Apollo client does not send headers when used in nodejs environment - node.js

Question

I've got a client-side app that uses apollo/client and I'have a few server-side function where also use the client to do some light queries and mutations.
I've recently implemented jwt integration and now my server-side calls fail because of what I presume is missing headers.
here is my client setup:
const wsLink = new GraphQLWsLink(
createClient({
url: process.env.API_URL_WS,
webSocketImpl: isNode ? ws : null,
connectionParams: async () => {
const { id_token } = await auth.getSession();
return {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${id_token}`,
},
};
},
})
);
const authLink = setContext(async (_, { headers }) => {
const { id_token } = await auth.getSession();
return {
headers: {
...headers,
Authorization: `Bearer ${id_token}`,
},
};
});
const httpLink = new HttpLink({
uri: process.env.API_URL_HTTP,
});
const splitLink = split(
({ query, ...rest }) => {
const definition = getMainDefinition(query);
return (
definition.kind === "OperationDefinition" &&
definition.operation === "subscription"
);
},
wsLink,
authLink.concat(httpLink)
);
export const client = new ApolloClient({
link: splitLink,
cache: new InMemoryCache(),
});
and here is how I am using it in the server-side function to make a mutation
await client
.mutate({
mutation: gql`
mutation InsertSubscriptionId(
$id: uuid!
$stripe_subscription_id: String!
) {
update_user_by_pk(
pk_columns: { id: $id }
_set: { stripe_subscription_id: $stripe_subscription_id }
) {
id
}
}
`,
variables: {
id: session.metadata.hasura_user_id,
stripe_subscription_id: session.subscription,
},
context: {
headers: {
Authorization: req.cookies.access_token,
},
},
})
.then((result) => console.log(result))
.catch(console.log);
this call fails even if I use the users access token or apply an admin token for access to the DB.
As a workaround I've resorted to using fetch for this mutation (which works). Any idea why headers are not respected?
My workaround with admin access secret:
fetch(process.env.API_URL_HTTP, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"x-hasura-admin-secret": process.env.GATSBY_HASURA_ADMIN_SECRET,
},
body: JSON.stringify({
query: `
mutation InsertSubscriptionId(
$id: uuid!
$stripe_subscription_id: String!
) {
update_user_by_pk(
pk_columns: { id: $id }
_set: { stripe_subscription_id: $stripe_subscription_id }
) {
id
}
}
`,
variables: {
id: session.metadata.hasura_user_id,
stripe_subscription_id: session.subscription,
},
}),
})
.then((res) => res.json())
.then((result) => console.log(result));

Answer 1

In this case the session was lost after a few jumps between my app and payment provider. As user can't be authenticated when session is lost, I've resorted to authenticate the admin user for this ssr function