NestJS · Senior · Question 57 of 75

How do you write a guard that works for HTTP and GraphQL?

1Use two separate decorators on every resolver
2Guards can't run in GraphQL
✓Correct answer: Check context.getType() and for GraphQL use GqlExecutionContext.create(context).getContext().req to get the request

Explanation

AuthGuard from Passport also needs getRequest() overridden for GraphQL.

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