Security

Security allows Inigo's users to enforce security controls before they reach your GraphQL server. Inigo's security enforcement allows you to mitigate Denial of Service attacks, as well as the abuse of your API which could overwhelm your application's resources.

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Sample Config

kind: Security
name: demo
label: starwars
spec:
  profiles:
  - name: guest
    require_operation_name: true
    max_depth: 3
    max_height: 9
    max_directives: 5

    max_request_size_bytes: 512000
    max_response_size_bytes: 2048000

  - name: user
    max_depth: 20
    max_height: 20
    max_request_size_bytes: 512000
    max_response_size_bytes: 2048000

  - name: admin
    max_request_size_bytes: 512000
    max_response_size_bytes: 2048000

Spec

This section defines the format of Inigo's Security type configuration files. Fields marked as required must be specified if the parent is defined.

Field	Type	Description
validation	ValidationConfig
allow_http_get_operations	boolean default:true	Clients are allowed to query GraphQL using HTTP GET (in addition to HTTP POST).
profile_default_values	SecurityProfileDefaultValues
profiles	[SecurityProfile]

ValidationConfig

Field	Type	Description
alias_name	string	Regular expression to validate query alias names.
directive_name	string	Regular expression to validate query directive names.
operation_name	string	Regular expression to validate the operation name.
arguments	ArgumentsValidationConfig

ArgumentsValidationConfig

Field	Type	Description
String	string	Regular expression to validate GraphQL query arguments of String type.

SecurityProfileDefaultValues

Field	Type	Description
max_depth	int	Maximum length limit for queries.
max_height	int	Maximum query height limit for queries.
max_directives	int	Maximum number of query directives allowed in a query (both existent and non-existent query directives).
max_request_size_bytes	int	Maximum client request size allowed in bytes.
max_response_size_bytes	int	Maximum server response size allowed in bytes.
max_root_queries	int	Number of allowed root queries in a single query.
max_root_mutations	int	Number of allowed root mutations in a single query.
require_operation_name	boolean	Requires queries to have an operation name set.
require_fields	object	Mandates the use of specific fields when some type is used in a query. require_fields: User: [ name, email ]
require_id_fields	boolean	Requires query selection sets to have an id field where it exists.
max_aliases	int	Maximum allowed aliased fields in a query.

SecurityProfile

Field	Type	Description
Name	string required	Name of the profile.
max_depth	int	Maximum length limit for queries.
max_height	int	Maximum query height limit for queries.
max_directives	int	Maximum number of query directives allowed in a query (both existent and non-existent query directives).
max_request_size_bytes	int	Maximum client request size allowed in bytes.
max_response_size_bytes	int	Maximum server response size allowed in bytes.
max_root_queries	int	Number of allowed root queries in a single query.
max_root_mutations	int	Number of allowed root mutations in a single query.
require_operation_name	boolean	Requires queries to have an operation name set.
require_fields	object	Mandates the use of specific fields when some type is used in a query. require_fields: User: [ name, email ]
require_id_fields	boolean	Requires query selection sets to have an id field where it exists.
max_aliases	int	Maximum allowed aliased fields in a query.