aws-appsync-community VS node-jsonwebtoken

For context; the web application is built with React and TypeScript which makes calls to an AppSync API that makes use of the Lambda and DynamoDB datasources. We use Step Functions to orchestrate the flow of events for complex processing like purchasing and renewing policies, and we use S3 and SQS to process document workloads.

AWS AppSync is a serverless GraphQL offering by AWS, previously I authored a blog about AWS AppSync 101 which gets you up to speed with the capabilities of AppSync and how you can leverage them in your serverless applications.

Amplify Studio's Data allows you to define Amazon DynamoDB keeping in mind the properties with the right type and also powered with AWS AppSync where which generates a GraphQL schema under the hood.

AWS AppSync I'm keeping this section a bit shorter for you all, since AppSync is not something I have actually used personally, but have heard great things about. AppSync is another API option AWS has made available specifically for applications that want to take advantage of GraphQL or a Publish/Subscribe model. The GraphQL model may be of interest to front end developers that need to query multiple sources of data from one API endpoint, like databases or microservices. The Pub/Sub model I am more familiar with in the IoT hardware-communicates-with-software aspect, however this is also powerful for frontend developers looking to take advantage of real-time updates with serverless WebSocket connections. With AppSync, you also have caching, offline data synchronization, and real-time updates. You can learn more and check out the developer docs on the AWS Website.

5. Amazon Appsync

Amplify is a set of tools that allows full-stack web and mobile developers to create and build apps. It makes using AWS services, like our Cognito identity and access management service, or our managed GraphQL service AppSync, much simpler and straight forward to use.

This was the top-voted, long-awaited request for AppSync.

Appsync is the AWS service focus on creating flexible APIs, and Amplify is the framework that combines multiple AWS tools to help you build any type of Application.

Check out AppSync (https://aws.amazon.com/appsync/) or Apollo, you can deploy Apollo app to AWS as serverless application.

JsonWebToken

The code uses the jsonwebtoken library to generate and verify JSON Web Tokens. It provides two endpoints, /login and /profile.

Well, I found how an OpenID Connect id_token should be validated. It wasn't straightforward in my case: I had to do a lot of research to validate my id_token. Let's see how to make this easy using Node.js and the jsonwebtoken npm package made by Auth0.

tests/test/__tests__: Writing tests is an important practice in software development, and in NPM packages you'll often see them stored in one of these folders. It can also be used to hold testing helpers and utility functions. Example from express.

As we could see, we go through the same procedure for every provider. First, we obtain access_token and use it to receive the user's info. In Increaser, once the user is validated, the back-end generates auth data via jsonwebtoken library.

I'm currently looking for a way to sign and refresh my tokens. Most tutorials out there make use of jsonwebtoken another library that hasn't been updated in more than 2 years (except a commit to readme).

I'm trying to integrate microsoft sign in into my app. I've got a backend endpoint that handles the auth redirect and exchanges the auth code for an ID Token and an Access Token. I've heard that some OIDC implementations don't require validating an ID Token. Does my set up sound like it should be doing this? If so, how do I validate these tokens? I'm planning on using this library https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken which allows you to do jwt.verify(token, 'secret') but I can't figure out what 'secret' to use. Is this my client secret? Or something else?

Some verify functions such as the popular Auth0 node-jsonwebtoken library requires the public key in PEM format. There are many libraries available to do this conversation.

Don't write your own decode or verify functions, use a library like https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken.

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