GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.
Currently, @tsed/typegraphql
allows you to configure a graphql server in your project.
This package use @apollo/server
to create GraphQL server and type-graphql
for the decorators.
To begin, install the TypeGraphQL module for TS.ED:
Express.js:
npm install --save @tsed/apollo graphql type-graphql @apollo/server @apollo/datasource-rest graphql-scalars
npm install --save-dev apollo-server-testing
Koa.js
npm install --save @tsed/apollo graphql type-graphql @apollo/server @as-integration/koa @apollo/datasource-rest graphql-scalars
npm install --save-dev apollo-server-testing
Now, we can configure the Ts.ED server by importing @tsed/typegraphql
in your Server:
import {Configuration} from "@tsed/di";
import "@tsed/platform-express";
import "@tsed/typegraphql";
import "./resolvers/index"; // barrel file with all resolvers
@Configuration({
apollo: {
server1: {
// GraphQL server configuration
// See options descriptions on https://www.apollographql.com/docs/apollo-server/api/apollo-server.html
path: "/",
playground: true // enable playground GraphQL IDE. Set false to use Apollo Studio
// resolvers?: (Function | string)[];
// dataSources?: Function;
// server?: (config: Config) => ApolloServer;
// plugins: []
// middlewareOptions?: ServerRegistration;
// type-graphql
// See options descriptions on https://19majkel94.github.io/type-graphql/
// buildSchemaOptions?: Partial<BuildSchemaOptions>;
}
}
})
export class Server {}
We want to get equivalent of this type described in SDL:
type Recipe {
id: ID!
title: String!
description: String
creationDate: Date!
ingredients: [String!]!
}
So we create the Recipe class with all properties and types:
class Recipe {
id: string;
title: string;
description?: string;
creationDate: Date;
ingredients: string[];
}
Then we decorate the class and it properties with decorators:
import {ObjectType, ID, Field} from "type-graphql";
@ObjectType()
export class Recipe {
@Field((type) => ID)
id: string;
@Field()
title: string;
@Field({nullable: true})
description?: string;
@Field()
creationDate: Date;
@Field((type) => [String])
ingredients: string[];
}
The detailed rules when to use nullable, array and others are described in fields and types docs.
After that we want to create typical crud queries and mutation. To do that we create the resolver (controller) class that will have injected RecipeService in constructor:
import {Resolver, Query, Arg, Args, Mutation, Authorized, Ctx} from "type-graphql";
import {ResolverController} from "@tsed/typegraphql";
import {Recipe} from "../types/Recipe.js";
import {RecipeService} from "../services/RecipeService.js";
import {RecipeNotFoundError} from "../errors/RecipeNotFoundError.js";
@ResolverController(Recipe)
export class RecipeResolver {
constructor(private recipeService: RecipeService) {}
@Query((returns) => Recipe)
async recipe(@Arg("id") id: string) {
const recipe = await this.recipeService.findById(id);
if (recipe === undefined) {
throw new RecipeNotFoundError(id);
}
return recipe;
}
@Query((returns) => [Recipe])
recipes(@Args() {skip, take}: RecipesArgs) {
return this.recipeService.findAll({skip, take});
}
}
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