how to use jwt with graphql nodejs - jwt

Question

Hello am new to graphql i want to create a signup page that when ever a user signs up his id and role in the users table in mysql data base will be encrypted with jwt, but when i tried it, it didnt return any thing,it returned this with graphiQL
{
"data": {
"registerUser": null
}
}
import models from '../../../models/index.js';
import User from '../../types/user.js';
import UserInput from '../../inputs/user.js';
const jsonwebtoken = require('jsonwebtoken')
require('dotenv').config()
export default {
type: User,
args: {
user: {
type: UserInput
}
},
resolve (_,args) {
models.user.create({
name: args.user.name,
email: args.user.email,
password: args.user.password,
role:"Student"
}).then(function(newUser) {
return jsonwebtoken.sign(
{ id: newUser.id, role: newUser.role },
process.env.JWT_SECRET,
{ expiresIn: '1y' }
)
});
}
};
pls how can i solve this problem so that it will return the jwt token

Answer 1

I think you only missed a return statement before models.user.create:
resolve (_,args) {
return models.user.create({
name: args.user.name,
email: args.user.email,
password: args.user.password,
role:"Student"
}).then(function(newUser) {
return jsonwebtoken.sign(
{ id: newUser.id, role: newUser.role },
process.env.JWT_SECRET,
{ expiresIn: '1y' }
)
});
}
It seems like you're interested in authentication with JWT and GraphQL. I think it's better to use the context and set the JWT to a cookie. I wrote a short article about this if you're interested.