account
@auth(
delete: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
add: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
query: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
update: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
) {
id: ID
type: String
provider: String @search(by: [hash])
providerAccountId: String @search(by: [hash])
refreshToken: String
expires_at: Int64
accessToken: String
token_type: String
refresh_token: String
access_token: String
scope: String
id_token: String
session_state: String
user: User @hasInverse(field: "accounts")
}
type Session
@auth(
delete: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
add: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
query: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
update: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
) {
id: ID
expires: DateTime
sessionToken: String @search(by: [hash])
user: User @hasInverse(field: "sessions")
}
type User
@auth(
query: {
or: [
{
rule: """
query ($userId: String!) {queryUser(filter: { id: { eq: $userId } } ) {id}}
"""
}
{ rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
]
}
delete: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
add: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
update: {
or: [
{
rule: """
query ($userId: String!) {queryUser(filter: { id: { eq: $userId } } ) {id}}
"""
}
{ rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
]
}
) {
id: ID
name: String
email: String @search(by: [hash])
emailVerified: DateTime
image: String
accounts: [Account] @hasInverse(field: "user")
sessions: [Session] @hasInverse(field: "user")
}

type VerificationToken
@auth(
delete: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
add: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
query: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
update: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
) {
id: ID
identifier: String @search(by: [hash])
token: String @search(by: [hash])
expires: DateTime
}

# Dgraph.Authorization {"VerificationKey":"<YOUR JWT SECRET HERE>","Header":"<YOUR AUTH HEADER HERE>","Namespace":"<YOUR CUSTOM NAMESPACE HERE>","Algo":"HS256"}

Dgraph.Authorization​

In order to secure your graphql backend define the Dgraph.Authorization object at the bottom of your schema and provide authHeader and jwtSecret values to the DgraphClient.

# Dgraph.Authorization {"VerificationKey":"<YOUR JWT SECRET HERE>","Header":"<YOUR AUTH HEADER HERE>","Namespace":"YOUR CUSTOM NAMESPACE HERE","Algo":"HS256"}

VerificationKey and jwtSecret​

This is the key used to sign the JWT. Ex. process.env.SECRET or process.env.APP_SECRET.

Header and authHeader​

The Header tells Dgraph where to lookup a JWT within the headers of the incoming requests made to the dgraph server. You have to configure it at the bottom of your schema file. This header is the same as the authHeader property you provide when you instantiate the DgraphClient.

The nextAuth secret​

The $nextAuth secret is securely generated using the jwtSecret and injected by the DgraphAdapter in order to allow interacting with the JWT DgraphClient for anonymous user requests made within the system ie. login, register. This allows secure interactions to be made with all the auth types required by next-auth. You have to specify it for each auth rule of each type defined in your secure schema.

type VerificationRequest
@auth(
delete: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" },
add: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" },
query: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" },
update: { rule: "{$nextAuth: { eq: true } }" }
) {
...
}

Working with JWT session and @auth directive​

Dgraph only works with HS256 or RS256 algorithms. If you want to use session jwt to securely interact with your dgraph database you must customize next-auth encode and decode functions, as the default algorithm is HS512. You can further customize the jwt with roles if you want to implement RBAC logic.

import * as jwt from "jsonwebtoken"
export default NextAuth({
session: {
strategy: "jwt",
},
jwt: {
secret: process.env.SECRET,
encode: async ({ secret, token }) => {
return jwt.sign({ ...token, userId: token.id }, secret, {
algorithm: "HS256",
expiresIn: 30 * 24 * 60 * 60, // 30 days
})
},
decode: async ({ secret, token }) => {
return jwt.verify(token, secret, { algorithms: ["HS256"] })
},
},
})

Once your Dgraph.Authorization is defined in your schema and the JWT settings are set, this will allow you to define @auth rules for every part of your schema.