To access a protected API with Strawberry Shake, you need to proof the user's identity to the server. Each network protocol of Strawberry Shake handles authentication a bit different.

HTTP

Strawberry Shake uses the HttpClientFactory to generate a HttpClient on every request. You can either register a HttpClient directly on the ServiceCollection or use the ConfigureHttpClient method on the client builder.

ConfigureHttpClient

The generated extension method to register the client on the serivce collection, returns a builder that can be used to configure the http client.

 services
    .AddConferenceClient()
    .ConfigureHttpClient(client =>
    {
        client.BaseAddress =
            new Uri("https://workshop.chillicream.com/graphql/");
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
            new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", "Your Oauth token");
    });

There is an overload of the ConfigureHttpClient method that provides access to the IServiceProvider, in case the access token is stored there.

services
    .AddConferenceClient()
    .ConfigureHttpClient((serviceProvider, client) =>
    {
        var token = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ISomeService>().Token;
    });

The second parameter of ConfigureHttpClient allows direct access to the HttpClientBuilder. Use this delegate to register extensions like Polly.

services
    .AddConferenceClient()
    .ConfigureHttpClient(
        client => { /*...*/ },
        builder => builder.AddPolly());

HttpClientFactory

In case you want to configure the HttpClient directly on the ServiceCollection, Strawberry Shake generates you a property ClientName, that you can use to set the correct name for the client.

services.AddHttpClient(
    ConferenceClient.ClientName,
    client => client.BaseAddress =
        new Uri("https://workshop.chillicream.com/graphql/"));

services.AddConferenceClient();

Websockets

There are three common ways to do authentication a request over a web socket. You can either specify the authentication headers, use cookies or send the access token with the first message over the socket. Similar to the HttpClient, you can configure the a web socket client over the client builder or the ServiceCollection.

Strawberry Shake uses a IWebSocketClient that provides a similar interface as the HttpClient has.

ConfigureWebsocketClient

You can configure the web socket client directly on the client builder after you registered it on the service collection.

services
    .AddConferenceClient()
    .ConfigureWebSocketClient(client =>
    {
        client.Uri = new Uri("ws://localhost:" + port + "/graphql");
        client.Socket.Options.SetRequestHeader("Authorization", "Bearer ...");
    });

You can also access the IServiceProvider with the following overload:

services
    .AddConferenceClient()
    .ConfigureWebSocketClient((serviceProvider, client) =>
    {
        var token = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ISomeService>().Token;
    });

The second parameter of the ConfigureWebSocketClient method, can be used to access the IWebSocketClientBuilder

services
    .AddConferenceClient()
    .ConfigureWebSocketClient(
        (serviceProvider, client) =>
            {
                var token = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ISomeService>().Token;
            },
            builder =>
                builder.ConfigureConnectionInterceptor<CustomConnectionInterceptor>());

WebSocketClientFactory

If you prefer to use the ServiceCollection to configure your web socket, you can use the AddWebSocketClient method. Strawberry Shake generates a ClientName property, on each client. You can use this, to easily specify the correct name of the client.

services
    .AddWebSocketClient(
        ConferenceClient.ClientName,
        client => client.Uri =
            new Uri("wss://workshop.chillicream.cloud/graphql/"));

services.AddConferenceClient();

IWebSocketClient

On a IWebSocketClient you can configure the Uri of your endpoint. You can also directly set a ISocketConnectionInterceptor on the client, to intercept the connection and configure the initial payload. You do also have access to the underlying ClientWebSocket to configure headers or cookies.

IWebSocketClient client;
client.Uri = new Uri("wss://workshop.chillicream.cloud/graphql/");
client.Socket.Options.SetRequestHeader("Authorization", "Bearer …");
client.ConnectionInterceptor = new CustomConnectionInterceptor();

Initial payload

In JavaScript it is not possible to add headers to a web socket. Therefor many GraphQL server do not use HTTP headers for the authentication of web sockets. Instead, they send the authentication token with the first payload to the server.

You can specify create this payload with a ISocketConnectionInterceptor

public class CustomConnectionInterceptor
    : ISocketConnectionInterceptor
{
    // the object returned by this method, will be included in the connection initialization message
    public ValueTask<object?> CreateConnectionInitPayload(
        ISocketProtocol protocol,
        CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        return new ValueTask<object?>(
            new Dictionary<string, string> { ["authToken"] = "..." });
    }
}

You can set the connection interceptor directly on the IWebSocketClient or on the IWebSocketClientBuilder.