How to access parent query arguments in GraphQL and Nestjs execution context - node.js

Question

Let's say we have a bookshop and an author entity, to show the author their earnings stat, we want to check if the authenticated user is indeed the author themselves. So we have:
#UseGuards(GqlAuthGuard)
#ResolveField(() => [Eearning], { name: 'earnings' })
async getEarnings(
#Parent() author: Author,
#GqlUser() user: User,
) {
if (user.id !== author.id)
throw new UnauthorizedException(
'Each author can only view their own data',
);
// rest of the function implementation
}
We could query this:
query {
author(id: "2bd79-6d7f-76a332b06b") {
earnings {
sells
}
}
}
Now imagine we want to use a custom Guard instead of that if statement. Something like below:
#Injectable()
export class AutherGuard implements CanActivate {
canActivate(context: ExecutionContext): boolean {
const ctx = GqlExecutionContext.create(context);
// const artistId = ?
}
}
How can I access the id argument given to the author query when AutherGuard is used for the getEarnings handler?

Answer 1

Not sure how documented is that but the parent object can be accessed through the getRoot method:
const gqlContext = GqlExecutionContext.create(context);
const root = gqlContext.getRoot();
const authorId = root.id;
In fact, we have a helper function that we use like this:
export function getArgs(context: ExecutionContext): any {
if (context.getType<GqlContextType>() === "graphql") {
const gqlContext = GqlExecutionContext.create(context);
return { ...gqlContext.getArgs(), $parent: gqlContext.getRoot() };
} else if (context.getType() === "http") {
return context.switchToHttp().getRequest().params;
}
}
...
const args = getArgs(context);
const authorId = _.get(args, "$parent.id");