--- title: Centrally enforce policy as code for GraphQL APIs description: GraphQL can be used as a central orchestration layer to accelerate development velocity for frontend and backend teams. GraphOS provides GraphQL-native... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/centrally-enforce-policy-as-code-for-graphql-apis-y6tyxlixf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Centrally enforce policy as code for GraphQL APIs | daily.dev og:description: GraphQL can be used as a central orchestration layer to accelerate development velocity for frontend and backend teams. GraphOS provides GraphQL-native... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/centrally-enforce-policy-as-code-for-graphql-apis-y6tyxlixf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/y6TYxLIxf.png og:image:alt: Centrally enforce policy as code for GraphQL APIs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Apollo Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/apollo) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/y6TYxLIxf) # [Centrally enforce policy as code for GraphQL APIs](https://api.daily.dev/r/y6TYxLIxf "Go to post") GraphQL can be used as a central orchestration layer to accelerate development velocity for frontend and backend teams. GraphOS provides GraphQL-native workflows for implementing access control declaratively. Directives such as @authenticated, @requiresScopes, and @policy can be used to enforce authorization policies in the GraphOS router. [#security](/tags/security "Check all #security posts")[#graphql](/tags/graphql "Check all #graphql posts")[#authorization](/tags/authorization "Check all #authorization posts") Dec 12, 2023•3m read time•From [apollographql.com](https://api.daily.dev/r/y6TYxLIxf "apollographql.com") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/y6TYxLIxf "Go to post") Table of contents [Durable, auditable authorization for supergraphs](https://api.daily.dev/r/y6TYxLIxf "Durable, auditable authorization for supergraphs")[Offload policy definition and resolution with @policy](https://api.daily.dev/r/y6TYxLIxf "Offload policy definition and resolution with @policy")[Get started](https://api.daily.dev/r/y6TYxLIxf "Get started") 22 Impressions Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/apollo) [Apollo Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/apollo "https://daily.dev/sources/apollo") Apollo's platform is dedicated to providing insights and resources for developers and teams buildin... 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