👉 An authorizer is a software component that acts as an intermediary between the user's application and the database. It serves to authenticate users and authorize their access to specific resources or functionalities within the system. Authorizers are responsible for ensuring that only authorized users can make requests to certain endpoints, such as API calls, databases, or other data sources.
Authorizers typically include several key components:
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Authentication Service
: This is a service that provides authentication credentials to the application's user interface (UI).