Building a Secure GraphQL API with AWS Amplify and AWS AppSync
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This article describes how to build a secure GraphQL API with AWS Amplify and AWS AppSync while addressing CORS challenges. It covers integrating Amazon CloudFront with AWS AppSync to enforce domain-specific access on GraphQL APIs.
Specifically, the article covers:
- High-level architecture diagram and prerequisites
- Setting up a new AWS CDK project and installing the Amplify GraphQL Construct
- Configuring CloudFront with request and response header policies using AWS CDK
- Updating the Amplify app configuration with the CloudFront distribution domain
- Deploying and testing the Amplify app with domain restrictions
- Cleaning up the generated resources
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