res.cookie not working with apollo-server-express - express

Question

I've been trying to send a cookie back to the client from the server. I get the response data but i don't see "set-cookie" in the response headers
My Apollo Server Configuration:
const server = new ApolloServer({
typeDefs,
resolvers,
context: ({ req, connection, res }) => ({
dummyModels: dummyModels,
models: models,
req,
connection,
res,
currentUser: dummyModels.users[2],
dummyUsers: dummyModels.dummyUsers,
}),
});
app.use(cors({
credentials: true,
origin: 'http://localhost:3000',
// preflightContinue: true,
}));
My resolver:
login: async (parent, args, context) => {
const _include_headers = function(body, response, resolveWithFullResponse) {
return {'headers': response.headers, 'data': body};
};
const loginRequestOptions = {
method: 'POST',
uri: 'http://localhost:3000/incorta/authservice/login',
qs: {
// access_token: 'xxxxx xxxxx', // -> uri + '?access_token=xxxxx%20xxxxx'
user: args.input.username,
pass: args.input.password,
tenant: args.input.tenantName,
},
transform: _include_headers,
json: true // Automatically parses the JSON string in the response
};
const loginResponse = await request(loginRequestOptions);
console.log(loginResponse);
context.res.cookie(
'JSESSIONID',
tough.Cookie.parse(loginResponse.headers['set-cookie'][0]).value,
{
// expires : new Date(Date.now() + 9999999),
// path: '/incorta/',
// HttpOnly: false,
// maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 99, // 99 days
},
);
context.res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', 'http://localhost:3000');
return loginResponse.data;
},
Note: i'm using request-promise-native to make the request
My Apollo Client Configuration:
const httpLink = createHttpLink({
uri: 'http://172.16.16.130:4000/graphql',
credentials: 'include',
fetchOptions: {
credentials: 'include',
},
});
const wsLink = new WebSocketLink({
uri: 'ws://172.16.16.130:4000/graphql',
options: {
reconnect: true,
connectionParams: {
headers: {
'x-user-header': localStorage.getItem('userObject'),
},
},
}
});
const terminatingLink = split(
// split based on operation type
({ query }) => {
const { kind, operation } = getMainDefinition(query);
return kind === 'OperationDefinition' && operation === 'subscription';
},
wsLink,
httpLink,
);
const link = ApolloLink.from([terminatingLink]);
const cache = new InMemoryCache();
export const client = new ApolloClient({
link,
cache,
});
I have tried tinkering with options. i don't know what i'm missing here.

Answer 1

You can use the apollo-server-plugin-http-headers package for setting cookies in apollo server.
Usage is as simple as this from within your resolvers:
context.setCookies.push({
name: "cookieName",
value: "cookieContent",
options: {
domain: "example.com",
expires: new Date("2021-01-01T00:00:00"),
httpOnly: true,
maxAge: 3600,
path: "/",
sameSite: true,
secure: true
}
});