GraphQL Endpoint /graphql#

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The version 1.1 /graphql endpoint has reached end of life.

ESS provides a GraphQL endpoint to query a Pod’s access control information. Specifically, you can use the endpoint for the following queries:

  • For a Pod, find all its owner Agents.

  • For a Pod, find all its resources.

  • For a Pod, find all Agents that have access to any of its resource.

  • For a Pod, find all Agents that have access to a specific resource.

  • For a Pod, find all resources to which a specific Agent has access.

For more information on GraphQL, see https://graphql.org/learn/.

GraphQL Endpoint#

ESS uses the following as the default GraphQL endpoint:

https://access.<DOMAIN>/graphql

If your ESS deployment configuration uses a different endpoint, see Discovery.

Available Queries for a Pod#

Query: Find All Owners of a Pod#

The following query finds all Owner agents for a Pod:

{
  pod(iri: <IRI> ) {
    owners
  }
}

The query returns the results under the root field named data:

{
  "data": {
    "pod": {
      "owners": [
         "<Owner1 WebID>",
         "<Owner2 WebID>",
         ...
      ]
    }
  }
}

Payload Field

Description

owners

List of the Pod owners.

Query: Find All Resources in a Pod#

The following query finds all resources in a Pod:

{
  pod(iri: <IRI> ) {
    resources
  }
}

The query returns the results under the root field named data:

{
  "data": {
     "pod": {
        "resources": [
           "<Resource1 IRI>",
           "<Resource2 IRI>",
           ...
        ]
     }
  }
}

Payload Field

Description

resources

List of all resources in the Pod.

Query: Find All Agents with Access to Any Resource in a Pod#

The following query finds all agents that have access to any resource in a Pod:

{
  pod(iri: <IRI> ) {
    agentsWithAccess
  }
}

The query returns the results under the root field named data:

{
  "data": {
    "pod": {
      "agentsWithAccess": [
         "<Agent1 WebID>",
         "<Agent2 WebID>",
         ...
      ]
    }
  }
}

Payload Field

Description

agentsWithAccess

List of agents with access to any of the Pod’s resources.

Query: Find All Agents with Access to a Specific Resource in a Pod#

The following query finds all Agents that have access to a specific resource in a Pod. Specify the resource as a parameter (resource: <IRI>) to accessToResource:

{
  pod(iri: <IRI> ) {
    accessToResource(resource: <IRI>) {
      agent
      allow
      deny
      resource
    }
  }
}

The query returns the results under the root field named data:

{
  "data": {
     "pod": {
        "accessToResource": [
          {
            "agent": <Agent1 WebID>,
            "allow": [
               <AccessMode1>,
               <AccessMode2>,
               ...
            ],
            "deny": [
               <AccessMode1>,
               <AccessMode2>,
               ...
            ],
            "resource": <IRI>
          },
          {
            "agent": <Agent2 WebID>,
            "allow": [
               <AccessMode1>,
               <AccessMode2>,
               ...
            ],
            "deny": [
               <AccessMode1>,
               <AccessMode2>,
               ...
            ],
            "resource": <IRI>
          },
          ...
        ]
     }
  }
}

Payload Field

Description

accessToResource

List of agents and their access to the specified resource in the Pod.

Field

Description

agent

WebID of the agent with access to the resource.

allow

List of access that have been granted to the agent for the resource.

deny

List of access that have been denied to the agent for the resource.

resource

The resource to which the agent has been granted or denied access.

Query: Find All Resources in a Pod for which an Agent has Access#

The following query finds all of a specific Agent’s access to the resources in a Pod. Specify the agent as a parameter (agent: <WebID>) to accessByAgent:

pod(iri: <IRI> ) {
   accessByAgent(agent: <WebID>) {
      agent
      allow
      deny
      resource
   }
}

The query returns the results under the root field named data:

{
  "data": {
     "pod": {
        "accessByAgent": [
          {
            "agent": <Agent WebID>,
            "allow": [ <AccessMode1>, <AccessMode2>, ... ],
            "deny": [ <AccessMode1>, <AccessMode2>, ... ],
            "resource": <Resource1 IRI>
          },
          {
            "agent": <Agent WebID>,
            "allow": [ <AccessMode1>, <AccessMode2>, ... ],
            "deny": [ <AccessMode1>, <AccessMode2>, ... ],
            "resource": <Resource2 IRI>
          },
          ...
        ]
     }
  }
}

Payload Field

Description

accessByAgent

List of the resources and the corresponding access for the specified agent.

Field

Description

agent

WebID of the agent with access to the resource.

allow

List of access that have been granted to the agent for the resource.

deny

List of access that have been denied to the agent for the resource.

resource

The resource to which the agent has been granted or denied access.

Available Schemas#

You can retrieve the GraphQL schema information at the following location:

https://access.<DOMAIN>/graphql/schema.graphql

If your ESS deployment configuration uses a different endpoint, see Discovery.